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Africa’s crypto future

African nations are at the vanguard of the new movement towards central bank digital currencies, in a desperate bid to…

Zimbabwe nurses are being caught in UK ‘bonded labour’ schemes

Care workers, lured from south east Africa to start their careers in the United Kingdom, are being scammed and exploited…

Zimbabwean study challenges notion that women are inherently close to nature

Zimbabwean women are trapped in a cycle of increasing labour and environmental degradation.

70 years on, pioneering art collection returns to Zimbabwe

For the first time in his life, Gift Livingstone Sango, 65, saw a painting by his father depicting Jesus as…

Zimbabwe – South Africa relations turn frosty in the wake of an immigration crisis

Things may get worse next year, 2023, when 180, 000 Zimbabweans will be deported from South Africa just before watershed…

Universities shouldn’t use software to monitor online exams: here’s why

Universities have neglected their educational responsibilities in service of a neoliberal ideology, positioning students as customers and higher education as…

Chinese private security firms are growing their presence in Africa: Why it matters

The proliferation of foreign security firms has important policy implications for Africa and heightens the risk of human rights violations.

The anatomy of Kenya’s 2022 election

Despite violence and irregularities in Kenya's previous elections since the turn of the century, there is good reason to think…

Ghana roads: Safety has improved but private vehicles are still a menace

Fatal road injury is one of the top 10 causes of death in Ghana

How the internet is remaking music – and remaking us

The problem is not that television presents us with entertaining subject matter, but that all subject matter is presented as…