The Education sector was already dealing with a vast array of critical issues, including a lack of resources, a shortage in staff and training, and a scarcity of funding. Then COVID-19 hit. This forced massive upheaval and disturbance to the methods used to teach and for pupils to learn. The situation involved a speedy move to remote working and with it the re-evaluation of the systems a...
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Africa continues to face major structural transformations in a bid to develop and establish presence in the global arena. The continent’s development challenges include new, complex problem...
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South Africa has renamed one of its cities Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha, in a series of name changes that have seen Port Elizabeth airport renamed Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport; T...
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We, the undersigned 263 civil society organisations (CSOs), are writing to you to share our deep concern about your potential participation in a $2.5 billion project finance loan for the con...
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The death of Italy’s Ambassador to the DRC, Luca Attanasio (44) on that ill-omened day of 21st February, 2021 shocked many. First of all, it was unexpected. That’s because most of the victim...
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Shortly after semiconductor giant Broadcom’s 2018 announcement that it planned to acquire CA Technologies — for $19 billion — a somber memorandum under the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD)...
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In the energy-sapping miasma of a virus-infected world, the launch of the world’s biggest free trade area, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), feels exhilarating. Right now a l...
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Sensory surveillance and smart devices: why we should care about the cost of convenience Today, most people and households boast a multitude of smart devices, which bring a large measure...
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There have been loads of articles written, mainly by economists and finance professionals, since the start of the Covid pandemic. If we take stock of what is the real substance of these arti...
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