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Vol. 3, No. 3

Living and Working in the Digital Era

IN THIS ISSUE

⎈ African Tech for African Problems: Should We Be Celebrating Big Tech in Africa? by Emeka Nwankwo; ⎈ Teetering on the Edge of a Cliff: Safeguarding Nigeria's Future Workforce by Misan Rewane; and ⎈ Disinformation Era: The Politics of Information in the Digital Age by Alhassan Pereira Ibrahim; and much more. Read the entire issue.

From Our Latest Issue

African Tech for African Problems Should We Be Celebrating Big Tech in Africa?

Emeka Joseph NwankwoSeptember 7, 2019

Teetering on the Edge of a Cliff Safeguarding Nigeria's Future Workforce

Misan RewaneSeptember 6, 2019

Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019

Globalization and Global Value Chains Prospects for Africa's Industrialization

Daniel ChimezieSeptember 6, 2019

Maga Don Pay Nigeria's Culture of Cybercrime

Stephen AgwaiborSeptember 6, 2019

Africa’s Misinformation Struggles The Impact of Misinformation on Africa and African Media

Christopher AjuloSeptember 6, 2019

This is the feature image for our piece on the Internet in Nigeria

Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019

Dennis Osadebe’s Near Future Art in The Republic V3 N3

The RepublicSeptember 9, 2019

Economic Issues

A Common Currency for West Africa Why ECOWAS Needs the Eco

Abdulrasheed IsahJuly 8, 2019
Towards a Communiversity Knowledge Creation in Local Nigerian Communities

Anselm AdodoAugust 17, 2017
Maga Don Pay Nigeria's Culture of Cybercrime

Stephen AgwaiborSeptember 6, 2019
African Tech for African Problems Should We Be Celebrating Big Tech in Africa?

Emeka Joseph NwankwoSeptember 7, 2019
Women Like Olabisi The Understated Significance of Nigerian Market Women

Aderonke Adeola and Donna EtiebetOctober 30, 2019
Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa

Oluwaseyi VincentMay 11, 2020
What Does a Future-Ready Africa Need? Change: A Terrifying Story

Johann HarmseOctober 12, 2019
Nation Forgotten Nigeria’s Neglected Pensioners

Wole OlayinkaMarch 13, 2020
Who’s Afraid of Saving Money? The Political Economy of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund

Daniel OlikaSeptember 16, 2019

International Issues

Democracy Questioned How Democracy Can Fail Us, and What to do About It

Moyosore OrekoyaMay 9, 2019
Phobia or Scapegoatism? The Nigerianization of Crimes in South Africa

Hakeem OnapajoSeptember 20, 2019
Deceptions of Innovations Investigating the Claims of Big Tech

Aarshin KarandeMarch 6, 2020
Trade Not Aid Revisiting Obama's Legacy in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeAugust 2, 2017
A Union Jacked The Fate of Nationalism in Post-Brexit Britain

Kaspar LoftinJuly 23, 2017
Globalization and Global Value Chains Prospects for Africa's Industrialization

Daniel ChimezieSeptember 6, 2019
Closed for Business Lessons from Nigeria's Border Closure

Abdulrasheed IsahFebruary 10, 2020
John Magufuli’s Baby Fever What the President of Tanzania Gets Wrong about Population Growth in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeJuly 30, 2019
Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa

Oluwaseyi VincentMay 11, 2020

Historical Issues

The New Normal A Brief History of Climate Change

Habiba DaggashJune 7, 2018
A Laughing Giant The Everlasting Humour of Chinua Achebe

Wale LawalNovember 16, 2017
Biafra’s Crisis of Faith The Spiritual Legacies of the Biafran War

Samuel F. C. DalyNovember 2, 2017

Political Issues

Fighting Crime President Buhari’s Criminal Justice Burden

Tosin OsasonaApril 29, 2017
Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions

Victor FamubodeMay 29, 2020
Remembering Biafra Violence and Nigeria's Long Road to Redemption

Precious ArinzeOctober 27, 2017
Democracy at Risk? Justice Onnoghen’s Suspension in Perspective

Tosin OsasonaJanuary 27, 2019
The Evolution of the Base Nation How the US Military Lost Its International Appeal

Obinna ChukwuJuly 18, 2017
From Scramble to Boldness The Political Challenges of Africa's Youth

Ngirinshuti ThéogèneApril 20, 2018
Trade Not Aid Revisiting Obama's Legacy in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeAugust 2, 2017
The Resurgence of Ansaru  Nigeria’s Silent Enemy

Abdullahi MurtalaMay 18, 2020
Nigeria and Climate Change Global Trends and Local Challenges

Habiba DaggashJune 18, 2018

Social Issues

Our Post-Truth Era Media and the Globalization of Misinformation

Nnaemeka IjiomaNovember 1, 2019
Black Orpheus and the Organic Intellectual Remembering Abiola Irele and Raufu Mustapha

Adekeye AdebajoMarch 1, 2019
Siblinghood and the Psychology of Trauma Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer

Lanre ApataAugust 16, 2019
Reading Feminism What to Read on Feminism

Zahrah Nesbitt-AhmedOctober 13, 2018
Finding Self: Of Gods, Contestation and Containment Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater

Elizabeth O. Ben-IheanachoMarch 15, 2020
Anti-Fascism The Legacy of 1930s Pan-African Leaders

Jeff PearceDecember 1, 2018
Deceptions of Innovations Investigating the Claims of Big Tech

Aarshin KarandeMarch 6, 2020
‘Clarity is Key.’  Oluremi C. Onabanjo’s First Draft

Oluremi OnabanjoMay 13, 2020
Youth in South Sudan The Present Political Context

Denis Martin Andrew WaniApril 3, 2018

Technological Issues

Africa’s Misinformation Struggles The Impact of Misinformation on Africa and African Media

Christopher AjuloSeptember 6, 2019
On a Coding Diet The Place for STEM Development in Nigeria

Fife OgundeSeptember 3, 2019
#TooBigToLike Questioning ‘Choice’ in Global Surveillance Capitalism

Aarshin KarandeAugust 20, 2019
Our Post-Truth Era Media and the Globalization of Misinformation

Nnaemeka IjiomaNovember 1, 2019
African Tech for African Problems Should We Be Celebrating Big Tech in Africa?

Emeka Joseph NwankwoSeptember 7, 2019
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020
Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019
The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy

Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019
Dennis Osadebe’s Near Future Art in The Republic V3 N3

The RepublicSeptember 9, 2019