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Opinion

Wednesday, 24 April 2019

balancing act

Sudan’s long walk to freedom

Any swift transition to democratic rule in Sudan could further deepen tensions that already exist in the country. While the protestors’ demands ... and momentum represent a milestone for Sudan, the country faces several crucial challenges before it can transition to democracy.

Tuesday, 23 April 2019

farming fallacy

The World Bank is driving a failed strategy in the DRC

In the DRC, the Bukanga Lonzo Debacle shows that agro-industrial parks are a false solution to the challenges faced by the DRC and Africa when ... it comes to food, agriculture, and poverty alleviation.

Friday, 19 April 2019

not the '90s any more

It’s time to rethink oil and gas as a funding source for development

Oil-price volatility highlights the fragility of a development model based on a single resource. For oil-producing countries the imperative of ... adopting a more diverse investment strategy can no longer be ignored.

White-elephant hunter

In conversation with David Ndii, Kenyan economist

In the second in our series of candid interviews, The Africa Report sits down with the Kenyan oppositionist and economist David Ndii to talk ... about the "cargo cult" of infrastructure, and why farmers are the future.

Thursday, 18 April 2019

saving lives

Road safety does not belong in the rear-view mirror

Ghana's capital city has partnered with Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Partnership for Healthy Cities initiative to reduce road traffic deaths and ... improve policy outcomes

Just the juice?

Five things you need to know before breakfast

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Tuesday, 16 April 2019

lie hunters

Fact checking Africa in the post-truth age

Though politicians have always lied, never before has fact-checking them been so important. ...

Friday, 12 April 2019

cattle class

Dangote revels in his AU passport; good for him, but what about us?

Not even being Africa's richest man or one of its most famous daughters can keep you immune from the travails of visa applications on the continent, ... even if you have an all-Africa passport, as both Aliko Dangote and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala have found out.

spy vs spy

In South Africa, politicians and spies go hand in glove

A police investigator and the minister of police are at war. Before, they were a crucial part of the resistance against Zuma's state ... pillage.

Wednesday, 10 April 2019

extreme weather

Cyclone Idai is still killing people as the world forgets

Whatever happened to Cyclone Idai? It crashed through Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi three weeks ago in what UN meteorologists classed as one ... of the worst disasters to hit the southern hemisphere.

Friday, 5 April 2019

the robots are coming

The New Tech Era: job-killer or job-creator?

At a time when Jumia, Africa’s biggest e-commerce company, is preparing to raise several hundred million dollars on the New York Stock Exchange, ... and the Mauritius-based IHS Towers communications giant has announced important expansion into markets in the Middle East, it seems beside the point to ask whether “Tech” is good for the continent.

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