Kenya Elections 2017 Polling Day Briefing

Read BTP’s take on Kenya’s historic vote.

Kenya Elections 2017: Results Briefing

How did Raila Odinga lose to the incumbent Kenyatta by over a…

A Crisis of Legitimacy at the ICC

Ever since the collapsed prosecutions of Kenya’s President and Vice-President, the International…

All Change in Ghana

Opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo last week won a resounding victory in the first round of Ghana’s Presidential elections…

Disruptive Technologies in Africa

On this podcast, Nikita Bernardi interviews Dr Tedd George of the…

Too Much Information?

Today more than ever, social media plays a vital role in politics, business, in every aspect of life. Donald Trump uses…

Gambia: ECOWAS comes of age

The decision by ECOWAS to send a 7,000 strong military force into Gambia to remove the incumbent Yahya Jammeh…

The Celebrity Endorsement Flop

Hillary Clinton had a wide range of celebrity endorsements. Donald Trump publicly disavowed the Hollywood…

From Airtime to Airline

Kenyan Mobile Communications giant Safaricom now boasts yearly profits of 315 million dollars with 25 million active…

Germany’s Africa Gambit

What does Germany’s plan for African development reveal about its approach to…