August 22, 2023
Africa: The Climate Future Is Here, and It Looks Like This Proud Commune in South Africa
With solar power, urban farms, and radical grassroots democracy, eKhenana provides an impressive model for a sustainable low-carbon future. Read more »
August 21, 2023
Africa: Decolonising African Cinema in the Time of Netflix
90% of Africa's cultural legacy resides outside the continent; audiovisual restitution is a battle for memory as urgent as artefact restitution. Read more »
Africa: Africa Climate Summit - Kenya's Green Growth Pitch Sparks Justice Concerns
Outcry over McKinsey's role and unease with Ruto's focus on finance raises questions as to whether the summit will truly be "by Africans for Africans". Read more »
August 17, 2023
Africa: Africa's Unique Path to Sustainable Industrialisation
As a latecomer to industrialisation, the continent faces some unprecedented challenges as well as opportunities. Read more »
August 11, 2023
Africa: Kenyans Look to the Foggy Heavens for Water Amid State Neglect
With millions lacking decent access to water, growing numbers are using cheap innovations like fog harvesting to take it straight from the air. Read more »
August 09, 2023
Africa: A Mythical Giant Snake Is Helping Raise Climate Awareness in Malawi
Sensitive campaigners are finding that belief in Napolo, a legendary multi-headed monster, is no barrier to environmental understanding and action. Read more »
August 08, 2023
Africa: Tinubu's Cabinet Nominees - Renewed Hope or Recycled Tropes?
Tinubu's cabinet is stacked with political heavyweights: nine ex-governors, several former cabinet ministers and legislators. An indication, perhaps, of growing anxieties about the… Read more »
July 26, 2023
Africa: India's Call for African Union to Join the G20 and the China Factor
The Hindu nationalist leader's G20 Africa membership appeal casts him in a heroic, anti-imperialist glow. What does his silence on the same issue among BRICS members reveal? Read more »
July 14, 2023
Africa: Zimbabwean Legend, Thomas Mapfumo Retires in Exile
After five decades on the stage, one of the continent's great musical innovators, and an outspoken critic of corrupt politics, takes his last bow - in exile, because it was too… Read more »
Africa: Dear EU, Commemorating Climate Victims Is Good but Action Is Better
Ahead of the first ever EU day for the victims of the global climate crisis, let's remember who's responsible for the worsening situation. Read more »
July 12, 2023
Africa: 20 Years After Maputo, It's a Long Road Ahead to Gender Equality
Two decades on from a landmark treaty advancing the rights of African women, gender equality remains alive on paper, elusive in practice. Read more »
July 05, 2023
Africa: Who, What, Where? the Loss and Damage Fund's Unresolved Questions
Since the breakthrough agreement at COP27, developed and developing countries have remained at odds on key details. Read more »
July 04, 2023
Africa: Africa Must Own the Idea of the 'Just Transition'
There's no one-size-fits-all with sustainable economies. A just transition on the continent will look very different to one in the Global North. Read more »
June 30, 2023
Africa: Africa's Struggle for Environmental Justice in an Age of Death
The framework of our civilisation is premised on the destruction of the planet, with Africa as a sacrificial zone. Read more »
June 27, 2023
Africa: Frelimo Turns to Dirty Tricks for the 2023 Local Elections
Haunted by corruption, accused of running down the economy, Frelimo will nevertheless sweep the October elections - whether voters like it or not. Read more »
June 20, 2023
Africa: Afrobeats - How Does the Next Chapter Play Out?
Afrobeats rode on its own generated zeitgeist to become a staple of the global cultural marketplace. How does it negotiate a bigger piece of the pie? Read more »
June 16, 2023
Africa: The View(s) From Africa - What to Make of the Bonn Climate Talks?
We gathered a diverse panel to break down the significance and outcomes of the crucial pre-COP28 meeting for Africa. Read more »
June 15, 2023
Africa: The EU's Landmark Carbon Tool Presents Major Catch-22 for Africa
The CBAM will push producers to decarbonise yet make it harder to do so. Our modelling suggests the policy could cut Africa's GDP by $25 billion. Read more »
June 07, 2023
Africa: We Analysed Climate Research On Africa. Here's What We Found
Just 25% of academic articles on energy transitions in Africa are by researchers on the continent. Read more »
Africa: Could the Militants Dismantle the Sahelian State?
Beleaguered by a decade of Salafi-jihadist attacks, riven by internal grievances and undermined by the corrupt Francafrique system of clientelism and extraction, are the Sahelian… Read more »
June 01, 2023
Africa: We've Already Breached Most of the Earth's Limits. How Can We Get Back?
Urgent action is needed on climate, the biosphere, freshwater, and fertiliser use to return to safe and just boundaries. Read more »
Africa: Africa's Topsy-Turvy Food Paradox
Why embrace a food system proven to be harmful to health, nutrition, dignity, equality, local economies, and the environment? Read more »
May 30, 2023
Africa: 'Don't Agonise, Organise!' Remembering Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem's Advocacy On Sudan
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
Africa: Four Actions Vulnerable Countries Need From COP28
From mobilising trillions (rather than billions) to raising ambitions, here's what most of the world needs from the critical climate talks. Read more »
May 26, 2023
Africa: 'Economic Bondage' - East Africa Farmers Worry Over What GMOs Might Mean
While proponents of genetic modification say it can increase yields, researchers point out that Africa already grows enough food. Read more »