Failing to understand what communities consider important greatly diminishes the responsiveness of policies to the actual needs of individuals.
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Labour, yields, and biodiversity are all elements of agriculture that need to be balanced.
The success of the Maputo Protocol in protecting the rights of women and eliminating discrimination is remarkable.
Fermented foods are a key component of west African cuisine. Making them safer for consumption should be a priority.
Africa is suffering from a silent, but costly, epidemic of fungal infections.
Côte d’Ivoire’s nanosatellite is the first step towards applications that monitor environmental harm and illegal activities and assist in planning for development.
From domestic worker to matriarch of South African literature, the book is a reflection on her writing journey.
The Land Bank played a crucial role in the growth and development of South African agriculture. It can do the same for upcoming black farmers, but its business and funding model must be changed.
Without policies that take account of a growing population with few working-age people, DRC risks seeing an increase in poverty and hunger.
Nigerians lack access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene facilities despite investment in these areas. Procurement law contributes to this inadvertently.
Ghana’s judiciary has a public relations problem that requires an urgent fix.
Social enterprises need to be proactive in improving their internal processes and structures. They also need to share essential information.
Genetically modified crops are increasing yield and food security in developed countries, but in Africa, a lack of adoption is limiting success.
The Camões Prize is the most important award for Portuguese literature, and Paulina Chiziane is the first African woman to receive it.
Despite some positive shifts, the staffing situation at public higher education institutions remains polarised in terms of race and gender.
Lagos has a waste problem that can be tackled by adopting a sustainable waste management policy that considers income brackets.
The strong trade relationship with the EU means policy changes like the border tax may have disproportionately significant effects on African economies.
Sierra Leone needs to rebuild public trust in its election by maintaining a completely transparent process.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent form of dementia. This is a term used to describe a range of symptoms linked to the decline in brain function with age.
For Nigeria’s new security chiefs to succeed, there is the need to depoliticise, demilitarise, and optimise operational capabilities of the armed forces.
Principales colaboradores
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
