Updates

HOW AFRICAN CHRISTIANS CAN HELP A POST-BREXIT BRITAIN

Britain is looking for key partners post-Brexit, and has pledged to maintain its international aid at £13bn. But unless the issue of corruption, endemic in Africa, is addressed billions will be syphoned away. ABLI aims to tackle the problem by bring... Read more

ABLI IN THE MEDIA

ABLI 18 has been making a splash in the media – in Eswatini and the UK. For three days running, ABLI featured on Swaziland TV. And the Times of Swaziland devoted full pages to the Forum. Read more

A QUESTION OF INTEGRITY

BFBS Chairman James Featherby was a business lawyer in the City of London during the financial crisis that brought the world’s monetary system to its knees. But that trial by fire forged important lessons of integrity for church leaders.  Read more

A LIFE OF INTEGRITY

The ABLI Forum began its second day with a call to live a life of integrity against the culture of corruption.  Read more

GREED AND CORRUPTION IN THE CHURCH

The church has also been tainted by corruption endemic in Africa. According to one of ABLI’s keynote speakers, Rev Mfanaleni Mkhatshwa, the only solution to greed and the abuse of power in churches would be to adopt Bible-based servant leadership.  Read more

WHAT'S HOLDING AFRICA BACK? 2

Case studies on greed and corruption from Africa. Read more

WHAT'S HOLDING AFRICA BACK? 1

Africa is being held back by the inequality of women, which is a drag on social and economic development, argued ABLI Forum speaker, Rev Mfanaleni Mkhatshwa. Gender inequality is said to have cost sub-Saharan Africa some US$105 billion in 2014. Read more

CAN ANYTHING GOOD COME OUT OF AFRICA?

Some hard questions have been asked at ABLI this year. Among the toughest were: ‘Why, when Africa possesses a wealth of resources, is ours still the poorest and most underdeveloped continent on earth? – What is wrong with Africa?’ Read more