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The Conversation Africaby Lindsay Favero, PhD Student, Michigan State University11h ago
Across southern Africa, sitting presidents have faced a wave of turnovers and electoral setbacks in the past few years. Malawi and Botswana saw opposition victories.
The Conversation Africaby Marloes Janson, Professor of West African Anthropology, SOAS, University of London1d ago
The highway between Lagos and Ibadan was built in 1978 at the height of Nigeria’s oil boom. Lagos is the country’s largest city, with an estimated population of over 20 million, and Ibadan the...
The Conversation Africaby Simon Pooley, FLS, Lambert Reader in Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Birkbeck, University of London1d ago
As a child growing up in the Ndumo Game Reserve on the South Africa-Mozambique border, Simon Pooley read an animal encyclopaedia given to his family by a visiting scientist.
The Conversation Africaby Sheila Petty, Professor Emerita of Film Studies, University of Regina1d ago
African film festivals were once quite rare, but in the past decades they’ve been growing in the continent and mushrooming around the world.
The Conversation Africaby Simthembile Xeketwana, Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University1d ago
In many South African classrooms, learners continue to experience the subject of history through the language, concepts and perspectives inherited from colonial traditions.
The Conversation Africaby Kate Detwiler, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University2d ago
There are 536 species of monkeys in the world today and the Democratic Republic of Congo has a new one.
The Conversation Africaby Daniel Masiga, Head of Global Health Thematic Research Programme, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology2d ago
Tsetse flies transmit some of Africa’s most persistent parasitic diseases. They have affected human health, livestock production and rural development for generations, across a region spanning...
The Conversation Africaby Sedzani Musundwa, Associate professor, University of South Africa2d ago
For the past few decades, universities, employers and professional bodies globally have invested in mentoring programmes, scholarships and student support initiatives to diversify careers such as...
The Conversation Africaby David James Cantor, Director of the Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London3d ago
The eruption of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo in May 2026 sparked a major crisis.
The Conversation Africaby Marc Van Goethem, Microbial ecologist, University of Pretoria3d ago
Microbial ecology (the study of how tiny microbes interact with each other and their environment) underpins the health of every ecosystem on Earth.
The Conversation Africaby Robyn Tyler, Senior Researcher, University of the Western Cape3d ago
South African no-fee primary schools use African languages as well as English for teaching and testing.
The Conversation Africaby Angela van der Berg, Director of the Global Environmental Law Centre; Associate Professor Department of Public Law & Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape3d ago
South Africa’s Constitutional Court – the country’s highest court – handed down a landmark judgment for climate change and environmental justice in mid-August 2026.
The Conversation Africaby Mark Richard Gaffley, Visiting Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand3d ago
South Africa introduced a digital social assistance programme in 2020 to identify who was eligible for its Social Relief of Distress grant.
The Conversation Africaby Maurizio Esposito La Rossa, Associate Professor of Anthropology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)4d ago
France’s Ministry of Culture handed over three Malagasy skulls to Harea Georges Kamamy, the reigning king (ampagnito) of the Sakalava people in Menabe, a western region of Madagascar, on 26 August...
The Conversation Africaby Ketakandriana Rafitoson, Contributor, Centre for the Study of Corruption, University of Sussex4d ago
Youth-led demonstrations that shook Madagascar in late 2025 began as protests over water and electricity shortages.
The Conversation Africaby Raechel Johns, Professor of Marketing; Co-Director, Centre for Intergenerational Digital and Financial Wellbeing (CIDFW); Canberra Business School, University of Canberra5d ago
Ever used or thought of using artificial intelligence (AI) for financial advice? Is it a good idea? Anyone with the internet, even on their phone, can access AI.
The Conversation Africaby Bradley A. Mortin, PhD Candidate, King's College London5d ago
Every electric vehicle, smartphone and laptop battery begins with one essential ingredient: lithium. The critical mineral sits at the centre of the global transition to cleaner energy.
The Conversation Africaby Lawrence Nkosikhona Malinga, Programme Manager (Crop Protection) & Senior Entomologist, South African Sugarcane Research Institute; University of KwaZulu-Natal5d ago
South Africa has around 25,653 small-scale sugarcane growers, making the industry a lifeline for rural communities in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal provinces.
The Conversation Africaby Craig McGregor, Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University5d ago
South Africa’s coal-fired power stations are retiring. The country must replace a huge amount of electricity over the next two decades. Currently, coal still supplies 74% of the country’s power.
The Conversation Africaby Karin Barber, Emeritus Professor of African Cultural Anthropology, University of Birmingham8d ago
In Lagos in the 1910s and 1920s a new market of readers was emerging who wanted to express themselves in their own languages.
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