Hard journey to a future free of hepatitis in Africa
The World Health Organisation has announced additional efforts to eliminate hepatitis by 2030. The overall strategy calls for the prevention...
Why African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent’s economies
Most economists see structural transformation as one of the main routes to Africa’s sustainable development. What it means is changing...
Insecurity underpins property rights in Lagos – no matter what class you are
Recurrent episodes of marginal communities being evicted from the waterfronts of Lagos have made global media headlines over the last...
The IMF’s $4bn loan for South Africa: the pros, cons and potential pitfalls
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a R70 billion (US$4.3 billion) loan for South Africa to help the country...
Why African countries are reluctant to take up COVID-19 debt relief
A debt service relief package has been approved by some of the world’s biggest lenders for more than 25 African...
What drove Asia’s economic success stories, and what should Africa emulate?
The remarkable economic transformation of Asia in recent decades has attracted global attention. It has ignited scholarly and policy debates...
AIDS conference: COVID-19, big breakthroughs and missed targets
This year saw the first ever AIDS conference to be held entirely online. The 23rd International AIDS Conference, the largest...
Why Nigeria must find everyone who has hepatitis and doesn’t know it
World Hepatitis Day – 28 July – is an opportunity to raise awareness of hepatitis and encourage commitments of governments,...
South Africans should accept that the IMF is neither their worst enemy nor their saviour
The South African government has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for $4.2 billion. The money would come from a...
On decolonising teaching practices, not just the syllabus
In South Africa, student calls for free, quality, decolonised higher education have coincided with demands for the transformation of canons,...
