By Mwansa Chalo, My name is Mwansa Chalo, a young African economist and entrepreneur participating in the Economy of Francesco 2022 event in Assisi, Italy. Looking back to this morning’s encounter with Pope Francis, I am hearing the words of the disappointed disciples who met the risen Lord reverberate in me: “Were not our hearts burning...
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Meet Young African Change Makers at the EoF Assis Event
By Charlie Chilufya, S.J More than a dozen young changemakers under the aegis of JENA are participating in the Economy of Francesco (EoF) 2022 event. The 22nd to 24th September 2022 event is the first in-person meeting for young people called by Pope Francis to give a soul to the economy and help create an economy that gives life rather than the...
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Food or Fuel: Choose Life!
By Kevin Okoth Ouko and Fr. Charles B Chilufya, SJ Global food commodity prices, especially those global grain and vegetable oil prices, have reached record highs in a decade hitting poorer countries harder. The surge in food prices is driven mainly by the war in Ukraine, which is wreaking havoc on a global food system...
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Post Covid-19 ‘Recovery’ Aftershocks? Unmasking the Soaring Food prices in Africa
The FAO Food Price Index indicates that the global food prices hit an all-time high in March, 2022. The index, which is the average of five commodity group price indices weighted by the average export shares of each of the groups, reached 159.3 points in March, up by 12.6% from February when it had already ...
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What Russia’s war in Ukraine means for Africa
By Njeri Okono and Charles B Chilufya 20th April 2022 Ubuntu is a foundational term in African cosmology and spirituality meaning ‘humanity’. It expresses the African belief that ‘I am because we are’ or ‘I am because you are’ and also expresses our ‘humanity towards others. Ubuntu further expresses the African belief in a universal...
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The Use of Offshore Jurisdictions by Africans and the Socio-economic Implications on African Countries
By Andebo Pax Pascal and Judith Nguli, Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa (JENA). At the beginning of October 2021, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released the Pandora Papers document, implicating 14 offshore professional service providers, politicians, public officials and celebrities who utilise the offshore system to hide the true value of their wealth, and...
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COP 26: “Insanity is…”
Charles B. Chilufya, S.J The fabled Albert Einstein is reckoned to have once said that “insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Nations are meeting at the COP 26 climate summit to resolve the perennial giant and urgent problem of climate change having failed to resolve another urgent...
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News from N’Djamena, Chad
NEWS FROM NDJAMENA, CHAD: THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD! Ludovic Lado SJ Last Tuesday, April 20 2021, I was on a zoom call in my office when three of my colleagues insistently knocked at the door before opening and wanting to interrupt. But I waved to them to let them know that I was busy and...
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Pope Francis addresses Leaders’ Summit on Climate
Pope Francis addresses Leaders’ Summit on Climate Pope Francis addressed the Leaders Summit on Climate, saying that the world faced a challenge to care for nature in the post-pandemic era. “We know that one doesn’t come out of a crisis the same way we entered. We come out either better or worse. The Pope spoke during...
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Biden’s remarkable success on climate
Biden’s remarkable success on climate (CNN) By every standard, President Joe Biden’s climate change summit was a remarkable success. With great diplomatic dexterity, Biden and climate envoy John Kerry assembled world leaders representing 82% of world carbon emissions, 73% of the world population and 86% of world economic output to commit to bold climate action. Biden deftly used...
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The Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa (JENA) is a diverse community of faith-inspired Jesuit NGOs, also known as Social Centre’s, related Jesuit Institutions, individual Jesuit peace and development activists and scholars driven by a vision of a just, poverty-free, peaceful and ecologically regenerative Africa.