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Egypt : Tougher times ahead for El Sisi0
- Africa, Afrique, Democracy, Development
- 23.04.2018.
In 2011 after weeks of protests by millions of Egyptians in Tahrir square in Cairo, Hosni Mubarak decided to resign. This was considered to be a huge victory for Egyptians across the country and was seen by many as the start of a new era in the country. A era of democracy and freedom. Indeed,
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Using social media to solve local $1 problems – the Digital Humanitarian0
- Africa, Development, Social Media, Uganda
- 02.08.2017.
I saw that tweet and so I asked fellow social good practitioners what they thought – Sartaj explained a few things. In his words: 1/ Pure tech is backed by pure capitalism because it makes old money relevant again & reinforces the old power to new power transformation. 2/ Empathetic tech requires capital for good
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Development Is About People Not Economies0
- Development, Economy
- 19.05.2017.
Last week I was invited to what was described as a “Global Think In” event, basically a series of conversations between academics on Columbia University’s New York campus and scholars and participants in nine Columbia Global Centers in cities around the world. The question we were asked to ponder was: What issue relating to the
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What Young Zimbabweans Have Lost, And Continue To Lose1
- Africa, culture, Democracy, Development
- 19.04.2017.
Last month, I bumped into an old acquaintance whom I’ll call Timothy (not his real name) for the purposes of this article. Timothy is in his late 20s or early 30s, and it had been over five years since we’d last met or spoken. So a natural curiosity came over both of us to know
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Innovation hubs and the privatisation of societal failures0
- Africa, Development, Innovation, Technology
- 09.03.2017.
The success of start-ups such as Slack, BuzzFeed, flipkart.com and some sects of the on demand economy such as Uber and Airbnb were all part of the refining and spread of start-up culture. A culture that is often sold using the stories of individuals who quit something solid to ‘chase their ambitions’, ‘work in a
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The deficit of trust between governments, citizens and institutions and how we can solve it0
- Africa, Development
- 27.02.2017.
In February 2016, Uganda had an election that left the country so estranged. There was a huge divide during and after the elections. When it was time for the announcement of who had won – there was a lot of discontentment. No one believed each other. Local civil society organisations (CSOs) believed this was the
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The Dream Within The ‘Dream Team’: Football As A Zimbabwean Metaphor0
- Africa, African Football., culture, Development, Zimbabwe
- 20.02.2017.
When Zimbabweans invoke memories of ‘the good old days’; of the country’s rise and former prosperity, a range of popular culture symbols and metaphors are often associated with this harkening back to a seemingly perfect past. Witty television advertisements are reconstructed, the allegoric music of that time is replayed and characters from literature and film
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Malawi and Zambia Get Maized0
- Africa, Development, Malawi, Zambia
- 10.02.2017.
This article was co-authored by Jimmy Kainja from Malawi Governments of Malawi and Zambia have come under fire over an alleged maize export scam of 100, 000 metric tons involving about US $13 million dollars. When the allegations of the scam surfaced, Malawi President Peter Mutharika appointed a Commission of Inquiry to probe into the
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Self-Financing to African Prosperity0
- Africa, African Union, Development
- 07.02.2017.
One of the biggest criticisms of the African Union (AU) has been that its funding is coming from outside of the continent. And because of that – the would be ‘Africa oriented’ programming is unable to be realized because when donors give money, they do have other agendas to fulfill. Typical of anyone that is
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Ending child poverty is a moral necessity0
- Development, Uganda
- 25.01.2017.
Donning a tired T-shirt that has since lost its original colour and shape – Kutosi, a 5-year-old boy in Bunamwani village, Mbale district wears a sweet, innocent face. He is one of the 3.7 million children in Uganda below five years of age living in poverty. This is half of the under-five population in the
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