Style And Rhythm: Irregular Pace
Ahead of a time. I do not move along with you, I am so far ahead, yet with you. At your own pace, Others draw you back. They must draw you back. They do not understand. They are so far back, you...
View ArticleAdaobi On Sunday: Are My Fears, My Failure?
Being a mum to two very intelligent growing teenagers, my worries and fears on how well they will turn out often makes me wonder if I match up to my responsibility as their caregiver and mother. In...
View ArticleDiscrediting Elections: Why The Opposition Playbook Carries Risks
Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham Malawi recently held its breath as the Constitutional Court took ten hours to painstakingly read out its verdict on the highly controversial 2019 presidential...
View ArticleAfrican Countries Aren’t Getting As Much As They Should From Foreign Direct...
Muazu Ibrahim, University for Development Studies Economic growth is driven by a number of factors. These include foreign direct investment, national savings, household spending, fiscal and monetary...
View ArticleWhat Scientists Are Doing To Develop A Vaccine For The New Coronavirus
Marc-Antoine De La Vega, Université Laval With an increasing number of confirmed cases in China and 24 other countries, the COVID-19 epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus (now known as SARS-CoV-2)...
View ArticleDo Women-Focused Capital Funds Actually Help Women, Or Are They Just...
Barbara Jayne Orser, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa An increase in the number of women-focused capital funds promises to help address gender gaps in the provision of financial capital....
View ArticleThree Financial Firms Could Change The Direction Of The Climate Crisis – And...
Jan Fichtner, University of Amsterdam; Eelke Heemskerk, University of Amsterdam, and Johannes Petry, University of Warwick A silent revolution is happening in investing. It is a paradigm shift that...
View ArticleLessons From Rwanda On Tackling Unsafe Drinking Water And Household Air...
Evan Thomas, University of Colorado Boulder; Jean De Dieu Ngirabega, Ruli Higher Institute of Health, and Thomas Clasen, Emory University Unsafe drinking water and household air pollution are major...
View Article3 Ways To Master Cash Leaks Without Breaking A Sweat
You’ll likely agree with me that little expense leaks spring up all the time especially as a savvy business owner who wants to stay updated while making good returns on business investments. Many are...
View ArticleWoman Crush Wednesday: Tolu Olanipekun
There are times when our career journey doesn’t start the way we envision it, but these wrong turns sometimes lead us to the right path and our Woman Crush Wednesday, Tolu Olanipekun, proves this....
View ArticleAdvice Papa Gave Me: We Depend On Each Other
My Dear Daughter, A story is told that when the Baboons and Monkeys heard that the man who used to chase them away from the maize field had died, they hysterically celebrated. The following year, there...
View ArticleNew Report Tackles Gaping Digital Divide In The Commonwealth
A report launched in London this week revealed the yawning digital gap between high and low-income Commonwealth countries while offering solutions to tackle the imbalance. Digital divide The report,...
View ArticleWhat Is Sex Really For?
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University Few topics arouse as much interest and controversy as sex. This is hardly surprising. The biological continuance of the species hinges on it – if human beings...
View ArticleKatherine Johnson: NASA Mathematician And Much-Needed Role Model
Monica Grady, The Open University Katherine Johnson, who has died at the age of 101, was an amazing woman. But up until a few years ago, hardly anyone had heard of her or her achievements. She was a...
View ArticleFavourite Instagram Looks Of The Week
This week, we’ve curated our favourite fashion styled looks found on Instagram from the most stylish pages. Check them below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ini Dima-Okojie...
View ArticleTraditional And Contemporary (Week Sixty Two)
Traditional and Contemporary focuses on Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary tailoring. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be...
View ArticleIs The Time Right For A Single Currency In West Africa?
Iwa Salami, University of East London The eight Francophone states that form the West African Economic and Monetary Union have agreed to drop the use of the CFA Franc. Benin, Burkina Faso,...
View ArticleDating apps make men unhappy and provide a platform for racism
Glen Jankowski, Leeds Beckett University As the dating app Tinder turns five, new research shows men who regularly use the app have more body image concerns and lower self-esteem. The research found...
View ArticleHow Fame Abroad Changes African Footballers’ Way Of Life Back Home
Ernest Yeboah Acheampong, University of Education African footballers have long been attracted to careers abroad. This is easy to understand considering that many come from backgrounds of poverty and...
View ArticleAirplanes Spread Diseases Quickly – So Maybe Unvaccinated People Shouldn’t Be...
Christopher Robertson, University of Arizona and Keith Joiner, University of Arizona As the coronavirus spreads, the nation’s leading health official told a Senate committee on Feb. 25 that “we cannot...
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