How realistic are expectations about Africa’s economic prospects? There are several reasons why we should be both optimistic and cautious about the continent’s future economic performance.
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The recent skirmishes about culture in the public space represent the tip of an iceberg that can be properly characterised as a cultural backlash.
African universities need to boost local languages onto the same exalted platform as English before they can be considered truly transformed.
Nano-satellites are small and cool enough to inspire youth to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Why does Burundi’s Nkurunziza, like many African leaders before him, find it difficult to leave office? The events of the Arab spring should have served as a wake-up call.
African cities are growing fast - and there are many reasons to be excited about this rapid urban development.
Though no magic bullet, bedaquiline has provided rich lessons about the challenges posed in global efforts to curb the TB epidemic.
Managing Africa’s water sources is a matter of vital importance for people to have any hope of surviving on the continent
South African teachers say it’s a struggle to apply their training about “inclusive education” in crowded, stressful classroom situations.
Research tells us that multilingual literacy matters. But teaching children in Africa to read in their mother tongues as a springboard to literacy in other languages can be a fraught process.
If South Africa’s complete health workforce is tallied, there is not a critical shortage of human resources to provide health care services.
The fast thinking Nigerian government used a tried and tested tracking system and pooled expertise to contain the ebola virus in three months.
How do you overhaul a university department so it offers the best teaching, support and development for a radically changed context?
A more enlightened approach to child labour would listen to what children say about work, balance work and school, and enhance the flexibility and quality of schooling to cater for working children.
The failures of the African Union raise serious questions about when to deploy its security apparatus in general and the Africa Standby Force in particular.
School enrolment rates in sub-Saharan Africa have increased markedly in recent years, but it is failing its newly educated young by not creating jobs commensurate with their education.
Climate change is affecting all regions of the globe. But some places, such as Africa, are more vulnerable than others.
The relationship between Africa’s two great powers, Nigeria and South Africa, has had its ups and downs, but has been relatively cordial since 1999.
Educational technology can be a powerful tool, but it must be accompanied by new, modern teaching methods.
Smart dirt is made up of those germs clinging to the surfaces around us that have become resistant to the chemicals normally used to get rid of them.
Higher education institutions that only hire academics from their own backyards simply cannot compete in this era of the global university.
The black middle class occupies a complex and sometimes precarious position in society, one that requires constant renegotiation.
South Africa’s maternal mortality rate rose dramatically after 1998, almost doubling to 302 deaths per 100,000 live births by 2009.
Many do not associate Africa with the high-tech sphere of “space”. However, in recent years, many countries on the continent have woken up to the potential and usefulness of space technology.
With the election of Mmusi Maimane as leader, the Democratic Alliance, like the ANC, calculated that a black rather than coloured leader is needed for victory at the national level.