January 25, 2023
Liberia: The Unaccountability of Liberia's Polluting Miners
The government's reports and fines have not yet been sufficient to stop communities suffering from poisoned rivers. Read more »
January 05, 2023
Kenya: The 'Hustler' Fund - Kenya's Approach to National Transformation
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 »
December 01, 2022
Somalia: Berbera - The Making of a Global Port, and the Unmaking of a People
Having survived centuries of successive governments, colonialism and war, have Berbera's dockworkers finally met their match? Read more »
October 25, 2022
Tanzania: 'Gone Like It Was Nothing' - the Irrepressible Rise of Mobile Scams
Despite Tanzania making SIM card registration mandatory, people still receive daily texts from fraudsters trying to trick them into sending money. Read more »
August 23, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Congo's Oil Auction - Foiling Climate Colonialism or Filling the Coffers?
The DRC has two main goals in selling oil blocks that overlap with the world's second largest rainforest. Neither involves developing oil. Read more »
July 22, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: 'I Have to Work in a Field' - 300,000 Teachers in DRC Going Unpaid
Since primary education was made free in 2019, there has been a steep rise in both numbers of students and teachers working for nothing. Read more »
June 22, 2022
East Africa: The Bold Campaign to Defund the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
Activists have convinced 20 big banks not to finance the controversial oil project leaving its fate in the balance. Read more »
June 06, 2022
Africa: In Praise of African Technocrats
"I fought the good fight", is the biblical quote on Professor Benno Ndulu's gravestone in the packed cemetery in the centre of Dar es Salaam (2 Timothy 4:7-8). Nothing is more apt… Read more »
June 02, 2022
Africa: African Creator Economy - A Socioeconomic Renaissance of the Continent?
The creator economy may well be a global phenomenon but to me Africa is positioned to profit the most from it compared to other continents. This sentiment is informed by a… Read more »
May 26, 2022
Mauritius: Protests - 'When People Feel Lost, They Resort to Revolt'
Cost of living protests descended in riots last month. Food and fuel prices are set to rise further. Read more »
May 19, 2022
Africa: Prepaid Versus Postpaid Electricity - Provision, Access, and Efficiency
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 »
March 28, 2019
Chad: Chad Social Media Ban Reaches One-Year Mark
Why have Chad's internet restrictions, which started amid anti-regime protests a year ago today, endured for so long? Read more »
August 02, 2016
Africa: Why Africa Should Be At the Heart of the UK's Brexit Strategy
The UK will miss out on a huge opportunity if it neglects Africa in its Brexit plans. Here are three actions it should take. Read more »