The collapse of local government in small towns is beginning to affect investment in farming, and the ability of agribusinesses to operate.
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Southern African countries have been slow in embracing solar energy but this is changing.
The development strategy based on foreign investment in natural resources projects has not delivered economic growth or security. What’s needed is an inclusive vision based on local realities.
Jerry Rawlings found a unique path to legitimise his military rule in Ghana.
When policymakers reduce electricity scarcity to a few factors like theft and vandalism, to be solved with technology and stiff penalties, they miss other factors that contribute to electricity theft.
The way foreign aid is disbursed needs to be revisited to avoid the traps it’s fallen into in the past.
Ramaphosa is set to go down in the annals of history as an ANC president who presided over a tumultuous epoch in the party’s evolution.
A holistic view of climate change risk considers climate hazards, exposure, vulnerability and the responses to these. It also takes into account how multiple risks interact.
The government of Ghana needs a more creative solution to the problem of advance rent payment
The socio-economic and political factors that keep conventional energy out of reach of the poor can do the same with renewable energy.
New Zealanders pay the costs of poor environmental and infrastructural governance, but have little opportunity to influence policy in the first place. Here’s how that could change.
Africa’s urban challenges are increasingly well known and documented. But the amount of data produced on urban Africa still pales in comparison to other parts of the world.
Authority culpability as a facet of road accidents has been overlooked in Ghana.
In the wake of anti-Asian violence in North America, we need to demand accountability and not just stop after performing mental health check-ins.
ECOWAS needs to be decisive in enforcing its protocols and sanctioning members that flout the provisions of its protocols and policies.
There’s ample evidence that colonial imprints and mindsets in many cities and towns around the world today still dominate the availability of green spaces and how they’re managed.
Women and girls are forced to spend hours each day hauling water for their households. Beyond harming both physical and mental health, this takes time away from economic activities and caregiving.
Nile communities carefully monitored and recorded the river’s flow. Centuries later these records are still being used by water resource managers around the world to analyse unpredictable river flows.
Issoufou has failed to strengthen fundamental democratic rights. If anything, the Issoufou era is a textbook case of democratic backsliding.
The agency will ensure that large water users such as municipalities, public utilities and large companies continue to fund the construction and operation of the large water systems they depend on.
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, Weber State University
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director: Center for Public Policy and African Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor and Research Theme Leader of the Flourishing Life Research Theme, University of the Free State
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral research fellow at the SARChI Chair: African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
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Economist, UNSW
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University