Africa looks inward to slowly regain its mojo

Kusi Ideas Festival at Intare Conference Arena in Kigali, Rwanda on December 8, 2019. Deep conversations are taking place in various fora about how to best utilise Africa's resources to improve the continent's standing in the community of nations. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG

Foreign direct investments to Africa continue to rise, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in its World Investment Report 2022 published June 9th. This is something we will probably not get to see in mainstream media — that quality of leadership in Africa is improving, generating more confidence in the continent.

Global misconceptions have shaped opinions and it’s hard to determine who exactly fuels these misconceptions but then again, the world has generally been driven by narratives based on absolute misconceptions.