Source: The Conversation – Africa [2] China’s President Xi Jinping announced in February 2026 that from 1 May China would be granting zero-tariff treatment to 53 African countries. (That is...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [2] Communities in South Africa continue to be fractured by service delivery failures, crime and gang-related violence. The impact is felt by families and communities,...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [2] Millions of Kenyan households and businesses have been subjected to interruptions of electricity supply since late 2024 owing to production shortfalls. President William Ruto...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [3] Fathers have a strong influence over whether and how children access schooling. David Geneugelijk/unsplash, CC BY A child’s success at school doesn’t depend only...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [2] China’s economic footprint in Africa has grown fast over the last two decades. Across the continent, Chinese-backed mines, oilfields, railways and industrial zones have...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [3] Unsplash It’s getting tougher to assess how much university students have learnt. In his work as a Mathematical Statistics lecturer, Michael von Maltitz has...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [2] On a humid afternoon in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, a young trader in electronics pulls out his phone and opens Binance, the world’s largest...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [3] The facts of history are important, but try telling that to a classroom full of bored youngsters. One way to liven up the subject...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [2] The South African government makes a great deal of the fact that it supports women’s empowerment in agriculture. But does it? As an anthropologist,...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [3] Higher education institutions are frequent casualties in violent conflicts. In Palestine, Ukraine and Sudan, to mention only a few recent examples, university campuses have...
