African Currents

Never Underestimate Africa: How Blood Health Innovation Drew Global Attention

What began as a locally driven effort to address blood health challenges in African communities has quietly grown into something the international medical community can no longer ignore.

Back to Root: Decolonizing African Identity From Western Philosophy

For years, Africans were taught Greek philosophy as the foundation of human thought, while indigenous thought systems were dismissed as folklore. Now, African thinkers, scholars, and philosophers are challenging that distortion to reassert the continent's age-old worldviews into the consciousness of its people.

The Hidden Costs of Technological Colonialism in Africa

With artificial intelligence now embedded in several of Africa's key economic sectors. researchers warn that global safety frameworks have failed to reckon with a troubling reality. Many of these systems were built to extract and export data off the continent exposing millions to algorithmic decisions made without accountability and oversight.

How Can Africa Move Beyond Colonial Farming Systems to Achieve Food and Ecological Sovereignty?

Across Africa, smallholder farmers have long relied on colonial agricultural systems like monocropping that have depleted soil health and undermined food security, prompting agricultural experts and policy advocates to call for a shift toward diversified, regenerative agricultural practices that restore soil fertility and food security.

African Leaders Break From Colonial Economic Models, Back Homegrown Development Plan

The African Union (AU) is stepping up efforts to meet the goals of Agenda 2063, as pressure builds on member states to accelerate trade, governance, and infrastructure reforms enshrined in the region's long-term development plan.