November 15, 2022
Africa: Africa Has Vast Gas Reserves - Here's How to Stop Them Adding to Climate Change
The question of whether Africa should be allowed to exploit its gas reserves, estimated at more than 17.56 trillion cubic meters (620 trillion cubic feet) in 2021, has been much… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Has Too Many Prison Inmates Awaiting Trial. Technology Could Achieve Swifter Justice
Nigeria's prison population is more than 76,000, housed in 240 correctional centres. About 70% of these inmates are still awaiting trial. They have been arrested and charged, but… Read more »
November 11, 2022
Africa: How the Energy Crisis Is Pressuring Countries' Climate Plans
Russia's war on Ukraine has cast a shadow over this week's meetings of world leaders at the G-20 summit in Bali and the United Nations climate change conference in Egypt. Read more »
November 14, 2022
Africa: Worker Organisations Can Survive the Digital Age. Here's How
There is a widespread view that labour has become irrelevant as a force for change. The argument goes that the proliferation of digital labour platforms - and the rise in job… Read more »
November 11, 2022
Africa: How the Energy Crisis Is Pressuring Countries At the UN Climate Summit - While Some Race to Renewables, Others See Natural Gas Wealth, but It May Be Short-Lived #AfricaClimateCrisis
Russia's war on Ukraine has cast a shadow over this year's United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where officials from around the world are discussing the costs… Read more »
November 13, 2022
South Africa: South Africa Is Hooked On Fossil Fuels - How It Got Here and How It Can Get Out
South Africa has experienced power shortages with rolling blackouts on an unprecedented scale in 2022. This state of affairs is largely due to technical failures at its ageing… Read more »
November 09, 2022
West Africa: Digital Activism - Study Shows the Internet Has Helped Women in Urban Ghana and Nigeria Raise Their Voices
Information technology and the internet have proven to be a strong force for building collective action groups and mobilising communities of protesters. Among the main advantages… Read more »
November 10, 2022
Kenya: Kenya Standard Gauge Railway Contracts - What Released Documents Say, and What They Don't
A media frenzy has erupted in Kenya over the November 5, 2022 release of three Chinese loan contracts signed between the Kenyan government and China Export Import Bank (Eximbank),… Read more »
November 06, 2022
Africa: COP27 - Which Countries Will Push to End Fossil Fuel Production? And Which Won't?
Fossil fuels have provided a crucial source of energy over the past 200 years. But they also account for 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, enable massive… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Togo: Renewable Energy Could Get Togo to Its Goals - Experts Identify What's in the Way
Togo is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita gross domestic product of US$644. Most of the population depend on subsistence agriculture. Over 56% live in… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria's Deadly Conflicts Over Water and Grazing Pasture Are Escalating - Here's Why
Violence in the Sahel is escalating, killing more than 11,000 people in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso since 2012. Such conflict has emerged for a number of reasons, including… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Africa: COP27 Must Work Out How to Cut Carbon and Still Develop African Economies
Averting a climate disaster without compromising economic growth and development is a key issue for African countries. Energy production and use is the single biggest contributor… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Ghana: Ghana's Illegal Mining Continues Because the Rules and Reality Are Disconnected
Artisanal and small-scale mining - a low-tech, indigenous mining subsector - is taking on increasing economic importance in many developing countries. Over 150 million people… Read more »
Kenya: Digital Solutions Are Boosting Agriculture in Kenya, but It's Time to Scale Up. Here's How
Digital agricultural services have proliferated across Africa over the last decade. Most are services that work on mobile phones, although more advanced technologies are in use too… Read more »
October 31, 2022
Africa: How Debt-for-Climate Swaps Can Help Solve Low-Income Countries' Fiscal and Environmental Challenges At the Same Time
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley spoke passionately to the United Nations General Assembly in September about the mounting debt many developing countries are shouldering… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Nigeria: Serena Williams' Investment Shows That Tech Sector Is Attractive - But Things Can Be Better
Nigeria is the leading African destination for foreign direct investments in technology startup businesses. Between 2015 and 2022, Nigerian technology startups have secured funding… Read more »
October 27, 2022
Africa: Elon Musk Takes Twitter Private - Here's What That Means for the Company and Its Chances of Success
Elon Musk has finally completed his US$44 billion deal to acquire Twitter and take it private. Read more »
October 25, 2022
Kenya: Kenya's Big Railway Project Makes Life Even Harder for the Poor By Ignoring Their Reality
People's responses to large infrastructure projects - railways, bridges, highways - are rarely neutral. To some, these projects represent powerful social and political promises of… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana's Economic Crisis - Expert Insights Into How Things Got So Bad - and What the Fixes Are
Ghana is grappling with runaway inflation as prices of basic commodities have spiralled. Government finances are also at their weakest in years. Ghana's local currency, the cedi,… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Africa: From Water Conservation to Crop Selection, How Farmers CAN Take Action Against Drought #AfricaClimateHope
As climate change accelerates, many countries around the world are increasingly facing the risk of drought. Water scarcity has become one of the major constraints of food… Read more »
October 23, 2022
South Africa: 4 Ways Companies Can Strengthen Their Boards to Make It Through Tough Economic Times
South Africa's economy is struggling. A number of factors are behind the decline. These include severe power cuts which are taking their toll on all spheres of the economy, rising… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's 2023 Budget Is a Plan of Despair and Won't Change the Tempo of the Economy
Nigeria's 2023 budget, recently presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly, has generated a furore. Read more »
October 13, 2022
Ghana: Ghana's Artisanal Miners Are a Law Unto Themselves - Involving Communities Can Help Fix the Problem
Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer, the sixth globally. It produced approximately 129 metric tonnes in 2021. Read more »
October 12, 2022
Somalia: Puntland State Port Is Getting a Revamp - This Is Key to Its Future
The port city of Bosaso, located at the north-eastern corner of Somalia, provides a striking example of the interlinkage between security and infrastructure. The city benefited… Read more »
South Africa: Johannesburg's 'World Class' Aspirations Create Hostility Towards Informal Traders
Unemployment and the rising cost of living force many people to make a living in the informal economy, particularly street trading. While it is difficult to measure the size of the… Read more »