January 06, 2023
Africa: Extinction Rebellion Says 'We Quit' - Why Radical Eco-Activism Has a Short Shelf Life #AfricaClimateCrisis
The protest group Extinction Rebellion (XR) has released a statement with the clickbait headline "We Quit". Dashing the hopes of climate denialists everywhere, the group is not… Read more »
January 09, 2023
Ghana: Why Ghana Relies Heavily On Used Cars
The sale of electric cars is growing. Globally, some 2 million electric vehicles were sold in the first quarter of 2022 - 75% more than in the first three months of 2021. Most,… Read more »
January 06, 2023
Africa: Amazing System Plants Use to Shape Their Roots, Why It Could Help Protect Crops From Climate Change #AfricaClimateHope
Plants have colonised the vast majority of the Earth's surface. So what is the key to their success? Read more »
January 05, 2023
Africa: Quiet, Please - Human Noise Is Interfering With the Sex Lives of Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers have a bad reputation. They're not popular with gardeners And locusts, a type of swarming grasshopper, can do huge damage to vegetation and crops when they're in a… Read more »
January 03, 2023
Africa: Fears About RSV, Flu and Winter Viruses Can Cause Parental Stress. Try These 4 Expert Tips to Balance Mental Wellness and Health Risks
Pediatric emergency departments and clinics have been overcrowded with the dramatic increase in child respiratory viruses, leaving many families anxious about caring for sick kids. Read more »
January 04, 2023
Africa: COP27 in Review - Climate Talks Delivered Big Gains for Africa, but Also Several Challenges
Africa has contributed negligibly to the changing climate, with less than 4% of global emissions. Yet it stands out disproportionately as the most vulnerable region in the world. Read more »
December 22, 2022
South Africa: Sabretooth Cats Hunted On South Africa's Coast 5 Million Years Ago - This Old One Was in Pain
Over five million years ago, before our ancestors dominated the landscape, southern Africa's west coast was home to a diverse array of prehistoric beasts. Among them were hyenas,… Read more »
West Africa: West Africa Has Experienced a Wave of Coups - Superficial Democracy Is to Blame
West Africa has seen coups and military takeovers in three countries in 2022. Like those of the past, they came with promises of a quick return to civilian regimes once… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Africa: Covid Hit Companies Hard. Why Some Kept Their Sustainability Commitments, and Others Didn't
Covid-19 has had profound implications for the "role of business in society". One of them is the pandemic's effect on companies' sustainability strategies. These are efforts to… Read more »
Kenya: Female Genital Mutilation Rates Peak During School Holidays - an Alternative Option Offers a Solution
Female genital mutilation is a practice deeply rooted in cultural traditions around the world. The World Health Organisation defines it as comprising all procedures that involve… Read more »
December 20, 2022
Africa: Small Loans - Microcredit Means More People Can Borrow Money - but More Scrutiny Is Also Needed
Undoubtedly, financial technology (fintech) is driving greater financial inclusion. Innovations are giving people more access to financial services through mobile and computing… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Africa: What Is Burnout and How to Prevent It in the Workplace - Insights From a Clinical Psychologist
People close to you, including family members, friends, and co-workers, frequently express their "stress" at this time of year. As the end of the year draws nearer people are… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change Can Be Beaten - Why Some Scientists Are Hopeful #AfricaClimateHope
Can our planet recover from climate change? Commissioning Editor, Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, asked scientists to share the reasons they believe there is hope. Read more »
December 11, 2022
Africa: 'Polycrisis' May Be a Buzzword, but It Could Help Us Tackle the World's Woes
Commentators increasingly warn that the world is tightly bound in a "polycrisis," a tangled knot of crises spanning global systems. But if we have any hope of escaping it, we must… Read more »
South Africa: Durban Coastline - Sewage-Polluted Beaches a Threat to Holiday Makers, Environment
Large numbers of businesses in eThekwini on South Africa's eastern seaboard - which includes the port city of Durban - rely heavily on tourism. It's a popular holiday destination,… Read more »
November 29, 2022
Kenya: 6 Priorities to Get Kenya's Curriculum Back On Track - or Risk Excluding Many Children From Education
Kenya's education curriculum was reformed in 2017 to improve its quality - but now many Kenyans are calling for change again. Public disillusionment with the competency-based… Read more »
November 30, 2022
Nigeria: Covid Deepened Inequalities in HIV Treatment - What We Learnt in Nigeria
The 2022 World AIDS Day theme is Equalize. The reason for this focus is that HIV reflects economic and social inequity. People with low socio-economic status are worst affected by… Read more »
South Africa: Covid Affected Access to HIV Treatment - the Stories of Migrant Women in South Africa Show How
South Africa has made massive strides in the fight against HIV. One of the country's flagship interventions has been the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV.… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Africa: All Signs Point to Blowing Past the 1.5 Degrees Global Warming Limit - Here's What We Can Still Do #AfricaClimateCrisis
The world could still, theoretically, meet its goal of keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius, a level many scientists consider a dangerous threshold. Realistically,… Read more »
Africa: Scientists Uncovered the Structure of the Key Protein for a Future Hepatitis C Vaccine - Here's How They Did It
The hepatitis C virus, or HCV, causes a chronic liver infection that can lead to permanent liver scarring and, in dire cases, cancer. It affects around 71 million people worldwide… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana Digitised Its Address System - Its Failure Offers Lessons to Other African Countries Creating Smart Cities
Smart urbanism is about using digital technologies to address urban problems. Across the continent, digital technologies and smart initiatives have been applied in myriad ways,… Read more »
November 21, 2022
Uganda: Ebola - Schools Were Closed for Two Years During Covid, Now They Face More Closures - Something Must Change
Children in Uganda missed out on more school because of the COVID pandemic than their peers anywhere else in the world. An estimated 15 million pupils in the East African nation… Read more »
Africa: COP27's 'Loss and Damage' Fund for Developing Countries Could Be a Breakthrough - or Another Empty Climate Promise #AfricaClimateCrisis
Developing nations were justifiably jubilant at the close of COP27 as negotiators from wealthy countries around the world agreed for the first time to establish a dedicated "loss… Read more »
Tanzania: Pregnant Students May Stay in School Says New Ruling By African Child Rights Experts
The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of Children recently made what experts call a landmark ruling. The committee is a regional quasi-judicial organ of the… Read more »
Africa: Monkeypox - Latest Data Reveals How the Virus Has Affected Women and Non-Binary People
Since May 2022, a global outbreak of human monkeypox infections has been reported in over 78,000 people. So far, infections have overwhelmingly occurred in sexually active men who… Read more »