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

What Does a Future-Ready Africa Need? Change: A Terrifying Story

Johann HarmseOctober 12, 2019
Closed for Business Lessons from Nigeria's Border Closure

Abdulrasheed IsahFebruary 10, 2020
The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy

Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019
Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020
The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem

Fife OgundeMarch 20, 2020
Growth is not Enough Why Africa Needs Wellbeing Economies

Ebele MọgọSeptember 30, 2020
Towards a Communiversity Knowledge Creation in Local Nigerian Communities

Anselm AdodoAugust 17, 2017
Why Is Tax Collection Low in Nigeria? Historical and Cultural Explanations for Nigeria’s Low Domestic Resource Mobilization

Paul JegedeDecember 14, 2020
On a Coding Diet The Place for STEM Development in Nigeria

Fife OgundeSeptember 3, 2019

International Issues

A Union Jacked The Fate of Nationalism in Post-Brexit Britain

Kaspar LoftinJuly 23, 2017
The Nigerian Space Conundrum On 20 Years of Space Exploration in Nigeria

Omotayo OyewoleJuly 26, 2019
A New Imperialism? Russia-Africa Relations in the Twenty-First Century

Blessing Simura, George Mudimu and Fadzai ChipatoAugust 24, 2020
Lessons of Discord The Repressive Dimensions of Pan-African Nationalism

Brooks MarmonNovember 9, 2020
‘Tragedy Set-in in the Late 70s’ Readers Debate Nigeria’s Global Status

The RepublicApril 25, 2020
The Resurgence of Ansaru  Nigeria’s Silent Enemy

Abdullahi MurtalaMay 18, 2020
Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents

Chukwudi UkonneApril 17, 2020
White Extinction: Who Gives a Damn? The Case for a Common-Sense Rainbow

Jeff PearceMarch 1, 2019
“Siasa ni Mchezo Mchafu” The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Kenyan Politics

Edwin ChegeFebruary 3, 2018

Historical Issues

Remembering Biafra Violence and Nigeria's Long Road to Redemption

Precious ArinzeOctober 27, 2017
A Pair of Broad Bottoms Saartjie Baartman and the Perpetual Public Spectacle of Blackness

Boetumelo Julianne NyasuluJune 29, 2020
Achebe’s Women A Feminist Reading of Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah

Elizabeth O. Ben-IheanachoJanuary 20, 2020

Political Issues

Between Fulani Herdsmen and Farmers National Security under Buhari

Chijioke NwosuApril 23, 2017
Beating the Corruption Enterprise A Policy Approach to Criminal Justice in Nigeria

Olasupo ShasoreMay 13, 2017
Lagos State Judicial Panel Updates Summary and Highlights of Lagos State Judicial Panel Sessions

The RepublicNovember 2, 2020
Nigeria and Climate Change Global Trends and Local Challenges

Habiba DaggashJune 18, 2018
Nigeria’s ‘Pentecostal’ Presidency Ebenezer Obadare's Pentecostal Republic

Kasope AleshinloyeMay 9, 2019
Pseudo Hope: A Discourse On Nigeria's Vision 2020 and Future Development

Bibiana Ossai and John I. BabalolaApril 3, 2020
Who’s Afraid of Saving Money? The Political Economy of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund

Daniel OlikaSeptember 16, 2019
The Spiritual Dimensions of Exile South Sudanese Refugees in Arua Town, Uganda

Liz StorerMarch 31, 2018
Politicians and Men of God The Political Manipulation of Religion in Nigeria

Abdulrasheed IsahJanuary 25, 2019

Social Issues

The Measure of Our Lives Gender and the English Language

Grey AtandaNovember 25, 2020
‘Na Money Be Fine Bobo’ The Politics of Poor Taste

C. S. LozieJanuary 24, 2020
Muslim Feminism is Here to Stay The Mutual Inclusivity of Feminism and Islam

Wardah AbbasApril 24, 2020
Youth in South Sudan The Present Political Context

Denis Martin Andrew WaniApril 3, 2018
Visual Politics in Apartheid South Africa How Images Shaped the Anti-Apartheid Movement

Emmanuela OnyiloforMarch 1, 2019
Growth is not Enough Why Africa Needs Wellbeing Economies

Ebele MọgọSeptember 30, 2020
Beating the Corruption Enterprise A Policy Approach to Criminal Justice in Nigeria

Olasupo ShasoreMay 13, 2017
Finding Self: Of Gods, Contestation and Containment Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater

Elizabeth O. Ben-IheanachoMarch 15, 2020
Travelers Of African Literature, Nomads and New Garments

Nzube NlebedimMarch 17, 2021

Technological Issues

No More Insufficient Funds Yahoo Yahoo and Cybercrime’s International Ecosystem

Adewale OloworekendeAugust 28, 2019
For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021
Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020
Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions

Victor FamubodeMay 29, 2020
The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy

Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019
Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019
Our Post-Truth Era Media and the Globalization of Misinformation

Nnaemeka IjiomaNovember 1, 2019
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
Uneven Playing Fields Nigeria and the Digital Divide

Osivue ItseumahNovember 29, 2019