African tech entrepreneurs are performing well despite extreme challenges.
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A new handbook shows that African entrepreneurs are able to hold their own globally if given the chance.
A researcher at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, works on the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus in December 2021. African countries were penalized by Canada’s travel ban even though they discovered the Omicron variant via complex sequencing work when western nations failed to.
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Ottawa’s travel ban against African countries made clear its underlying policy: What matters is not your test result, but where you’ve been. It’s yet another example of anti-Africa discrimation.
Although African nations contribute the least to climate change, many are bearing its worst burdens.
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The African continent stands to lose the most from climate change - here’s what local governments can do to protect it.
Women are more likely to work in sectors hit hard by the pandemic, like hospitality.
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The pandemic has increased vulnerability and poverty for female-headed households more than for male-headed households.
US president Joe Biden and Democratic Republic of Congo president Felix Tshisekedi at the G20 summit in October 2021.
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Africa can make important contributions to the issues on the agenda: defending against authoritarianism; fighting corruption; and respect for human rights.
Inequality within countries is growing globally
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Ghanaian postcolonial intellectuals viewed terms such as development, neo-colonialism, self-reliance, and indigeneity as central to discussions of global inequalities.
The African Development Bank Group headquarters in Le Plateau, the business district of the Ivorian capital Abidjan.
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African countries can’t afford to tread water waiting for the global multilateral and private financing system to become more equitable.
TikTok exploded in Nigeria during the 2020 lockdowns.
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TikTok has exploded in popularity among young people in Nigeria. Here’s why it’s such a hit.
Traditional blue boats moored at the harbour of Essaouira, Morocco.
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Bearing the burden of policies on conservation, together with the impact of out-competition by other sectors within the blue economy, has led to increased poverty in fishing communities.
A fighter loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
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Violence in Ethiopia could cause ripples across the Horn of Africa, destabilizing the region.
Economic growth is affected by military expenditure.
Military expenditure is a relevant policy option in reducing the negative effect of terrorism on economic growth in Africa.
People, Planet and Prosperity was on the agenda of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting in February 2021.
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Central banks have a responsibility in addressing the challenge of climate change. But how? Experts explore some ideas.
A truck with migrants crossing the Sahara from Niger in 2009.
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Livelihoods which communities have relied on for centuries are being criminalised by heavy-handed state restrictions.
Benin’s new abortion law considers a woman’s socioeconomic situation.
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Benin’s new abortion law will take a woman’s educational, professional and material situation into consideration.
Agricultural land and mountains alongside the railway line from Cape Town to Pretoria, South Africa.
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Damon Galgut joins a distinguished line of South African authors, who are grappling with the complex dynamics of the country’s white community in their writing.
Migrants often have to brave the sea with just food, water, and life vests.
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Migration can be a matter of life and death, but religion can help people cope.
Internally displaced people in Tigray in April 2021.
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Plus, why reusable food containers aren’t always better for the environment than disposable ones. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
Young Nigerians holding up a banner at the 1-year memorial of the Lekki shootings.
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Young people’s use of technology such as Twitter shows that they are interested in politics and governance and have found a way to participate.
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Africans are stereotyped as having no regard for time and timing. This is a myth.
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Africa was divided by European imperialists depending on what each desired in natural resources