Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa. For the last decade, the government has registered one of the fastest economic growth in the world.

Every year an estimated 600 million people, close to one in every ten people in the world, fall ill after eating contaminated food, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

As Africa’s population and economies surge, greater opportunities for development are presented, societies change, and the aspirations of everyday Africans are increasingly requiring urgent attention. On the other hand, Germany’s energy transition anticipates a vastly more efficient and interconnected energy system in the future, one that I believe, young African technology entrepreneurs can certainly learn from and accelerate the growth of the energy sector.

On December 19, 2018, peaceful protests erupted spontaneously in cities across Sudan. Just four months later, the brave demonstrators succeeded in ousting the despotic regime of Omar al-Bashir, who had ruled the country for 30 years. Remarkably, it was Sudan’s most oppressed social groups – women, young people, and ethnic minorities – who led the way.

There was a time when traditional ecological knowledge was enough. When ancestral wisdom guided communities to sense the moods of the rains, the temperaments of the winds, the hidden messages of the clouds.

Plastics have become a hot topic. News stories about plastic on beaches and in the oceans abound, and policymakers have begun to respond with bans or limitations on plastic bags and single-use plastic items.

The old story of Cain and Abel from the three major monotheistic religions – Judaism, Islam, and Christianity – describes a riveting conflict at the very beginning of the human story rooted in envy, fear, and misunderstanding.

These past few years Ethiopia have seen one of the most protracted tumultuous times in its history in recent memory.

The troubling rise in the incidence of ethnic and religious conflicts shows that Ethiopia is slowly becoming a failed state.

On Tuesday the 24th of September 2019 the metropolitan city of New York was busy hosting world leaders who congregated to attend the United Nations General Assembly.