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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

What Does Africapitalism Actually Mean? Power, Gender and the Promise of Africapitalism

Immaculata AbbaJanuary 20, 2022
Money Today, Gone Tomorrow? The Case for Indexing Taxes in Nigeria

Daniel OlikaFebruary 3, 2020
Maga Don Pay Nigeria's Culture of Cybercrime

Stephen AgwaiborSeptember 6, 2019
Development via Taxes Improving Domestic Revenue Mobilization in Africa

Daniel ChimezieDecember 31, 2018
The Excessive Debt Burdens of COVID-19 Development Financing in the Pandemic

Chimezie AnajamaMarch 31, 2021
Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020
If You No Get Money, Hide Your Face The Toxic Underbelly of Nigeria’s Employment System

Jerry ChiemekeNovember 16, 2019
A Disaster Waiting to Happen? Nigeria’s Unchecked Population Growth

Barakat AkinsikuNovember 22, 2019
Poor Institutions or Unfair Power Dynamics? Notes from Sierra Leone’s Alluvial Diamond Industry

Shaquille GilpinJuly 6, 2020

International Issues

Senegal Has Won the AFCON for the First Time Ever

Chiamaka DikeFebruary 7, 2022
Myths and Truths Jomo Kenyatta's Hollow Legacy

Edwin ChegeApril 7, 2021
Phobia or Scapegoatism? The Nigerianization of Crimes in South Africa

Hakeem OnapajoSeptember 20, 2019
A Changing Dynamic The Evolution of Russia-Africa Relations

Aaliyah VayezSeptember 14, 2020
What’s Happening in Mali?

Tomisin AwosikaJanuary 17, 2022
The Blacker the Berry Race and the Devaluation of Black Lives in America

Oyinkansola AdepitanMarch 1, 2019
Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa

Oluwaseyi VincentMay 11, 2020
What Is Going On in Burkina Faso? What to Know About the Eight Men Trapped in a Zinc Mine.

Todah OpeyemiMay 19, 2022
John Magufuli’s Baby Fever What the President of Tanzania Gets Wrong about Population Growth in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeJuly 30, 2019

Historical Issues

Reading Biafra What to Read on the Nigerian Civil War

Dominique OtigbahFebruary 10, 2018
Feminism is for the People The History in How Women Shaped the #EndSARS Protests

Tritima AchigbuFebruary 1, 2021
Myths and Truths Jomo Kenyatta's Hollow Legacy

Edwin ChegeApril 7, 2021

Political Issues

For the People, Without the People The Crisis of Representation in Nigerian Politics

Dafe oputuMay 9, 2019
‘Unimaginable Trauma’ Gunmen Have Released Eleven People Abducted During the Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack

Tomisin AwosikaJune 14, 2022
The Ghosts of Chibok Boko Haram’s Trajectory and Nigeria’s Strategy Against Terrorism

Dr Olajumoke (Jumo) AyandeleApril 14, 2021
Reading China What to Read on Africa-China Relations

Oreva OlakpeNovember 17, 2018
Human Rights in Buhari’s Nigeria Contextualizing Human Rights in Buhari’s Nigeria

Romola AdeolaMay 6, 2017
Fire for Fire Zamfara State Government Wants to Issue Gun Licenses to its Residents to Protect Themselves from Bandits

Tomisin AwosikaJune 30, 2022
Modern Slavery, Child Exploitation or Both? Child Marriage in Nigeria

Olayinka AdeniyiJune 7, 2021
Black Boundaries The Multiple Borderings of African Lives

Lennon Chido MhishiOctober 14, 2017
Between Fulani Herdsmen and Farmers National Security under Buhari

Chijioke NwosuApril 23, 2017

Social Issues

‘Dead Body No Dey Do Shakara’ Frank Aig-Imoukhuede, Pidgin Stew & One Literary Bowl of Thoughts

Olajide SalawuJuly 13, 2020
‘I Truly Feel Closest to God When I Write.’ Boetumelo Julianne Nyasulu’s First Draft

Boetumelo Julianne NyasuluMay 7, 2021
‘I Take Slow Time Very Seriously.’ Mpho Matsipa’s First Draft

Mpho MatsipaSeptember 24, 2021
‘I Need Deadlines to Focus Me.’ Emmanuel Akinwotu’s First Draft

Emmanuel AkinwotuMay 28, 2021
‘Question Every Assumption.’ Habiba Ahut Daggash's First Draft

Habiba DaggashJune 3, 2020
‘Anger is Great for Writing.’ Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu’s First Draft

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuAugust 12, 2020
‘Every Word Has a Function.’ Chinonye Otuonye’s First Draft

Chinonye OtuonyeFebruary 12, 2021
‘Adolescence Is a Relatively Young Concept.’ Edwin Okolo’s First Draft

Edwin OkoloAugust 13, 2021
If You No Get Money, Hide Your Face The Toxic Underbelly of Nigeria’s Employment System

Jerry ChiemekeNovember 16, 2019

Technological Issues

Our Post-Truth Era Media and the Globalization of Misinformation

Nnaemeka IjiomaNovember 1, 2019
Africa’s Misinformation Struggles The Impact of Misinformation on Africa and African Media

Christopher AjuloSeptember 6, 2019
The Monkeypox Outbreak What You Need to Know

Tomisin AwosikaMay 24, 2022
Why Facebook Has Been Accused of Poor Working Conditions in Kenya

Tomisin AwosikaFebruary 17, 2022
Weathering the Storm COVID-19 and the Case for Universal Basic Income in Nigeria

Oluwaseyi SomefunJune 12, 2020
Dennis Osadebe’s Near Future Art in The Republic V3 N3

The RepublicSeptember 9, 2019
African Tech for African Problems Should We Be Celebrating Big Tech in Africa?

Emeka Joseph NwankwoSeptember 7, 2019
Uneven Playing Fields Nigeria and the Digital Divide

Osivue ItseumahNovember 29, 2019
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020