The New Africa Magazine | May–July 2025 Edition
The May–July 2025 edition of The New Africa Magazine offers a powerful narrative of a continent in motion. With a spotlight on visionary leadership, youth engagement, institutional transformation, and cultural renaissance, this issue weaves together the people and platforms shaping a confident, resilient, and forward-looking Africa.
The cover feature presents an in-depth conversation with Dr. Charles Ackon of Ghana, who reflects on his journey from biomedical engineering to system-wide healthcare reform. Positioned as one of the most respected figures in Africa’s health sector, Dr. Ackon underscores the principle that health systems should be designed not merely to treat, but to dignify.
The edition also delivers full coverage of the Arab-African Forum on Business and Human Rights, held in Marrakech. Under the leadership of Mr. Mohamed El Habib Belkouch, Morocco’s Interministerial Delegate for Human Rights, and with the participation of CNDH President Amina Bouayach, the forum brought to the fore the urgent role of ethical investment and rights-based economic models. Participants emphasized that Africa’s development must be grounded in legal protections, human dignity, and interregional solidarity.
In West Africa, Liberia’s successful bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council is chronicled as a major diplomatic milestone. The magazine highlights the role of Karishma Pelham-Raad in steering this achievement, demonstrating Liberia’s growing influence on global governance.
Institutional excellence is profiled through ENCG Casablanca. Led by Dr. Smail Kabbaj, the school has distinguished itself as a beacon of integrity and leadership in higher education, cultivating a generation of public-minded professionals.
The issue’s youth-focused lens is sharpened through features on the YES Africa Youth Forum and voices like Nizar Chaari of Tunisia, whose Epik Leaders and Tunivisions platforms have mobilized more than 450 youth clubs to promote leadership, civic engagement, and innovation. From Kenya, Raphael Obonyo speaks about policy reform and youth inclusion, while the Jadara Foundation’s Hamid Ben Elafdil outlines a model of soft skills, values, and mentorship that is reshaping leadership across North Africa.
Judicial diplomacy and intergenerational dialogue take center stage in a feature on the African Judges Dialogue Forum, held in Morocco. The event brought together magistrates, legal scholars, and over 800 students in a powerful civic exchange that underscored the importance of justice as a shared African agenda.
The magazine also covers a high-level roundtable on women’s leadership hosted by BPW Maroc in Rabat. Featuring leading voices such as Fatiha Othman and Dr. Nezha El Ouafi, the session explored policy solutions for gender equity and sustainable development, asserting the need for inclusive frameworks and inter-ministerial coordination.
In the culture section, Iliass Azalou is profiled as a rising figure reinterpreting Morocco’s artistic heritage. Blending traditional Amazigh aesthetics with contemporary narratives, Azalou’s work gives voice to the intangible soul of Moroccan classics, offering a bridge between memory and modernity.
The magazine also features the Tremors project by French designer Nicolas Jacquette, which merges animation, seismology, and Amazigh storytelling into an educational tool for children. Created for the Agadir Reconstruction Museum, it celebrates both scientific literacy and cultural preservation.
On the frontier of digital governance, Patrick Upmann, founder of AIGN Africa, calls for an African-centered approach to artificial intelligence regulation. In a candid interview, he lays out the leadership principles required to make AI a tool for inclusion rather than inequality.
Health and service leadership reappear in the story of Dr. Kenneth Aker Ityo of Nigeria, whose work in orthopaedic medicine at Garki Hospital, Abuja, is quietly transforming lives in a strained public health system. His profile is a testament to humility, consistency, and service above acclaim.
Meanwhile, Comrade John Ejoha Odah is honored for his lifetime of advocacy in West Africa’s labor movement. A former Executive Secretary of OTUWA, his enduring voice for worker rights places him firmly among the continent’s most respected unionists.
Closing the issue, Moroccan leader Nidal Benali speaks about identity, youth, and civic courage in his feature “Power Rooted in Purpose,” offering readers a personal and political reflection on what it means to lead with values in times of rapid change.
As Publisher Dr. Gift Orairu writes in her editorial, “Africa is not waiting to be recognized. It is standing, leading, and redefining the world in its own voice.” The May–July edition stands as a living archive of that bold assertion, documenting the movements and minds building the Africa of now.
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