July 25, 2022
Africa: Free Trade Area Offers Promise for Cities - But Only If There's Investment
The African Continental Free Trade Area came into operation on 1 January 2021. This is a considerable achievement. The free trade area is now the world's single largest market for… Read more »
Africa: Cryptocurrencies Are Gaining Ground Across Africa. That's Both Good News and Bad
Cryptocurrencies have become popular in African and other developing countries. That's according to a policy brief released recently by UNCTAD, a United Nations agency. Significant… Read more »
July 24, 2022
Africa: Russia/Ukraine Grain Export Deal Promises Major Benefits for Poor Countries. If It Holds
If Russia keeps to the deal it has signed with Ukraine allowing for the resumption of grain exports, much needed relief will be provided to importing countries, including many in… Read more »
July 22, 2022
Africa: Five Essential Reads On Russia-Africa Relations
Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, will visit four African nations - Ethiopia, Egypt, Uganda and Congo-Brazzaville - from Sunday 24 July. The visit comes ahead of the second… Read more »
July 20, 2022
Africa: Debunking the Myth of the 'Evil People Smuggler'
In 2022, the number of forcibly displaced people surpassed 100 million worldwide. Nearly 1.5 million refugees will need resettlement in 2022, but less than one per cent of refugees… Read more »
July 21, 2022
Africa: Is the World Retracting From Globalisation, Setting It Up for a Fifth Wave?
Over the past 25 years there has been lots of research and debate about the concept, the history and state of globalisation, its various dimensions and benefits. Read more »
July 20, 2022
Africa: It's a Myth That Sunscreen Prevents Melanoma in People of Colour - A Dermatologist Explains
Melanoma is a potentially deadly form of skin cancer that effects people of every racial and ethnic group. The risk factor most closely linked to developing melanoma is exposure to… Read more »
Africa: Giving Rivers Rights Aims to Protect the 'Voiceless' - But There's a Catch
Worldwide there has been a wave of initiatives to grant rivers rights as a way of protecting them - and the communities that rely on them. River rights laws aim to change the legal… Read more »
July 19, 2022
Africa: Push for AI Innovation Can Create Dangerous Products
This past June, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a probe into Tesla's autopilot software. Data gathered from 16 crashes raised concerns over the… Read more »
July 20, 2022
Africa: Depression Is Probably Not Caused By a Chemical Imbalance in the Brain - New Study
For three decades, people have been deluged with information suggesting that depression is caused by a "chemical imbalance" in the brain - namely an imbalance of a brain chemical… Read more »
June 17, 2021
Africa: Banning African Films Like Rafiki and Inxeba Doesn't Diminish Their Influence
Social media and internet forums function as an important space of contestation for issues relating to queer identities. This is evident in reactions to two fairly recent… Read more »
March 26, 2021
Africa: Africa's Elephant Species Are Both Endangered, Due to Poaching and Habitat Loss
Humans have been over-exploiting African elephants for centuries. More than 2,000 years ago, the Roman Empire's demand for ivory led to the extinction of genetically distinct… Read more »
October 19, 2020
Africa: Invasive Mosquito Species Could Bring More Malaria to Africa's Urban Areas
A species of mosquito that can carry malaria - known as Anopheles stephensi - has invaded eastern Africa and is quickly moving across the region. Moina Spooner, from The… Read more »
August 13, 2020
Africa: These World Heritage Sites Are Under Threat From Climate Change
Very few academics or policy makers are talking about the impact of climate change on heritage. Yet heritage is essential for social wellbeing, for identity creation, for… Read more »
April 18, 2019
Africa: Explainer - What Is Quantum Machine Learning and How Can It Help Us?
Artificial intelligence refers, among other things, to machines' capacity to demonstrate some degree of what humans consider "intelligence". This process is being driven by the… Read more »
January 15, 2019
Africa: Huge Disparities in C-Sections Highlights Inequalities in Healthcare
When pregnancy or childbirth go wrong, access to Caesarean section - usually known as C-section - can be the difference between life and death for both the woman and her baby. Read more »
July 25, 2018
Africa: Africa's Ability to Deliver Peace and Security Rests On Fixing Key Relationships
The recent African Union (AU) summit was overshadowed by peace and security issues. In particular, the focus was on political instability and armed conflict in Libya, Democratic… Read more »
May 06, 2018
Africa: Why Hip-Hop Needs to Be Taken More Seriously in Academic Circles
Jazz's current generation of stars grew up in these genre-fluid times with hip-hop. Concurrently, a significant number of hip-hop artists have been integrating jazz into their… Read more »
August 08, 2017
Africa: Why It's So Difficult to Tackle Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa
In the 1990s diabetes was seen as a condition that mainly affected rich people in high income countries. Nowadays, it's one of the leading contributors to death in all countries in… Read more »
November 13, 2016
Africa: How Biotechnology Could Offer Hope for Snakebite Victims
Snakebite is a major public health burden for low-income countries in tropical parts of the world. There are around 5 million bites and 150,000 deaths every year. And about 400,000… Read more »