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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

Building Blocks The Challenging Realities of African Economic Integration

Osione Oseni-ElamahSeptember 1, 2023
The Enduring Malformation of West Africa Why Economics Alone Cannot Explain West Africa’s Slow Development

Abel GaiyaFebruary 9, 2023
Maga Don Pay Nigeria's Culture of Cybercrime

Stephen AgwaiborSeptember 6, 2019
The Excessive Debt Burdens of COVID-19 Development Financing in the Pandemic

Chimezie AnajamaMarch 31, 2021
The Inflation Report Why Are Food Prices Increasing in Nigeria?

Tomisin AwosikaJuly 19, 2022
Big Dreams and Grand Ambitions Nigeria’s Vision 2020—How far?

Onyenekenwa EnehMarch 23, 2020
Health Versus Capitalism Is Capitalism Making Us Sicker?

Charles EbikemeApril 6, 2022
Nigeria and Climate Change Global Trends and Local Challenges

Habiba DaggashJune 18, 2018
We Cannot Eat Our Cake and Have It The Unnecessary Expanse of Nigeria’s Wheat Economy

Ayoola OladipupoJuly 13, 2022

International Issues

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

Omotayo OyewoleJuly 26, 2019
Brutish Museums Germany Wants to ‘Loan’ Namibian Artefacts to Namibia

Tomisin AwosikaMay 26, 2022
John Magufuli’s Baby Fever What the President of Tanzania Gets Wrong about Population Growth in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeJuly 30, 2019
The Monkeypox Outbreak What You Need to Know

Tomisin AwosikaMay 24, 2022
What’s Happening in Mali?

Tomisin AwosikaJanuary 17, 2022
A Wake-Up Call? The Recent Travel Restrictions on Nigerians

Zainab UsmanMarch 9, 2020
Spectres of Famine The Ukraine War and the East African Grain Trade

Richard SolomonMay 25, 2022
Pan-African Dreams Editor’s Foreword: The Republic V7, N3

Wale LawalSeptember 1, 2023
Where is ‘The Field’? Centring the Periphery in Kinshasa

Rachel StrohmDecember 9, 2019

Historical Issues

Political Issues

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

Moyosore OrekoyaMay 9, 2019
A New Imperialism? Russia-Africa Relations in the Twenty-First Century

Blessing Simura, George Mudimu and Fadzai ChipatoAugust 24, 2020
For the People, Without the People The Crisis of Representation in Nigerian Politics

Dafe oputuMay 9, 2019
A Union Jacked The Fate of Nationalism in Post-Brexit Britain

Kaspar LoftinJuly 23, 2017
Nigeria and Climate Change Global Trends and Local Challenges

Habiba DaggashJune 18, 2018
Who’s Running for Nigeria’s Presidency in 2023?

The RepublicFebruary 1, 2022
An Irony of History The Complicated Legacy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 31, 2020
The Right to Love The Fallacy of Homophobia in Postcolonial Africa

Promise Frank EjioforFebruary 21, 2022
The Past, Present and Future Kings of Nigerian Politics How ‘Godfathers’ Became a Key Part of Political Party Financing in Nigeria

Muzz MuhammadFebruary 22, 2023

Social Issues

7 Books Originally Written in 7 African Languages

Peace Yetunde OnafuyeOctober 7, 2023
F is for Human The Evolution of Feminist Consciousness

Ẹniọlá Ànúolúwapọ́ ṢóyẹmíFebruary 24, 2017
Beyond Charity Rethinking Hunger Relief in Nigeria

Ayoola OladipupoApril 20, 2023
The Nigeria Manifesto Book Review: The Trouble with Nigeria by Chinua Achebe

Ernest NwekeNovember 10, 2023
Ama Ata Aidoo’s Illimitable Voice Ama Ata Aidoo (1942-2023)

Peace Yetunde OnafuyeJune 4, 2023
The Pressing Need Expanding Access to Safe Abortions in Nigeria

Timinepre ColeApril 27, 2020
A Peculiar People Christianity and Nigerian Public Life

Elizabeth IwunwaMarch 24, 2024
Grief, the Royal Mantle, and an Appraisal of the Empire Book Review: Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Kenechukwu NwokediMarch 16, 2023
‘We Are Incredibly Bad, As a Species, at Valuing Things’ Charles Ebikeme’s First Draft

Charles EbikemeAugust 5, 2022

Technological Issues

#TooBigToLike Questioning ‘Choice’ in Global Surveillance Capitalism

Aarshin KarandeAugust 20, 2019
Where Are the Medics? The Scramble for Africa’s Healthcare Workers

Charles EbikemeJuly 20, 2022
Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020
How to Improve Almajiri Health And Why Almajirai May Know Best

Muzz MuhammadFebruary 13, 2024
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020
Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

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

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
Why Facebook Has Been Accused of Poor Working Conditions in Kenya

Tomisin AwosikaFebruary 17, 2022