HealthSouth AfricaSouthern AfricaProfessor Kovin Naidoo: The African Vision Scientist Who Moved Eye Health into Global Public HealthAminatta S. DialloFebruary 23, 2026February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloFebruary 23, 2026February 1, 2026015 From anti-apartheid resistance to global vision policy, Professor Kovin Naidoo shows how African leadership turned basic eye care... Read more
HealthNigeriaWest AfricaProfessor Oye Gureje: The African Psychiatrist Rewriting Mental Health Policy from the Ground UpAminatta S. DialloFebruary 20, 2026February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloFebruary 20, 2026February 1, 2026014 From ICD-11 reform to community mental health policy in West Africa, Professor Oye Gureje shows how African expertise... Read more
Civil Rights & Social JusticeNorth AfricaTunisiaSami Ben Gharbia: How a Tunisian Activist Helped Invent Digital Dissent in the Arab WorldAminatta S. DialloFebruary 16, 2026February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloFebruary 16, 2026February 1, 2026018 From exile in the Netherlands to the heart of Tunisia’s digital uprising, Sami Ben Gharbia’s story reveals how... Read more
BusinessEast AfricaRwandaGhislain Irakoze: Building Circular E-Waste, AI Governance, and Digital Inclusion From KigaliAminatta S. DialloFebruary 13, 2026February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloFebruary 13, 2026February 1, 2026019 From a near-fatal landfill incident to founding Wastezon in Kigali, Ghislain Irakoze’s journey reveals how Africa’s next generation... Read more
NigeriaPolicy & ThinkTankWest AfricaAmina J. Mohammed – Architect of the Sustainable Development GoalsAminatta S. DialloJanuary 5, 2026February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloJanuary 5, 2026February 1, 2026030 Behind the world’s most influential development framework stands an African woman who helped redefine how progress, justice, and... Read more
Academia & ResearchEast AfricaKenyaCalestous Juma and Africa’s Influence on Global Science and Innovation PolicyAminatta S. DialloJanuary 2, 2026February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloJanuary 2, 2026February 1, 2026039 Development debates often overlook the role of knowledge itself. This piece highlights the contributions of an African thinker... Read more
East AfricaPolicy & ThinkTankUgandaMahmood Mamdani: The African Thinker Who Reframed How the World Understands Power and ConflictAminatta S. DialloDecember 23, 2025February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloDecember 23, 2025February 1, 2026036 Mahmood Mamdani’s scholarship reshaped global debates on citizenship, violence, and colonial legacies, placing African intellectual traditions at the... Read more
Economy & FinanceNigeriaWest AfricaAdebayo Ogunlesi: From Sagamu to the Global Architecture of Infrastructure PowerAminatta S. DialloDecember 23, 2025February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloDecember 23, 2025February 1, 2026027 From Nigeria to Wall Street and the world’s busiest airports, Adebayo Ogunlesi’s rise reveals how African-born leadership quietly... Read more