Commercial activities are revving up in Africa. A Nigerian company is moving into East Africa. Nigeria’s Autocheck, the automotive technology company facilitating auto financing across Africa,…
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Twenty years after arriving Kabul on a military mission considered one of the most expensive ever in the world, the United States withdrew its troops from…
Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will inject $650 billion in Special Drawing Rights into the global economy. It will allocate them…
Zanzibar has announced plans to build sub-Saharan Africa’s tallest skyscraper at a cost of $1.3 billion, an amount that exceeds the semi-autonomous archipelago’s annual budget by…
Stephen Devereux, Institute of Development Studies The basic income grant debate has been rumbling in South Africa for two decades, ever since the grant was recommended…
Nina G. Jablonski, Penn State Skin We Are In is a landmark South African book for children (and grown-ups) on the subject of skin colour. Published…
Pauline Bakibinga, African Population and Health Research Center In 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) set an ambitious target to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. This…
Carlos Lopes, University of Cape Town When the United Nations started framing its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2012 – a shared blueprint for working towards…
The former South African President Jacob Zuma becomes the latest African leader to be jailed.
Deoraj Caussy, Open University of Mauritius The abrupt arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world, creating havoc for economies and social fabrics and taking…