Engaging Africa offers immense opportunities for Canada

Partnership in innovation is key to changing the narrative around Africa.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, pictured recently on the Hill. Better engagement with Africa would enable Canada to offset the trade losses. The continent’s diplomatic corps and diaspora communities in Canada have been calling for this for years, write Kyle Hiebert and Tapfuma Musewe.

Nine coups in the last three years has seen Africa make headlines for all the wrong reasons. But this latest bout of political instability is overshadowing the continent’s vast potential. Finding solutions to collective global issues like the climate crisis, development fi...

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