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Sénégal : une étude montre comment la sécurité foncière conditionne l’efficacité du crédit agricole
Au Sénégal, améliorer la production locale de riz ne dépend pas seulement de la disponibilité de semences performantes. Pour les petits producteurs, l’accès au crédit et la sécurité des droits fonciers peuvent aussi déterminer la capacité à…
SyndicatedBabacar Ndiaye, enseigant-chercheur, Université Amadou Mahtar MBOW de Dakar23 Oct 20267 min read
Health
Health progress in Africa leaves more people living with disabilities: rehabilitation is the next challenge
Conversations around health progress in Africa usually focus on lives saved. And rightly so. Across the continent, people are living longer01330-3/fulltext) than they did a generation ago.
SyndicatedUkachukwu Abaraogu, Senior Lecturer Public Health, Evidence Synthesis & Rehabilitation, University of the West of Scotland22 Oct 20264 min read
Culture
How K-dramas use Africa as a backdrop to boost South Korea’s image
The success of South Korean popular music or K-pop continues to power the Hallyu Wave, a term that describes the global obsession with the country’s pop culture production.
SyndicatedOsarugue Otebele, Assistant Professor, Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto22 Oct 20265 min read
Education
Power cuts and sleep: students link loadshedding to anxiety, disrupted rest and lower marks
South Africa endured its worst year of loadshedding (scheduled power cuts by the country’s utility, Eskom) in 2023. The power went off on 335 of the year’s 365 days, often several times a day.
SyndicatedJoshua Davimes, Senior Lecturer in Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand22 Oct 20265 min read
Environment
Africa’s bats could survive climate change – if they can find somewhere to live
Climate change and changes in the way land is used are the two biggest threats to wildlife because they change the environment in which animals survive and thrive.
SyndicatedMariëtte van der Walt, Biodiversity Coordinator, Wilderness, University of the Witwatersrand21 Oct 20264 min read
Environment
Africans reuse, repair, recycle and resell waste: what’s needed to build on the circular economy basics
In many African cities, a broken fridge is rarely thrown away immediately. It may be repaired and resold, dismantled for spare parts or collected for its metal components.
SyndicatedMichael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability| Business and Accounting Discipline, Charles Darwin University21 Oct 20265 min read
Health
How can African schools support children’s mental health? Research shows what works and what doesn’t
Schools are often among the first places where emotional and behavioural difficulties become visible. Learners may start missing classes, withdrawing from friends or struggling academically.
SyndicatedLydia Namatende-Sakwa, Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center21 Oct 20265 min read
Environment
Les pays africains pourraient économiser des milliards en réduisant la pollution et les émissions de gaz à effet de serre
La réduction de la pollution atmosphérique en Afrique présente de nombreux avantages économiques, selon une nouvelle étude menée par les spécialistes des sciences de l’environnement Chris Malley, Kevin Hicks et Caroline Sawe.
SyndicatedChris Malley, Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute York Centre, University of York21 Oct 20267 min read
Education
South Africa’s schools reflect an unequal society: what can teachers do about it?
South Africa’s education system is often described as the key to overcoming the legacy of apartheid.
SyndicatedNhlanhla Mpofu, Researcher in TESOL & Language Literacy Education, University of Notre Dame Australia20 Oct 20265 min read
Business
When tax officials visit: why softer tax outreach can build trust in some places and erode it in others
Across sub-Saharan Africa, revenue authorities are increasingly changing how they engage with small businesses. The traditional approach involved audits, penalties and inspections.
SyndicatedChristopher Hoy, McKenzie Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne20 Oct 20266 min read
Business
Illegal fishing is thriving in African waters – a satellite system could help change that
A patrol boat off the coast of Gabon intercepted three trawlers in July 2026, inside the Grand Sud Reserve. This is one of west and central Africa’s largest marine reserves, where industrial trawling is banned.
SyndicatedWanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, Ph.D. Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida20 Oct 20266 min read
Health
Millions of children aren’t getting vaccinated: how mapping tools can help find them
Worldwide about 13.5 million children have never received a vaccine at all. These are known as zero-dose children. Reaching them is central to the Immunization Agenda 2030, a global drive to ensure that everyone has access to the vaccines t…
SyndicatedAnn Muthoni Njogu, Doctoral researcher, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp19 Oct 20266 min read