It is inhumane and unAfrican. People must interrogate themselves and their reasons for being cruel to the gay community
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What the banning of Twitter in Nigeria could mean for the country’s queer community
When queer Nigerians fear for safety and the ultimate loss of lives, social media, and Twitter especially, has been a reliable tool to draw attention to the very real issues they are faced with
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 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
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Africa is slowly losing the power of praise poetry
The oral tradition, which has numerous functions in society, needs to be preserved for future generations
Posted inHealth
Do Africans need genetically modified mosquitoes?
The use of biotechnology for human disease control may be an innovative idea but it takes more than that to solve public health problems
Posted inHealth
Amaechi’s role in freeing Nigeria of the polio scourge
By Philemon Doro Adjekuko It has been about a year now since Nigeria recorded any case of polio. For over 17 years, the disease was on a rampage, especially in the northern part of the country. The country accounted for about 50% of global and 80% of African polio cases. Nigeria was the face of […]
Posted inEquality, News/Politics
Your homophobia is un-African
The average gay African is no stranger to torture, rape, prison or terror. Thirty-eight countries in Africa now oppress LGBT individuals in one way or another, and although a recent wave of anti-gay legislation is gaining massive media traction, the dignity of these people has never really been embraced in all corners of the continent. […]
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Stop, Jonathan, before Nigerians lose their internet freedom
By Gbenga Sesan On Saturday, 6 April 2013, at a leadership workshop organised for young and emerging leaders in Ekiti State, south west Nigeria, I asked Nigeria’s finance minister and coordinating minister for the economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a simple question: Why does the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan prefer lazy solutions? My premise, at […]
Posted inBusiness, News/Politics
The Economist gets it wrong — again
It’s easy to satirise the kind of journalism that led to the now famous October 20 “Cry, the beloved country” cover story of the Economist magazine. There are two stories in the edition, a short “leader” article and the main story. This is the intro of the main story in the magazine: “It has made […]
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The Africans are coming
No matter your feelings on it, South Africa has been obsessed with the Spear. Many see it as a slur on the dignity of black people in South Africa. While others have held it up as an icon of freedom. It has consumed our media space and been on everyone’s minds. The whole issue has […]
Posted inBusiness, General
The economic week in review: More troubling signs
Europe’s woes continued to weigh heavily on global markets this week. A summit of European leaders on Wednesday failed to reassure economists and investors that politicians can contain the growing risks of Greek exit from the euro and continental banking crisis. Here at home, data showed that the rate of price rises facing consumers rose […]