CEO BLOG #30 JULY 2026
(Featured artist: From the recent Royal College of Arts Africa Society exhibition at The Africa Centre ) Pan-Africanism 3.0: The World Cup, the Global African and the Future of African Unity Picture: Reuters When you have had a month such as the one we have just been through, writing this blog becomes a challenge, as there are several threads that require sewing into a cohesive narrative. And sometimes, things just come together… As the 2026 FIFA World Cup unfolded, I found myself reflecting on something much bigger than football. Lamine Yamal. Jude Bellingham. Folarin Balogun. Zion Suzuki. Kylian Mbappe. Vizinho. Across almost every major national team, African-descended players were among the tournament's defining figures, and central to some of the competition's most memorable moments. The World Cup offered a vivid illustration of a reality that is increasingly impossible to ignore: Africa is no longer simply a c...
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(Featured artist: From the recent Royal College of Arts Africa Society exhibition at The Africa Centre )
Pan-Africanism 3.0: The World Cup, the Global African and the Future of African Unity
Picture: Reuters
When you have had a month such as the one we have just been through, writing this blog becomes a challenge, as there are several threads that require sewing into a cohesive narrative. And sometimes, things just come together…
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup unfolded, I found myself reflecting on something much bigger than football. Lamine Yamal. Jude Bellingham. Folarin Balogun. Zion Suzuki. Kylian Mbappe. Vizinho. Across almost every major national team, African-descended players were among the tournament's defining figures, and central to some of the competition's most memorable moments. The World Cup offered a vivid illustration of a reality that is increasingly impossible to ignore: Africa is no longer simply a c...
