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Hot Outside Africa in the Face of a Worsening Climate Crisis

Hillary EssienApril 25, 2023

While the details of the loss and damage fund are deliberated upon, Africa continues to be battered by the effects of a rapidly warming planet. The aftermath of extreme weather events like Cyclone Freddy of 2023 on African lives and property is a real-time instance of loss and damage.

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‘Let the Data Guide You’ Zainab Usman’s First Draft

Zainab UsmanApril 21, 2023

Nigerian author, Zainab Usman, believes the task of economic diversification is Nigeria’s foremost development challenge.

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The Many Sins of INEC How the 2023 Elections Exposed INEC’s Incompetence

Chike IbewuikeApril 20, 2023

During the 2023 elections, INEC had all the tools it needed to pass its own self-designed test to deliver this year’s elections credibly through technology. However, the electoral commission’s many failures have meant great losses to its credibility.

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Beyond Charity Rethinking Hunger Relief in Nigeria

Ayoola OladipupoApril 20, 2023

Abundant research shows that investing in adequate nutrition is one of the best value-for-money development actions, but food security is neither seen as a catalyst for economic development nor a right Nigerians are entitled to.

April/May 2023Nigeria

Re/claiming the Utility and Novelty of Mobile Phones and Social Media Lessons from Pastoralists in East and West Africa

Alexis TeyieApril 18, 2023

While we may be accustomed to or overwhelmed by the rapid pace of digital development, recognize that cell phones are often the very first connection pastoral communities have with a modern information and communication tool. The way pastoralists have largely approached the rather belated entry of mobile technology and social media with excitement, grace and inventiveness is another example of their remarkable flexibility and adaptability.

AfricaApril/May 2023Nigeria

NAFDAC-Approved Nigeria Has Approved Oxford University’s Malaria Vaccine for Use

Hillary EssienApril 18, 2023

MC Oluomo, who rose from being a bus conductor to one of the most feared political henchmen in southwest Nigeria represents a crude brand of state-backed political instruments. As the leader of the NURTW, he has over the years allegedly been at the centre of political subjugation, playing an important, albeit terrible role in shaping the politics of Lagos State.

February/March 2023Nigeria

In the Company of Women On Writing and Reading Women as Historical Actors

Peace Yetunde OnafuyeApril 17, 2023

Celebrating women should extend to the kinds of stories we tell about women. These stories should reflect the diversity of their lived experiences, the multiplicity of their work, and the varying ways women express their individual thoughts and perspectives.

April/May 2023Nigeria

Roll Back Ghana Has Approved Oxford University’s Malaria Vaccine for Use

Hillary EssienApril 16, 2023

While Ghana makes up only two per cent of malaria-related deaths, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania and Niger account for just over half of all malaria deaths worldwide.

April/May 2023NewsNigeria

What is Special Hair? A Black Woman’s Complicated Hair Journey

Izehi AmadasuApril 14, 2023

Irrespective of what anyone thinks, I have decided that the hair I was born with—this coarse, springy, dark hair that grows towards the sun—is special, not because of its length, thickness, texture, or any reason other than because it is my hair and I have decided to love it.

April/May 2023NigeriaThe Black Atlantic

The Tyranny of Corporate Women’s Day Campaigns How Corporate Women’s Day Campaigns Are Losing Women

Sylvia UkpongApril 13, 2023

Each year on 08 March, the International Women’s Day celebration is marked by corporate entities all over the world rolling up their sleeves and putting on a performance of allyship, and Nigerian companies are not left out.

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