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Ghana’s Accra needs affordable public housing. Here is how to provide it

The concept of affordable housing gives government a perfect opportunity to design a policy that impacts society.

Why anti-foreigner sentiment won’t solve South Africa’s labour woes

Anti-foreigner sentiment won’t solve South Africa’s labour woes

Bringing change to Zimbabwe: ‘Women need to see themselves in politics’

As a young woman in politics I’ve experienced prejudice – audiences ask about my marital status instead of my policies.…

Southern Africa’s cryptocurrency problem

The Sadc model law on public financial management (PFM), which the Sadc parliamentary forum is developing has attracted more praise,…

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, how is Africa’s higher education sector faring?

Higher education on the continent is gradually recovering from the shocks of 2020.

Why African family businesses are failing at multigenerational wealth

In Kenya, family businesses are significant and are a source of employment for more than 60 percent of the population.

Africa is the next big skills market, if its youth get education and opportunities

Establishing a youth-friendly eco-system by creating entrepreneurship hubs, business networking spaces, and ease of trade to pan-African markets will offer…

State capture in South Africa: how the rot set in and how the project was rumbled

South Africa’s institutional safeguards, civil society NGOs, and democratic culture are more robust than those of some other countries

Up in smoke: Zim is cutting down forests to feed its tobacco habit

Curing barns used by smallholders require 10 kilogrammes of wood for every kilo of tobacco.

Lindiwe Sisulu: Her only crime is challenging male hegemony

The nation cries out new ideals that will give hope and reinvigoration to the national body polity. Sisulu will need…