The Republic: Serious Journalism from an African Worldview

V3, N3 Living and Working in the Digital Era

September 9, 2019

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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

Rethinking African Progress African Development and the Significance of Sacrificial Generations

Abel GaiyaSeptember 7, 2020
If You No Get Money, Hide Your Face The Toxic Underbelly of Nigeria’s Employment System

Jerry ChiemekeNovember 16, 2019
Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019
Pan-Africanism in Foreign Policy African Organizations as Pan-African Agents in the ‘New Scramble’

Chinweizu OkekeMarch 8, 2021
What Does a Future-Ready Africa Need? Change: A Terrifying Story

Johann HarmseOctober 12, 2019
Big Dreams and Grand Ambitions Nigeria’s Vision 2020—How far?

Onyenekenwa EnehMarch 23, 2020
‘Na Money Be Fine Bobo’ The Politics of Poor Taste

C. S. LozieJanuary 24, 2020
Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa

Oluwaseyi VincentMay 11, 2020
Banking on Women Development’s Neoliberal Sexism

Fadekemi AbiruMay 22, 2020

International Issues

The Same Old Game Africa’s Opportunity in the New Scramble for the Continent

Gbọ́láhàn AdébíyìSeptember 23, 2020
The Roots of Violence Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis

P.J. KponyoMarch 2, 2020
The Politics of Compassion US Immigration Policy and the Conflicted American Archetype

Aarshin KarandeAugust 12, 2017
A Wake-Up Call? The Recent Travel Restrictions on Nigerians

Zainab UsmanMarch 9, 2020
Looking for Solace Queerness, Colonialism, and the Power of Trust in Accra, Ghana

Muzz MuhammadOctober 18, 2019
Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions

Victor FamubodeMay 29, 2020
(Purse) Strings Attached From Dependency to Decolonization in Global Health

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020
Closed for Business Lessons from Nigeria's Border Closure

Abdulrasheed IsahFebruary 10, 2020
Where is ‘The Field’? Centring the Periphery in Kinshasa

Rachel StrohmDecember 9, 2019

Historical Issues

The Nigerian Space Conundrum On 20 Years of Space Exploration in Nigeria

Omotayo OyewoleJuly 26, 2019
The Art of Conversation Proverbs in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

Gerald AdewoleJanuary 29, 2020
Moving Beyond Semantics Examining the ‘Biafran Genocide’ Claim

Amarachi IhekeFebruary 21, 2020

Political Issues

‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

Hakeem Onapajo and Jelili AdebiyiMarch 30, 2020
Feminism is for the People The History in How Women Shaped the #EndSARS Protests

Tritima AchigbuFebruary 1, 2021
For the People, Without the People The Crisis of Representation in Nigerian Politics

Dafe oputuMay 9, 2019
Beyond the War Nigeria’s Approach to Deradicalizing Ex-Boko Haram Combatants

Jumo AyandeleJanuary 27, 2020
We Have Work to Do Five Lessons for Pro-democracy Activists from the Twitter Ban

Selma Ewurama HammondJune 14, 2021
Visual Politics in Apartheid South Africa How Images Shaped the Anti-Apartheid Movement

Emmanuela OnyiloforMarch 1, 2019
The Blank Slate Fantasy The Promise and Pitfalls of International Charter Cities

Dafe OputuMay 10, 2021
A Changing Dynamic The Evolution of Russia-Africa Relations

Aaliyah VayezSeptember 14, 2020
Remembering Biafra Violence and Nigeria's Long Road to Redemption

Precious ArinzeOctober 27, 2017

Social Issues

Against Imperialism Chinua Achebe, Joseph Conrad and the Representation of Africa

Vina NwekeNovember 20, 2019
Nollywords Lionheart, Language and the Ghost of Our Colonial Past

Ore OgunbiyiNovember 18, 2019
A Disaster Waiting to Happen? Nigeria’s Unchecked Population Growth

Barakat AkinsikuNovember 22, 2019
Human Rights in Buhari’s Nigeria Contextualizing Human Rights in Buhari’s Nigeria

Romola AdeolaMay 6, 2017
The Road to Female Economic Empowerment Thinking about Women-Owned Enterprises in Nigeria

Zahrah Nesbitt-AhmedFebruary 23, 2017
Youth in South Sudan The Present Political Context

Denis Martin Andrew WaniApril 3, 2018
‘Editing Feels Like Taking Vitamins.’ Ore Ogunbiyi’s First Draft

Ore OgunbiyiFebruary 12, 2020
Women Can’t Be Heroes The Erasure of Female Pain and the Nationalization of Male Suffering

C. S. LozieFebruary 23, 2017
The Spiritual Dimensions of Exile South Sudanese Refugees in Arua Town, Uganda

Liz StorerMarch 31, 2018

Technological Issues

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

Christopher AjuloSeptember 6, 2019
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
Are We Victims of Pharmaceutical Half-Truths? The Politics of Clinical Trials in Africa

Charles BesidonneFebruary 22, 2021
Teetering on the Edge of a Cliff Safeguarding Nigeria's Future Workforce

Misan RewaneSeptember 6, 2019
Weathering the Storm COVID-19 and the Case for Universal Basic Income in Nigeria

Oluwaseyi SomefunJune 12, 2020
Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019
For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
Government Control in the Digital Age The Economic Impacts of Internet Shutdowns

Osaye AjariDecember 2, 2020