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Namibia

China-Africa Summit: Important Impulse Partnership, Security, and Economic Evolution

  Opinion Piece By Josef Kefas Sheehama, independent reasecher   The China-Africa Summit, held from September 4 to 6, 2024, had the subject "Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future," and was attended by 53 Heads of State and Government. Furthermore, China announced $51 billion in support to Africa over the next three years. This comprises investments in infrastructure, industrial development, and […]

todaySeptember 10, 2024 27

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Africa

Looting of the Sudan National Museum – more is at stake than priceless ancient treasures

    By Mohamed Albdri Sliman Bashir, University of Khartoum   Reports continue to emerge of the alleged looting of tens of thousands of artefacts from the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. The museum, near the confluence of the White and the Blue Niles, holds a history of the region, home to ancient civilisations, temples and pyramids. But it has been caught in the crossfire in a war between the […]

todaySeptember 10, 2024 29

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Rating agencies and Africa: the absence of people on the ground contributes to bias against the continent – analyst

    By Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town   Rating agency Fitch recently warned that the rapid spread of the mpox virus in sub-Saharan Africa could add to the fiscal pressures many countries in the region are already experiencing. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have declared the latest outbreak of mpox in Africa a health emergency. An epidemic in the Democratic […]

todaySeptember 9, 2024 18

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Technology classes at school can also teach skills for business and life: South African teachers share ideas

PeopleImages/Getty Images   By Adri Du Toit, North-West University   Starting and running your own business takes hard work and a can-do attitude. Typically, entrepreneurs are the kinds of people who can identify and solve problems innovatively, are willing to take risks and learn from mistakes. But many entrepreneurs also have a set of skills that anyone can learn, and use in work and life. Examples include adaptability, problem-solving, collaboration, […]

todaySeptember 9, 2024 8

Africa

Nigerian households use a range of energy, from wood to solar – green energy planning must account for this

    By Dennis Gabriel Pepple, University of Leicester and Daminabo Pokubo, Nottingham Trent University   Low and middle-income countries generally lack access to renewable energy and rely excessively on traditional fuels like firewood and charcoal. In these countries, 2.6 billion people depend mainly on polluting fossil fuels (for electricity) and traditional biomass fuels (such as wood or charcoal for cooking) to meet their daily energy needs. In sub-Saharan Africa, […]

todaySeptember 9, 2024 13

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Kenya’s new social health insurance fund wants to improve care for mothers and babies: but it faces challenges

    By Boniface Oyugi, University of Kent   Kenya has made strides in maternal and child health over the past decade. Preventable complications related to pregnancy still result in about 5,000 maternal deaths annually, however. I am a health economist and health policy specialist and co-author of a study of the Kenyan health system to evaluate the state of maternal care in the country. This is important because the […]

todaySeptember 9, 2024 25

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World Leaders Must Re-boot Global Cooperation for Today and Tomorrow

  By the United Nations Secretary-General   Final negotiations are underway in New York for this month’s Summit of the Future, where Heads of State will agree on reforms to the building blocks of global cooperation. The United Nations has convened this unique Summit because of a stark fact: global problems are moving faster than the institutions designed to solve them. We see this all around us. Ferocious conflicts and […]

todaySeptember 9, 2024 6

Africa

China’s investments in Africa aren’t working as well as they as they should for cities: this needs to change

    By Astrid R.N. Haas, University of Toronto   Over the past two decades African leaders have become increasingly drawn to Chinese financing and investment. These investments are made rapidly and with reportedly less stringent conditions than traditional financing sources. Some also suggest that China’s approach aligns more closely with African priorities. This sentiment was summarised by the former president of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade, in 2008: China’s approach to […]

todaySeptember 4, 2024 13

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Namibia

Growing BRICS could surpass the Economic Size of the G7

  Opinion Piece by Josef Kefas Sheehama   It is not surprising that the BRICS plus will usher in a new economic order if the group of seven (G7) does not pull up its shocks, as the group's expansion presents new economic opportunities for developing countries. There is no doubt that the establishment of the BRICS represented a major step forward in the long-term process of member countries' integration, both […]

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