Macron’s outburst at the Africa Forward Summit exposed Africa’s ritual conference culture — heavy on ceremony, light on results.

Someone wrote that since civilisation began in Africa, the cradle of mankind, no one should lecture Africa on morality and culture.

The recent “Africa Forward Summit” in Nairobi was marketed as the dawn of a “new model of partnership” between France and Africa.

Co-hosted by President William Ruto and President Emmanuel Macron, the inaugural summit marked a deliberate pivot in France-Africa relations.

Macron’s outburst at the Africa Forward Summit exposed Africa’s ritual conference culture — heavy on ceremony, light on results.

At the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, French President Emmanuel Macron aimed to strengthen ties with English-speaking nations but faced backlash due to logistical failures and…

Whatever Macron’s scream was — the decibel, the disaffection, the outrance — it carried a message: Africa will have to learn to speak with one voice if it is to shape, rather than…