Ebola, conflict and disease surveillance

A cache of leaked documents has exposed a sprawling foreign influence network operating across 34 African countries, revealing how Africa’s political space is being quietly reshaped through disinformation, elite capture and engineered narratives. The revelations force a reckoning with the continent’s own vulnerabilities and with the manufactured solidarities that have seduced parts of Africa’s political […]

African fintech is tied to the continent’s underlying financial realities, because solving those challenges is where many of the sector’s largest opportunities still sit.

The Bold Ideas for Brighter Futures Conference, convening in Cape Town from 18 to 20 May, attempts to respond to the risks facing young people, but more importantly to listen to them and share possible solutions

Cutting corners while balancing construction pressure and tight deadlines can be fatal

Our private and political lives are always punctuated by upheavals and storms. These moments signal the direction we should take.  The unfolding political and economic crisis in South Africa presents a rich opportunity to chart a revolutionary path that could alter the future. We dare not miss this opening for a moral resetting of our […]

Ramaphosa’s decision to pursue a judicial review and the Constitutional Court’s call for Parliament to start an impeachment inquiry, will create tensions in the GNU

When decisions that have been made repeatedly over decades are not implemented, ecosystems pay the price. The ecological site is a case study in that gap between intention and action and in how quickly ecological thresholds can be crossed

The country’s debt-heavy budget leaves Peter Mutharika, beginning
his second term after winning the September 2025 election, reliant on World Bank-backed reforms to restore investor confidence

The journey from a solitary representative in 1934 to unprecedented representation in 2026 is a measure of the continent’s long but undeniable march towards footballing recognition

It is also true that undocumented migration can create space for criminal activity. But we have to be honest: immigrants are not the main drivers of crime in this country. Data from the department of Correctional Services shows that foreign nationals make up around 11% to 14% of inmates, while South Africans make up the majority. So the idea that crime is mainly caused by immigrants is simply not true

Honouring the victims of World War II by putting the world on the verge of World War III is insanity

At the start of 2026, four of South Africa’s five largest banks were simultaneously pursuing acquisition targets in Kenya. Understanding why this convergence is happening, and what it means beyond the deal announcements, matters for anyone tracking the direction of African financial services. The structural case for Kenya Kenya’s appeal as an anchor market for […]