Corruption is a major unseen contributor to insecurity, instability and conflict. Seifeddine Rezgui, the man who recently killed 37 tourists at the Imperial Marhaba hotel in Tunisia,was able to travel unimpeded into Libya for military training and to gain access...

Every public sector policy maker, auditor, court official and criminal investigator knows the importance of being able to find, use and trust official records as evidence of policies, actions, transactions, expenditure, precedents and rights. And yet, little if any attention...

One of the enduring challenges faced by the African continent in lifting millions out of poverty is this: how do you ensure that Africa’s natural endowments are used to benefit Africans directly? It is the conundrum of all time that...

What we today call information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been with us even here in Africa since the advent of radios, telephones and telegrams (telex) in colonial times and much later television, computers and smartphones. The incident of the...

Africa has undoubtedly registered significant achievements since the turn of the century. Notwithstanding this success story, the continent still faces daunting economic, social, political, security and environmental challenges. Research shows that many African countries have for a long time had...