Opportunities from Côte d’Ivoire on Plastic Waste and the Blue Economy
By Ahou Rachel Koumi
In 2019, my niece and I enjoyed a two-day outing to the famous beaches of Assinie, in Côte d'Ivoire. I have fond...
Depicting Reality in the African Context
By Menna Badreldin
It is challenging to quantify a phenomenon in the same method across countries. Indices are generally a tool to represent a certain...
Open Science, Intellectual Property and the South African mRNA Vaccine Hub
Authored by: Omowamiwa Kolawole, Caroline B. Ncube, Jeremy de Beer
Abstract: During, and in the aftermath of, the global COVID-19 pandemic, there were strong calls for...
Lords of the Platforms: Beyond Banning Twitter, What else Should Nigeria...
By Adedamola Adediji
It’s a flattened world! An offshoot of this is that political discourse, commercial transactions, and economic activities have mainly moved online. This...
Women Bridging the Gap of Change and Innovation in Africa
By Mnena Abuku
Women
in Africa have faced a diversity of struggles in their efforts toward
sustainable development. This is largely because globalisation has brought more
burdens upon...
A Scan of South Africa’s Maker Movement
This paper sets out findings from a national scan of maker collectives in South Africa. The scan gathered data on more than 20 maker communities across five South African provinces.
Climate Change Injustice: Technology, Innovation and the Politics of Climate Change
By Olanrewaju A. Fagbohun, Ph.D, SAN
In charting a future course where the goal is about equitable and democratic end to fossil fuel production, we...
Behind the Number: A Review of Index Methodologies to Improve Innovation...
This paper reviews the methodologies of 16 indices in innovation, information and communication technologies, economic environment, governance, and development.
Everywhere Still Invisible: Women and Their Traditional Knowledge
By Ghazaleh Jerban
I was so excited to be travelling to South Africa as an Open AIR NERG and QEScholar, in the middle of Canada’s notorious winter...
Financing of Innovation
By Eslam Shaaban
For decades, Kodak was a global giant in the photography industry all over the world. Over the past decade, however, their...
