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Nov 17, 2020
PRESENTS A Panel on Canada Sudan Relations Wednesday, November 25, 2020 | 11:30am – 1:00 pm Zoom Webinar* About the Panel Sudan’s 2018-2019 successful Revolution ended a 30-year dictatorship, paving the way to democratization and sustainable development. This...
Aug 21, 2020
Senior officers of the Malian army left the military base of Kati, situated 15km from Bamako, Mali’s capital. They went to Bamako, where they arrested the President, the Prime Minister and the ministers still in office. During the previous few weeks, the Government...
Aug 21, 2020
De hauts gradés de l’armée malienne ont quitté le camp militaire de Kati situé à 15 km de Bamako, la capitale du pays, pour se rendre à Bamako et ont arrêté le Président, le Premier ministre, ainsi que les ministres en exercice. Depuis quelques semaines, le...
Jul 21, 2020
Après avoir travaillé au Mali sur 8 ans, durant la période 1989-1993 et 2001-2005 et continué à suivre l’évolution du pays, je ne peux que constater aujourd’hui à quel point la démocratie, qui était pourtant porteuse d’espoir lors des premières élections pluralistes...
Jun 11, 2020
African Films to Watch Online! Dear CFI Supporter, We hope you are enjoying the free online mini-EU Film Festival. It continues until June 18. CFI-ICF.ca/eu-summer As you are aware, the Canadian Film Institute’s African Film Festival of Ottawa (AFFO),...
May 25, 2020
ASG Secretariat member, Patricia has been chosen one of the 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women for 2020! 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women – 2020 Membre du Secrétariat du GRA, Patricia a été choisie une des 100 Canadiennes noires accomplies de...
May 7, 2020
May 3, 2020
Finding Africas path through the crisis
Apr 21, 2020
Apr 20, 2020
For the past several years, Canada has made trade diversification a key priority. In its 2018 Fall Economic Statement, the federal government committed to making Canada a more globally connected economy by increasing overseas exports by 50 per cent by 2025.This is an...
Apr 7, 2020
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Apr 6, 2020
After the first infections in China at the end of 2019, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has continued to spread across the world. No continent has been able to escape this virus, which has recorded average mortality of around 2.3% (According to the Chinese Center...
Apr 6, 2020
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! MAKING IT IN AFRICA This week, universities in Zimbabwe gave the country’s Coronavirus campaign a boost when they teamed up to form something of a manufacturing hub for masks, gloves and hand sanitizers. Even though these products were not...
Mar 30, 2020
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! STEPPING UP Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, made global headlines this week with his donation of essential medical supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic. It’s perhaps the most high profile example of how private businesses are utilizing their...
Mar 23, 2020
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! IT’S GETTING COLD Most of us have watched the slow, slow, quick, quick rate of coronavirus spread across Africa over the last fortnight. The concerns about the potential outsize impact of a viral outbreak simultaneously hitting multiple...
Mar 17, 2020
Here are his comments about this conference: Security in Africa – Ditchley Park
Mar 9, 2020
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! CORONAVIRUS HITS The last fortnight has been a rude awakening for Sub-Saharan Africa as fears of the coronavirus’s inevitable arrival were realized. First in Nigeria, then Senegal, then South Africa, Cameroon, and Togo. The numbers are still...
Mar 6, 2020
Overview The Institute of African Studies has made great strides since its inception almost a decade ago. Looking back on the last 10 years, the IAS has been a hub for enriching exchanges, collaborations between the continent and its diaspora and has been a second...
Mar 6, 2020
The Africa Study Group is happy to announce its next event, a presentation by Phil Gurski, formerly of CSIS and previously the CSE, and now CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, on: Terrorism in Africa, ethnonationalist or religious? Time: 530PM to 730 PM...
Mar 2, 2020
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! YOUTH OPTIMISM VS YOUTH BULGE Over the next 30 years, half of the world’s population growth will happen here in Africa. Inevitably, that impending reality prompts questions about whether governments across the continent can cater to the...
Feb 24, 2020
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! BLOWING IN THE WIND This week we wrote about how more of Africa’s leading economies are looking to wind energy to power homes. It was worth noting because when it comes to renewable energy much of our discussions have focused just on solar...
Feb 17, 2020
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! CREDIT SCARRED African debt is on the rise and that fact is causing tensions to spark in unexpected places. Total external debt for Sub Saharan Africa jumped nearly 150% to $583 billion in 2018 from $236 billion 10 years earlier, according...
Feb 10, 2020
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! SPENDING POWER In the early 2010s, African tech ecosystems were defined by the promise of e-commerce with a simple mission: getting hundreds of millions of young Africans to make online purchases. A decade on, the mission still remains a...
Dec 8, 2019
L’une de nos membres et ancienne présidente du GRA nous fait part de ses réflexions sur la situation très pénible du Mali. Elle a été ambassadeure du Canada au Mali de 2001 à 2005. Réflexions sur le Mali – 4 déc19
Dec 5, 2019
The Africa Study Group is happy to confirm our second December event: Why don’t African countries benefit more from the extractive sector? Time: Thursday December 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM Location: Place Colonel By Room, Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Av West The...
Nov 25, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! BETTER HALF The number of women founders and co-founders in Africa is on the rise, according to research by Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) an online community for startups. In 2019 that number was still just at 18%, that’s fewer than one...
Nov 18, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! BEATING THE ODDS An often repeated saying among entrepreneurs in Nigeria is one borrowed from New York: “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.” But the circumstances are usually less glamorous than in New York. The sentiment...
Nov 12, 2019
African Studies News and Events No Images? Click here Upcoming Events Les Cafés Féministes: Nigel Lezama | Splendeurs et misères de la femme noire dans la culture hip-hop Nigel Lezama, professeur agrégé au département de langues, littératures et cultures modernes à...
Nov 11, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! UP NORTH One unintended outcome of the “sub-Saharan Africa” classification of African countries is that North Africa is typically excluded from conversations about Africa’s tech startup landscape. This often means we’re sharing an incomplete...
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