Africa: Building a Nutrition Programme? Understanding How People Behave Is Key

Undernutrition contributes to up to 45% of child deaths in African countries. At the same time, child obesity rates have doubled between 2006 and 2016. More than 40% of women of… Read more »

Africa: New Research Reveals the Bittersweet Truth of Cocoa Farming in Africa's Forests

Chocolate sales have boomed in recent months. As the cost-of-living crisis bites, consumers are increasingly reaching for chocolate as a simple and affordable pleasure. Read more »

Africa: Dangote Launches Africa's Biggest Oil Refinery - 4 Ways It Will Affect Nigeria

Nigeria's new Dangote petroleum refinery is Africa's biggest - it will produce 650,000 barrels a day, giving it the potential to address the country's energy supply crisis. Read more »

Africa: Get-Rich-Quick Schemes, Pyramids and Ponzis - Five Signs You're Being Scammed

Consumers are under a lot of financial strain. The World Economic Forum reports that the cost-of-living crisis is affecting people across the globe. With food and fuel prices… Read more »

Africa: Grand Infrastructure Projects Aren't a Magic Bullet for Industrial Development - Insights From Ghana and Kenya

The African Union's flagship Agenda 2063 initiative prioritises large-scale infrastructure development and promises to "link the continent by rail, road, sea and air". Read more »

Africa: African Architects Challenge Venice Exhibition to Decolonise and Start New Conversations

Presented since 1979, the Venice Architecture Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) is possibly the most influential architecture exhibition in the world. For the first time, this… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Laws to Promote Home-Grown Industries Will Hurt African Economies

The Biden administration has ratcheted up protectionism and industrial policy amid surging economic tensions with China. Legislation passed in 2022 unlocked hundreds of billions of… Read more »

Africa: Pivotal Points in the Covid-19 Pandemic - 5 Essential Reads

Experts have made it clear that the end of the COVID-19 national emergency, which was lifted on May 11, 2023, does not mean an end to the pandemic. But this shift signals a… Read more »

Africa: 91% of Sub-Saharan African Workers Don't Save for Old Age - Why That's a Problem and How to Fix It

Less than 10% of the workers in sub-Saharan Africa save for old age, the lowest rate for any region in the world. That implies most of the breadwinners today won't be able to… Read more »

Africa: Architecture After Covid - How the Pandemic Inspired Building Designers

Walking during lockdowns, following protocols and restrictions, city dwellers witnessed the birth of a new architectural aesthetic. Read more »

Africa: How Does Food Get Contaminated? The Unsafe Habits That Kill More Than 400,000 People a Year

Unsafe foods, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), contribute to poor health, including impaired growth and development, micro-nutrient deficiencies, noncommunicable… Read more »

Africa: Souleymane Cissé Is Honoured As One of Africa's Boldest and Most Pioneering Film-Makers

Souleymane Cissé is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest African film-makers of all time - and the world's most prestigious film festival, Cannes, agrees. The… Read more »

Africa: Our Research Shows Home Working Didn't Harm Mental Health At the Start of the Pandemic - but Things Changed Later On

One of the key changes to our daily lives brought about by the COVID pandemic was, for those able to do so, working from home. According to UK data, almost 60% of people were… Read more »

Africa: African Scientists Are Working to Pool Data That Decodes Diseases - a Giant Step

Infectious disease outbreaks in African countries are, unfortunately, all too common. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda; Marburg virus in Guinea or Equatorial… Read more »

Africa: China's Population Has Peaked and Is Now Falling - Opportunities and Risks for Africa

China will no longer be the world's most populous nation. India's population will overtake it this year at an estimated population of 1.42 billion. Read more »

Africa: Media Freedom and Democracy - Africans in Four Countries Weigh Up Thorny Questions About State Control

In July 2022, BBC Africa Eye released a documentary on gang activity in northwestern Nigeria. The programme, The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara, examined the raids on villages,… Read more »

Africa: RSV - We Finally Have a Vaccine for This Deadly Virus

The first vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The vaccine, named Arexvy, will be given to people 60 years… Read more »

Africa: Many People Are Tired of Grappling With Long Covid - Here Are Some Evidence-Based Ways to Counter It

A patient of mine, once a marathon runner, now gets tired just walking around the block. She developed COVID-19 during the 2020 Christmas holiday and saw me during the summer of… Read more »

Africa: Queen Cleopatra - Experts Save This Poorly Scripted Netflix Docuseries

The trailer for Netflix's new four-part documentary series, Queen Cleopatra, was deliberately provocative. Promoting the show as executive produced by actress Jada Pinkett-Smith,… Read more »

Africa: Tips on How to Reduce Your Exposure to Africa's Hidden Air Pollution Pandemic

Rapid urbanisation in Africa is worsening air pollution levels. There are economic as well as health consequences. Read more »

Africa: The Empire Sings Back - the Deep History Behind South African Soprano Pretty Yende's Triumph

Among the invited artists at the coronation of Britain's King Charles III is the South African soprano, Pretty Yende. Coronations are not events that take place often. What makes… Read more »

Africa: Thousands of Unknown Viruses Discovered in Baby Poo - Why This Is Not Necessarily a Bad Thing

An international team of scientists who spent five years studying the poo of 647 Danish babies found something astonishing. The nappy samples contained 10,000 species of virus -… Read more »

Africa: Enigmatic Human Fossil Jawbone May Be Evidence of an Early Homo Sapiens Presence in Europe - And Adds Mystery About Who Those Humans Were

Homo sapiens, our own species, evolved in Africa sometime between 300,000 and 200,000 years ago. Anthropologists are pretty confident in that estimate, based on fossil, genetic and… Read more »

Africa: Thirsty Tomatoes Emit Ultrasonic Sounds - and Other Plants May Be Listening

Plants may appear silent, indifferent organisms to us, but recent research has found they make high-pitched clicking sounds when they are struggling to find water. In principle,… Read more »

Africa: Arcturus - What to Know About the New Covid Variant, Omicron Xbb.1.16

A new COVID variant XBB.1.16, or "Arcturus", has now been identified in at least 34 countries including the UK. Read more »