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Examining Civil Society and Development in West Africa

With an estimated population of 245 million people, West Africa is one of the five sub-regions on the African continent, having 15 countries. The sub-region also has a huge profile of civil movements...

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Namibia: The Role of Civil Society in 2016

Until the arrival of the Affirmative Repositioning group, has there been a paucity of debate about the role of civil society in Namibia. And the little there was, was either cast in simplistic terms or...

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Report: How NGOs Use Technology In Africa

How do NGOs in Africa use the internet? According to a collaborative research project by the Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good titled “The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report”,...

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APPLY: UNESCO Research on Social Media and Youth

UNESCO has launched a call for research proposals to provide a global mapping of research into the assumed roles played by social media in radicalization processes in all regions. The research should...

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Opinion: Fourth Industrial Revolution, Education, Entrepreneurship in Africa

By Njideka Harry The Fourth Industrial Revolution is driven by newer technologies, such as 3D printing, that are changing industrial processes by accelerating them and making them more flexible. With...

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Crowdfunding infant mortality in Africa

Every year, 470,000 babies die in Africa on the day they are born. In an effort to address this avoidable tragedy, a team of doctors from the UK and Kenya have developed a mobile game to train...

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Measuring Learning Outcomes in Francophone Primary Education

DAKAR, March 10, 2016 Over the last 15 years, West African governments and the international community have been successful at expanding access to primary schooling and yet, a ground-breaking regional...

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Meet Africa’s Formidable Women Sprouting Social Change

The month of March every year is set aside to celebrate Women in some parts of the world. The United Nations International Women’s Day also falls on the 8th of March! This whole month is dedicated to...

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Gambia: ActionAid Supports Women on Business Management

ActionAid International The Gambia has trained more small scale business women on business management. The latest group to be trained comprises 50 women from 34 villages in Niamina West district in the...

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DFID-SAVI: Redefining Development Intervention in Nigeria

By Ayodele Taofiq-Fanida After several years of interventions by different governments and hundreds of international development organizations with large sum of money invested in perceived development...

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