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...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [2] You’ve probably heard the saying, “The rich become richer, while the poor become poorer”. It’s about how uneven financial progress can be. One of...
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...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [1] Map of Africa (1722). Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel Wikipedia Commons, CC BY Colonialism has been...
