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    Quality Journalism Is More Important than Ever  

      Anya Schiffrin, Director of the Technology, Media, and Communications Specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs Dylan W. Groves, Assistant Professor of...

    Africa is being courted by China, Russia and the US. Why the continent shouldn’t pick sides

      Bhaso Ndzendze, Associate Professor (International Relations), University of Johannesburg Some three decades since the end of the Cold War, the world order is undergoing a...

    76% of Africa’s energy could come from renewable sources by 2040: here’s how

    Christiane Zarfl, Professor for Environmental Systems Analysis, Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen   Rebecca Peters, PhD candidate in Environmental Systems Analysis, Faculty of Mathematics...

    The Big Push African Women Need to Escape Poverty

      Rudo Kayombo, Regional Director of Africa at BRAC International. NAIROBI – What do poverty, climate change, and conflict have in common? They are among the...

    Why it pays to link products to places – and how African countries can do it

      Samuel Samiái Andrews, Professor, University of Gondar Around the world, people commonly associate certain foods and products with particular geographical areas. These products are known...

    AI is supposed to make us more efficient – but it could mean we waste more energy

    Felippa Amanta, PhD Candidate, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford The European Union is negotiating an Artificial Intelligence Act, the world’s first comprehensive law that...

    How to Finance Higher Education in Africa

      Célestin Monga, Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School. CAMBRIDGE – On-campus activities at Senegal’s Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), one of Africa’s largest institutions of...

    The top risks from technology that we’ll be facing by the year 2040

    Charles Weir, Research Fellow and Lecturer, Lancaster University and Louise Dennis, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Manchester   Bewilderingly rapid changes are happening in...

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