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 [2] In many rural parts of South Africa, getting to a hospital, school or workplace depends on the condition of a gravel road. When that...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [2] South Africa’s minister of employment and labour has published a sweeping set of proposed amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, the Employment...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [1] The news of the passing of Ghanaian highlife star Ebo Taylor on 7 February 2026 felt less like the loss of a public musical...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [2] The attacks by the US and Israel on Iran, which started on 28 February 2026, upended key supply chains, driving oil prices above US$100...
