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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

Naira Struggles Nigeria's Response to the Crude Oil Price Shock of 2014

Nonso ObikiliApril 30, 2017
Growth is not Enough Why Africa Needs Wellbeing Economies

Ebele MọgọSeptember 30, 2020
The Inflation Report Why Are Food Prices Increasing in Nigeria?

Tomisin AwosikaJuly 19, 2022
The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy

Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019
Cash at Hand, Cash at Bank? The Puzzling Logic Behind Nigeria’s New Notes

Hillary EssienDecember 1, 2022
Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020
What Does a Future-Ready Africa Need? Change: A Terrifying Story

Johann HarmseOctober 12, 2019
‘Na Money Be Fine Bobo’ The Politics of Poor Taste

C. S. LozieJanuary 24, 2020
Africa’s Energy Deficit A Crack in Africa’s Geopolitical Foundation

Otobong IniekeApril 26, 2022

International Issues

Brutish Museums Germany Wants to ‘Loan’ Namibian Artefacts to Namibia

Tomisin AwosikaMay 26, 2022
The Enduring Life of Exploitation On Modern Slavery in Africa

Lennon Chido Mhishi, Wendy Asquith, Alex Balch, Helen Bryant and Charles ForsdickJune 7, 2021
Poor Institutions or Unfair Power Dynamics? Notes from Sierra Leone’s Alluvial Diamond Industry

Shaquille GilpinJuly 6, 2020
Strings Attached Africa and the Politics of International Food Aid

Ayoola OladipupoFebruary 8, 2023
The ‘Hidden Hand’ of Europe Migration: Western Tears, African Victims

Edwin ChegeJanuary 31, 2020
‘Tragedy Set-in in the Late 70s’ Readers Debate Nigeria’s Global Status

The RepublicApril 25, 2020
Pan-Africanism in Foreign Policy African Organizations as Pan-African Agents in the ‘New Scramble’

Chinweizu OkekeMarch 8, 2021
(Purse) Strings Attached From Dependency to Decolonization in Global Health

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020
Congo’s Forgotten Uranium How The DRC Was Used to Make the First Nuclear Bomb

Victoria AuduAugust 8, 2023

Historical Issues

The Revolution Is a Song! Music in Africa’s Liberation and Freedom Struggles

Karsten NokoOctober 13, 2021
Returning Lumumba 61 Years After He Was Assassinated, Belgium Will Return Patrice Lumumba’s Remains

Tomisin AwosikaJune 2, 2022
Concerning Violence How Frantz Fanon Might Interpret Today’s France

Kai MoraJuly 24, 2023

Political Issues

Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Zikism The President and the Revolutionary Ideology He Denied

Akintunde AgunbiadeSeptember 8, 2021
Where Is Pan-Africanism Today? The Gains, Challenges and Prospects of Nkrumah’s United Africa

Ogechukwu OkonkwoDecember 6, 2021
Next Level Nigeria The Outlook for Buhari's Second Term

Bukola BolarinwaMay 4, 2019
‘Unimaginable Trauma’ Gunmen Have Released Eleven People Abducted During the Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack

Tomisin AwosikaJune 14, 2022
The Loneliest War Nigeria’s Strategy against Boko Haram

Dr Olajumoke (Jumo) AyandeleJune 24, 2017
Who Was Sir Seretse Khama? Botswana’s Pacifist Revolutionary

Chioma EchebiriNovember 22, 2021
Where is the African Solution? Why the African Union Must Intervene in Sudan’s Crisis

Kosi OgbuliJuly 11, 2023
‘I Don’t Think in Yoruba’ Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Enduring Politics of Local Languages

Tito KolawoleMay 2, 2023
The Dynamic Evolution of Russo-African Relations Africa’s Struggle for Agency in a New Power Tussle

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 17, 2020

Social Issues

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

Peace Yetunde OnafuyeApril 17, 2023
The Long Walk to Equality Historical Influences on Women in Igbo Society

Chinenye AnikwenzeJanuary 20, 2021
Through Time’s Lens The Enduring Message of Chinua Achebe’s No Longer At Ease

Adebola RayoSeptember 1, 2023
‘We Are Incredibly Bad, As a Species, at Valuing Things’ Charles Ebikeme’s First Draft

Charles EbikemeAugust 5, 2022
Benin Today, Venice Tomorrow The Republic of Benin Will Debut at the 2024 Venice Biennale

Hillary EssienMarch 19, 2023
Shielding the Spirit of a Continent An Existential Argument for the Restitution of African Cultural Heritage

Desola OlaleyeNovember 24, 2022
Healing from Ghana Overcoming the Traumatic Years

Malik AdeoluFebruary 16, 2022
Surviving the Long Shadow of Trauma Life after the Owo Church Massacre

Adesola IkulajoluMay 22, 2023
Growth is not Enough Why Africa Needs Wellbeing Economies

Ebele MọgọSeptember 30, 2020

Technological Issues

Setting the Records Straight The Rise of Africa’s Fact Checkers

Charles EbikemeSeptember 15, 2022
For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021
Cyber Ready Africa’s Response to Growing Cyber Threats

Osaye AjariNovember 29, 2022
The New Ebola? Should You Be Concerned About the Marburg Virus?

Tomisin AwosikaJuly 21, 2022
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
Traditions and Trust Medical Ethics in the African Context

Busayo AkinmojuJuly 19, 2021
Government Control in the Digital Age The Economic Impacts of Internet Shutdowns

Osaye AjariDecember 2, 2020
Bridging the Gap Building Africa’s Well-being Infrastructure through Local Research and Development

Ebele MọgọFebruary 22, 2023
Computational Conscience Problematizing Freedoms in Artificial Intelligence

Aarshin KarandeMarch 30, 2023