P. Pratap Kumar – Emeritus Professor, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Nata Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu has died at the age of 90. Archbishop Tutu earned the …
Jane Namukobe – Lecturer, Makerere University Herbal medicine is used all over the world, and Uganda is no exception. Figures suggest that up to 79% of the East African nation’s population favours …
Steven Friedman – Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg Now, and in the past, “following the science” on COVID-19 has landed South Africa in trouble. This is not an …
Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood – Lecturer, University of St Andrews Edward H. Allison – Director of Science and Research, WorldFish, CGIAR System Organization The African marine fisheries sector is huge. It’s valued …
Mélanie Lindbjerg Guichon – PhD Candidate, Aarhus University Inequality is an issue that arises everywhere in the world today. Recent studies by economists such as Branko Milanovic and Thomas Piketty have looked at trends …
Race is an issue that’s always simmering below the surface in South Africa. One of the ugliest aspects of the recent wave of looting and violence was the killing of people based on their …
Stephen Onyeiwu – Andrew Wells Robertson Professor of Economics, Allegheny College Nigeria is sitting on a demographic goldmine which could transform the economy. About 60% of Nigeria’s 200 million people …
Written by Elizabeth Mkandawire and Melody Mentz-Coetzee The number of hungry people in the world grew by a staggering 161 million people in 2020 to 811 million. More than one third …
Written by Louise K. Comfort – Professor of Public and International Affairs, former Director of the Center for Disaster Management, University of Pittsburgh Parts of Haiti were reduced to rubble …
Henning Bjornlund – Professor, Business School, University of South Australia; André F. van Rooyen – Principal Scientist, Innovation Systems for the Drylands., CGIAR System Organization; Vibeke Bjornlund – Researcher,School of …