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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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Innovation past mentality – Can we achieve that?0
- Africa, Development, Economy
- 18.01.2017.
Last night, I got home with an interesting Uber driver. After calling him about 5 times trying to direct him (yes, Ugandan Uber drivers and use of Google Maps are like oil and water. They just don’t connect), he found where I was. And guess what he had a passenger. This was a lady with
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How America Became An African Country0
- Africa, Democracy, Development, Diplomacy
- 06.12.2016.
This article was first published in the Washington Post Trevor Noah, the South African comedian and host of The Daily Show, a popular late-night news satire and talk show in the US, once described Donald Trump as America’s first African President. In fact, Americans could do worse than look to the continent in general, and
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Magufuli and The Politics Of Information Sharing0
- Africa, Democracy, Development, Tanzania
- 29.11.2016.
On November 20, 2016 the President of Tanzania, Dr. John Magufuli, sacked the chair of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) Board, Bernard Mchomvu. According to The Citizen, the “sacking was announced through a State House statement, which, however, did not specify the reasons for his removal.” The ‘rumor mills’ in a city that was once
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