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Africa

Nigeria’s minimum wage has never protected workers from poverty: here’s why

    By Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College   Wages have become the top issue for Nigeria’s organised labour movements in the past year. Reacting to recent increases in the cost of living, the labour movement has been calling for an upward review of the national minimum wage, currently N30,000 (US$24) a month. The Conversation’s Adejuwon Soyinka asks economics professor Stephen Onyeiwu if Nigeria’s minimum wage truly protects workers from poverty. […]

today6 May, 2024

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Business / Economics

Namibia bets on Africa’s green hydrogen with US$267M export harbour

    By Seth Onyango, bird story agency   Namibia is gearing up its logistics infrastructure to handle future shipments of green hydrogen, with a planned US$267 million hydrogen harbour at the port of Walvis Bay, according to the country's port authority, Namport. Port of Antwerp Bruges will build the facility over the next three years, billed as a hub for shipping hydrogen and its byproducts to energy-hungry markets in […]

today6 May, 2024

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Business / Economics

South Africa’s national student financial aid scheme has helped millions but is in trouble: here’s why

South Africa’s minister of higher education and training, Blade Nzimande. Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images     By Thandi Lewin, University of Johannesburg   The board of South Africa’s National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been dissolved by the country’s higher education and training minister, Blade Nzimande, and the organisation placed under administration. Nzimande made the decision because of “(the problem of) non-payment of (students’) allowances”. Thandi Lewin is […]

today6 May, 2024

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Africa

African countries can’t resolve their debt crisis under a system rigged against them

      By Carlos Lopes, University of Cape Town   The debt situation in many African countries has escalated again to a critical juncture. Twenty are in, or at risk of, debt distress. Three pivotal elements significantly contribute to this. Firstly, the rules governing the international banking system favour developed countries and work against the interests of African countries. Secondly, multilateral financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund […]

today6 May, 2024

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Business / Economics

Coca-Cola to end IPO dry spell with US$8 billion Africa bottler listing

  By Seth Onyango, bird story agency   Coca-Cola Co. is advancing plans for a significant initial public offering of its African bottling arm as soon as 2025, with a valuation that could exceed US$8 billion. This major financial move is set to end a period of sluggish activity on African securities exchanges and would be a significant morale boost for the continent's stock market landscape. According to insiders, the […]

today3 May, 2024

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Business / Economics

Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?

    By Priestley Habru, University of Adelaide and Claudina Habru, University of Adelaide   Former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele has been elected the next prime minister of Solomon Islands, defeating the opposition leader, Matthew Wale, in a vote in parliament. The result is a mixed bag for former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare’s Ownership, Unity and Responsibility (OUR) Party. The party won just 15 of 50 seats in last month’s […]

today3 May, 2024

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Health / Medical

How much time should you spend sitting versus standing? New research reveals the perfect mix for optimal health

The Conversation, Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock     By Christian Brakenridge, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute   People have a pretty intuitive sense of what is healthy – standing is better than sitting, exercise is great for overall health and getting good sleep is imperative. However, if exercise in the evening may disrupt our sleep, or make us feel the need to be more sedentary to recover, a key question emerges – what […]

today3 May, 2024

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Health / Medical

Why is cancer called cancer? We need to go back to Greco-Roman times for the answer

Amna Artist/Shutterstock     By Konstantine Panegyres, The University of Melbourne   One of the earliest descriptions of someone with cancer comes from the fourth century BC. Satyrus, tyrant of the city of Heracleia on the Black Sea, developed a cancer between his groin and scrotum. As the cancer spread, Satyrus had ever greater pains. He was unable to sleep and had convulsions. Advanced cancers in that part of the body […]

today3 May, 2024

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Africa

No answers for Ghanaian fishery observer’s family months after suspected death

      By Awudu Salami Sulemana Yoda ,via Mongabay   The brother of a Ghanaian fisheries observer who went missing from his assigned vessel last October says the family has received no information from the authorities investigating the case. Yohane Abayateye tells Mongabay the family is now considering legal action to compel the Ghana Police Service to release the findings of its investigation, especially the DNA test results that […]

today2 May, 2024