The Chair, held by Professor Prinola Govenden, will focus on addressing digital inclusion, cultural representation and equitable access to knowledge in Africa’s rapidly evolving…
Universities now operate amid electricity instability, water risk, municipal decay, crime, cyber vulnerability and public distrust
With US President Donald Trump blithely brushing aside the United Nations’ many achievements, it is worth revisiting the organization’s successes and failures over the years.…
Open-source models and falling costs have democratised access, with actors such as DeepSeek proving foundational AI is no longer exclusive to Big Tech
In 2022, the out-of-school rate was 10.54% for boys, compared with 8.17% for girls
In a world rushing toward automation, one city’s cultural celebration reminds us that connection, spirit and story are still our most vital technologies
The 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance report ranks South Africa and Mauritius in the top two in the business and labour environment
South Africa’s youth take centre stage in film boom
While the continent’s design talent is in top form, bold policy moves are needed to realise the vast potential of the sector, according to a Unicef report
What does it mean to be African in the contemporary art world?
Citizen activists have warned that the water situation in South Africa is ‘dire and precarious’
Globally glaciers in World Heritage sites outside the polar ice sheets with areas less than 10km² may almost disappear
Education is key to giving our children a chance to navigate, and thrive in, a complex modernity
The government is cracking down on unlicensed education institutions but they persist, and weak oversight is allowing them to operate without any nod to equity and quality teaching
Ghanaian pharmacist Priscilla Kolibea Mante says the biggest challenge for women in science is managing negative perceptions and overcoming gender stereotypes
The physics 2021 Nobel prize means the conversation is no longer about debating whether climate change is real, but rather what we should do about it
The positive effect on the children has spilled over into the local community and improved social cohesion
More than two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people are women. Working to change this can bring profound social and economic benefits
Nice joins France’s more than 40 world heritage sites, which include the banks of the river Seine in Paris, the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, the Mont Saint-Michel…
Spills and pollution would harm the Okavango Delta and the Tsodilo Hills world heritage sites
