Afcon 2023: Africa’s diaspora footballers are boosting the continent’s game – but they are also creating challenges: The Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) is approaching its conclusion in Ivory Coast and speculation is rife about which team will be the ultimate winner. It could be one of the continent’s footballing heavyweights such as Morocco or …
Africa Cup of Nations showcases the continent’s finest footballers – and China’s economic clout: When the Africa Cup of Nations begins on January 13, the opening match between Guinea Bissau and the hosts, Ivory Coast, will be played at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Abidjan. The state-of-the-art venue is one of six stadiums being used …
Africa’s aquifers hold more than 20 times the water stored in the continent’s lakes, but they aren’t the answer to water scarcity: Giordano Cipriani/Getty Images Discoveries of aquifers – underground earth formations that hold water – often create excitement around their ability to ease water scarcity in a region. For instance, about 10 years ago …
Africa’s agribusiness sector should drive the continent’s economic development: Five reasons why: Agriculture is still largely manual in a several parts of the continent. Patrick Sheperd/CIFOR Africa’s agriculture sector accounts for about 35% of the continent’s gross domestic product, and provides the livelihood of more than 50% of the continent’s population. These shares are more …
Africa in space: 5 interesting reads on the continent’s achievements and future: Gettyimages Sputnik 1 was launched by the former Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, marking the start of the space age. Since then space activity has delivered many benefits. For instance, satellite imagery can be used in agriculture to predict food shortages and …
How Africa’s entrepreneurs are handling the continent’s challenges: new book: African tech entrepreneurs are performing well despite extreme challenges. Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images I carried out a little exercise on Google. I searched “Africa”, and then “African countries”. Top among the 3.4 billion results in the first search and 272 million in …
COVID-19 shows why African data is key for the continent’s response to pandemics: The COVID-10 pandemic followed a different path in Africa than was predicted. Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua via Getty Images Early predictions of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by some public health scientists painted a gloomy picture for Africa. The continent was expected to …
Pan-African research networks are needed to manage continent’s plastic pollution threat: Volunteers gather at a beach, to clean up plastic litter at a Lagos beach. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images Plastic pollution is a prevalent issue across the globe. Countries in Africa are no exception. The state of plastic pollution in parts of Africa …
A grass native to Africa could transform the continent’s dairy yields. Here’s how: Cows' milk yields rise when they eat _Brachiaria_ grass. Eric Ouma/ILRI The cows kept by small-scale farmers in Africa are notoriously unproductive. The average dairy cow, for example, produces about 540 litres of milk per lactation. By contrast, dairy cows in North …
South Africa in the news: Crossing Continents — a sparkling history of Standard Chartered Bank: Smith’s authorised account is excellent, but focuses more on a colourful history than recent corporate failings …: “South Africa” – BingNews DA pressure forced Parliament to review R10 million wasted every year on luxury flights for retired cadres: In November …
Moving US Africa Command to Africa will not solve the continent’s security issues: A US soldier carries his belongings to a waiting truck at a military camp on the outskirts of Niamey, Niger Jacob Silberberg/Getty Images Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, has asked the United States to move its military headquarters overseeing Africa to the continent, …
Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent’s economies: African leaders have their work cut out to make the continental free trade area a success. Wikimedia Commons Most economists see structural transformation as one of the main routes to Africa’s sustainable development. What it means is changing the share of …
South Africa in the news: Why Africa’s largest-ever telescope and astronomy matter for the continent’s future: Astronomy in Africa has taken a giant leap forward with the unveiling of the 64-dish MeerKAT array in South Africa on July 13. The MeerKAT will be the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the …: “South Africa” …
How the continent’s languages can unlock the potential of young Africans: Africa's massive variety of languages should be celebrated and used in tertiary education. Shutterstock Africa is the home of 2144 languages. Oddly, most development theoreticians consider this a barrier to economic and social growth. Sociolinguists and educationists know better: the African continent’s multilingualism is …
South Africa in the news: How This Tech Startup Cracked One Of The Continent’s Toughest Industries: South Africa’s public transport sector is one of the most complex industries in the country, largely because of legacy issues that persist. Taxis alone service about 15 million commuters everyday and bring in an estimated R90 billion in fares …
How the things migrants send back home help them build a bridge across continents: What's in the box? via shutterstock.com Handbags. Hats. A sofa. These are just some of the things that migrants living in the UK send back home to their loved ones. And it’s not a one-way street. In return comes food, books, …
70-year-old runs 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days: Running four marathons in five weeks wasn't enough. Running 10 marathons in a year wasn't enough. : Weird News Pi Day deals: Steep food discounts: Pi Day is actually about the awesome mathematical integer 3.14, but today has slowly morphed over the years into a …
A Meeting Of The Continents: International Poetry Night – a Africa interest event taking place on 2016-12-03 00:00:00 in United Kingdom A night of poetry hosted by acclaimed poet Linton Kwesi Johnson The International Book Fairs of Black Radical and Third World Books (1982-1995) were ground breaking events held in London and around the UK. …