Debating Ideas
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Paying to work: bribery and the earnings of Kenya’s informal workers
For many informal workers in Kenya, earning a living also means paying for the right to do so. A motorbike taxi rider, a hawker ... -
Formalising the RSF: EU Policies and Sudan’s Search for Funds
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are one of the two armed parties in the current war in Sudan. Despite their historic collaborations with multiple ... -
After the Revolution, Before the War: Tracing Khartoum’s Syrian Community
On 18 March 2023, Arwa Ahmed, an architect, and photographer of the Sudanese revolution, and I stood chatting in the shade of the Grand ... -
Who Decides What Africa Reads First?
Every morning, someone decides what Africa reads first. Usually it is not one person. Often it is not a person at all. It is ... -
Who Pays When the Applause Stops? Visibility, Power and Ghana’s Black Challenge
The Black Challenge has won African titles, an African Para Games gold medal and a place at the 2026 Amputee Football World Cup. Yet ... -
A Russian state firm will map more than half of Mali. Who will own the data?
Two contracts signed in Moscow give a Russian state firm the job of mapping Mali’s subsoil and building the system that will hold the ... -
Kenya’s 2027 Election: Time to Address the Warning Signs
On August 16, 2026, hundreds of people armed with machetes, guns, and sticks attacked a convoy carrying opposition politicians and supporters of the Linda ... -
Nigeria’s AI Ambitions vs. The Regulatory Void–Who Protects the Citizens?
Last year, scammers launched a deepfake videos of popular Nigerian social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, through a fraudulent Facebook campaign. The cybercriminals superimposed ... -
Africa cannot build a stronger agrifood economy while the livestock sector loses $4 billion a year
Across Africa, the livestock sector supports more than 350 million people. Livestock is much more than an agricultural commodity. For millions of families, cattle, ... -
The War in Sudan and the Challenges of Mediation
Less than two months after Sudan’s war began in April 2023, the then African Union (AU) Commission chair, Moussa Faki Mahamat, called it the ...
