The Land Bank played a crucial role in the growth and development of South African agriculture. It can do the same for upcoming black farmers, but its business and funding model must be changed.
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Without policies that take account of a growing population with few working-age people, DRC risks seeing an increase in poverty and hunger.
The sites provide a rare tangible record of the international solidarity that existed during the Cold War.
With the right investment in health and education, Nigeria’s high population can spur economic development.
Ghana’s implementation of key population policies has not been consistent.
The causes of violence in the DRC are complex. Narrowing them down to the single lens of ethnicity can be misleading.
Nigerians lack access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene facilities despite investment in these areas. Procurement law contributes to this inadvertently.
Berbera’s plans for development, including modernisation of its seaport and airport, as well as the special economic zone, all depend on availability and affordability of energy.
Ghana’s judiciary has a public relations problem that requires an urgent fix.
Social enterprises need to be proactive in improving their internal processes and structures. They also need to share essential information.
Studies of African multilingual contexts are almost non-existent in high-impact scientific journals.
Genetically modified crops are increasing yield and food security in developed countries, but in Africa, a lack of adoption is limiting success.
In parts of Nigeria and Mozambique, the central governments and state institutions are either absent or unable to address the dire socio-economic conditions and related instability.
Despite some positive shifts, the staffing situation at public higher education institutions remains polarised in terms of race and gender.
President Macky Sall’s previous ambiguity on a third-term bid, perception of a weaponised justice system and arbitrary detention of opposition are the drivers of political violence in Senegal.
Nigeria’s National Assembly must not shirk its oversight responsibilities, focusing on four priorities will be a good place to start.
Lagos has a waste problem that can be tackled by adopting a sustainable waste management policy that considers income brackets.
Sierra Leone needs to rebuild public trust in its election by maintaining a completely transparent process.
Observers regularly face dangers owing to political instability, insecurity, violence and other crises in some countries.
For Nigeria’s new security chiefs to succeed, there is the need to depoliticise, demilitarise, and optimise operational capabilities of the armed forces.
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Sociology (Criminology, Victimology and Security Studies), University of Ibadan
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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