Universities shouldn’t ignore graduates once they leave the institution.
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Universities could mine alumni databases to improve individual institutions’ work - and raise funds.
Herbs, roots and plants can have health benefits. But they can also interact negatively with Western medicines.
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Numerous traditional African medicines are undeniably beneficial in treating disease or maintaining good health.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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The US Secretary of State’s mission to Africa will produce few benefits for the continent or for US-Africa relations.
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Talk of ethnic and religious conflict between Muslim Fulani herders and local Christian farmers misses the full picture – this is about resources.
Kenya lacks skilled welders who can work on a live oil pipeline.
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To realise Kenya’s oil, gas and mining potential, the sector needs more people with the right skills to support it.
Education empowers young people like Sarah Nasira, a Kenyan pupil leading a class.
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Authors Lutz and Klingholz explore how mass literacy became a revolution that changed the world.
Protesters in South Africa, highlight the plight of immigrants forced into slavery in Libya.
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The decision to repatriate migrants is a welcome intervention. But, it fails to consider the fundamental causes.
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The international community has failed to recognise the new political visions being articulated by young musicians and activists across Africa.
South Africa has been dubbed “the rape capital of the world”.
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South Africa has tended to prioritise race relations over gender relations since formal apartheid ended.
If young people are equipped with the right skills in school, entrepreneurship becomes a viable career option.
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The subject of Technology can be used to support and develop pupils’ entrepreneurial skills.
Migration to cities has led to increased obesity in Africa.
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Obesity is on the rise among urban African women of reproductive age in all of the 24 countries studied.
The polio vaccination campaign in Nigeria is being hampered.
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Social media rumours are putting Nigeria’s vaccination campaigns at risk.
Amos Tutuola’s work is enjoying renewed interest and support.
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Amos Tutuola has contributed significantly to the resilience of ways of life and worldviews that could easily have disappeared under the weight of colonialism, globalisation and the market economy.
Two men playing Morabaraba. Board games are a part of the social fabric of many African societies.
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African board games are learning spaces for players to develop cognitive and non-cognitive skills given the mechanics or rules embedded in these games.
Africa has the chance to innovate and grow, with the right policies and investment.
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Calestous Juma believed that Africa needed an integrated science, technology and innovation framework. The continent can make this happen.
A strong judiciary isn’t enough to keep democracy in place. Kenya’s Supreme Court decision nullifying the re-election of Uhuru Kenyatta is a case in point.
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The past 12 months provided further evidence of the danger of democratic backsliding in Africa. But it also saw powerful presidents suffer embarrassing setbacks in a number of countries.
Nigerians don’t trust the police and often resort to mob justice.
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Nigeria is on the verge of passing a law to criminalise rampant mob lynching. Other countries have tried to do this and failed.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde at the “G20: Compact With Africa”.
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South Africa will be well advised to start preparing itself for an International Monetary Fund programme as the country faces a deepening economic crisis.
Corruption pollutes the African business environment.
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Public sector corruption is a major challenge to doing business in Africa and players are mostly ill-equipped to deal with it. Business schools can teach the skills to tackle it.
Irrigated fields, like these in Nigeria, increase the risk of workers getting malaria.
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Health investments raise worker productivity, but firms may not observe changes in worker effort. Technology that measures physical activity demonstrates these potential gains.