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5 days ago | 
newafricanmagazine.com | Anver Versi
One of the titans of African Literature, the Kenyan Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o died at the age of 87 in the United States on May 28. He was a fearless champion of the rights of people in their battle against oppression and a tireless proponent of literature written in African languages. Anver Versi was one of this students in the 1970s. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was my lecturer in African Literature when I was a first year student at the University of Nairobi in the early 1970s.
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3 weeks ago | 
newafricanmagazine.com | Anver Versi
The developing world is still reeling from the sudden and wholesale dismantling of the world’s largest aid organisation the United States Agency for International Development. The swinging cuts loped off billions of dollars of support for some of the world’s most needy. At the same time, the world’s biggest philanthropic organisation, the Gates Foundation celebrated its 25th anniversary by saying it would double its spend to $200bn over a 20 year period.
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2 months ago | 
african.business | Anver Versi
The second Djibouti Forum comes in what the apocryphal Chinese curse labels “interesting times” – an understatement for the current geopolitical chaos. But the government of Djibouti and its sovereign wealth fund, which is the organiser of the event from 6 to 8 April, should be congratulated for ignoring the outside clamour and sticking to their calendar.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
magazinedelafrique.com | Anver Versi
Après un hommage au Prince Karim Aga Khan, disparu le 4 février 2025, à l’âge de 88 ans, nous publions un entretien accordé à NewAfrican en juin 2018. Son leadership mondial sera difficile, voire impossible, à combler. Le monde a perdu un dirigeant rare et extraordinaire avec le décès de Son Altesse le Prince Karim Aga Khan IV.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
african.business | Anver Versi
The annual World Economic Forum at Davos comes when the developed world is teetering towards the far-right and protectionism is threatening global economic growth. But in this maelstrom Africa is bucking the trend and perhaps showing what can be achieved through positive energy.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
magazinedelafrique.com | Anver Versi
L’Afrique peut aller à l’encontre des tendances mondiales, et c’est ce qu’elle fait, en s’engageant dans des collaborations susceptibles de refondre la croissance et d’offrir un système plus équitable et plus juste. Le Forum économique mondial annuel de Davos (du 20 au 24 janvier 2025) se tient au moment où le monde développé bascule vers l’extrême droite et où le protectionnisme menace la croissance économique mondiale.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
newafricanmagazine.com | Anver Versi
Once again, as a crisis-scarred 2024 gives way to an as-yet pristine 2025, it gives us great pleasure to introduce you to 100 African individuals who we believe have made a substantial difference to the continent – and in many cases, to the world over the year. “The real value of this annual feature in New African,” one of our esteemed readers and collaborators told us, “is that it is a like a large family get-together.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
linkedin.com | Anver Versi
ECOWAS breakaway strains West African business ties ECOWAS has had a difficult year. In January, the military governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced their withdrawal from the West African bloc – effective as of January 2025 – and established an alternative regional organisation, known as the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
linkedin.com | Anver Versi
Botswana turns to Boko In a political earthquake, the Botswana Democratic Party, in power since 1966, was consigned to a decisive defeat in this month's general election. The party has been left with just four of 61 seats in parliament. President Mokgweetsi Masisi immediately accepted the result and handed power to opposition leader Duma Boko. With hindsight, the warning signs had been flashing for the BDP.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
african.business | Anver Versi
Whatever other deficiencies Africa may have, there is no shortage of the desire to get fully involved with whatever new technology is going on out there. The continent is now as fixated as people elsewhere in the world with Artificial Intelligence (AI). And as always happens when a relatively new technology begins to loom larger in our lives, all sorts of speculation, including wild conjectures, bursts loose and we are inundated with conflicting claims.
