Nigeria’s cashless policy seeks to minimise cash-related crimes, but it seems to have replaced that risk with another: electronic fraud.
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It is a good time to ask how the travel and tourism industry has contributed to racism and how that can change.
Abiy Ahmed has a vision to upgrade Ethiopia’s capital city but his ambitious megaprojects do not take the majority of Addis Ababa’s residents into account
The Building Bridges Initiative is best understood by recognising that Kenyan politics is fundamentally shaped by competition between political elites and their ethnic groups.
High temperatures, periods of increased relative humidity and more rainfall are likely to happen more in Nigeria’s coastal region under future global warming.
African governments should shift their attention to strengthening health systems so that they are better placed to respond to any pandemic.
Should South Africa’s military get involved, it would be venturing into a highly violent and complex landscape, requiring a counter-terrorism type of operations.
The former president’s complex legacy has often been marred by violence.
The fundamental structure of the current constitution, which is cast in classical Westminster conceptions, is unsuited for modern-day constitutionalism.
A consistent, predictable and friendly policy environment can attract private sector investments in agriculture to drive transformation.
Nigeria’s post COVID-19 economic recovery plan appears to be a good start. But the government’s plan leaves a lot to be desired.
It will take a long time for the full economic impact of COVID-19 to be known, but a careful scrutiny of labour market outcomes over the next couple of months will shed some light.
On paper, refugees on Kenyan soil have the full protection of local and international laws and regulations. But much more needs to be done on the ground to bring them in from the fringes of society.
A devastating historical exposé of South Africa’s mining industry and the railway system that maximised the exploitation of cheap Mozambican labour.
The current outbreak of African swine fever is a blow to food supply in Nigeria as pork is an affordable animal protein for many Nigerians.
The sudden death of Burundi’s former president, Pierre Nkurunziza, marks the end of a long reign, characterised by violent political crises.
Despite its dire health and economic situation, Sudan has yet to access emergency funding to combat COVID-19.
To afford sufficient protection to marginalised people in society - such as women in minority religious communities - the state must recognise and regulate religious marriages in a nuanced way.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised inclusive decision-making informed by scientific evidence. Such an approach would serve to depoliticise and rationalise decision-making.
The country must urgently address the politics of ethnicity before it can move towards a workable democracy.
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