Climate services are vital tools for decision makers addressing climate change in developing countries. Science-based…
Why It Pays to Link Products to Places – and How African Countries Can Do It
Around the world, people commonly associate certain foods and products with particular geographical areas. These…
Why we did it: the Kenyan women and girls who joined Al-Shabaab
The direct involvement of women and girls in terrorism has attracted increased interest as the…
The Basis of South Africa’s Annual Budgets Needs an Overhaul. Here’s Why, and How
Governments in most developing countries use medium-term expenditure frameworks as fiscal policy instruments to match…
Nigeria’s Post-Privatisation Energy Sector Is a Mess: Here Are Some Solutions
In the mid-1980s, most of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa made structural changes to their…
South Africa: the Rising Temperatures Will Cost Up to 20% of Per Capita GDP
Temperature rise due to climate change has negatively affected labour productivity in the past decades…
Scientists Discover New ‘Spectacular’ Bat from West Africa
A group of scientists led by the American Museum of Natural History and Bat Conservation…
First Human Culture Lasted 20,000 Years Longer Than Thought
Fieldwork led by Dr. Eleanor Scerri, head of the Pan-African Evolution Research Group at the…
How Sub-Saharan Africa Can Rethink Its Approach to Agriculture
In response to the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, most sub-Saharan governments are…
The Spread of Surveillance Technology in Africa Stirs Security Concerns
In 2019, Kampala police procured $126 million worth of closed circuit television camera (CCTV) surveillancetechnology…