There are few statistics on deafblindness and specialised services to support the functioning of deafblind people is poor in Africa
Africa
Posted inNews/Politics
It’s not poor management, it’s poor leadership
Attuned leadership, is guided by its ethics and virtues but has self-agency and makes choices informed by their own communities’ felt needs
Posted inEquality, General
South Sudan pushes hard to raise quality of education, improve adult literacy
Education offers a way out of poverty, but Covid-19’s disruption to the nation’s schooling system risks undoing much recent progress
Posted inGender violence
Homophobia steals and kills
It is inhumane and unAfrican. People must interrogate themselves and their reasons for being cruel to the gay community
Posted inBusiness
Use black agencies to target black consumers
We shouldn’t just copy all our concepts from the West and paste them for African consumption
Posted inGeneral
To all South Africans: In memory of who we are
When we critically inspect our histories, none of us come out completely faultless, but we will find something, and we can learn
Posted inEquality, General
We must remember the call for liberation upon which African Day was founded
African Liberation Day has been numbed down to feel-good festivities and colourful clothing, but we must not forget it is a day upon which the path for liberation was declared
Posted inBusiness
Decolonising Africa’s economies is the solution to an integrated continent
African countries are missing an opportunity to work closer together to boost trade and infrastructure
Posted inGeneral
The things we lost in the fire
The fight for equality is valid but the burning down of our universities is not the revolution or decolonisation any of us should want
Posted inEquality
The African immigrant is a human being
There’s a need for South Africa and other African states to better handle those who cross its borders in search of a better life
Posted inMedia
Social media is a valuable tool for improving health awareness in Africa
The combination of flexible targetability, low cost and direct communication make for an effective way to improve education and address individual needs
Posted inEquality
Pronouns are small but mean a lot
For trans and non-binary Africans like Matthew Blaise, sexual identification and acknowledgment is a daily struggle