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Rewarding academic achievement in schools creates barriers: a South African perspective

Schools believe that rewards recognise the pupils’ hard work and academic achievements. Getty Images Shakira Akabor, University of South Africa…

Children live online more than ever – we need better definitions of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ screen time

Shutterstock Kathryn MacCallum, University of Canterbury and Cheryl Brown, University of Canterbury The pandemic has fundamentally altered every part of…

Four reasons why physically punishing school children doesn’t work

A spanking paddle to discipline children which bears a twist to the Donald Trump slogan. Gilbert Mercier/Flickr Conrad Hughes, Université…

Cities like Lagos need building designs that don’t just copy global styles

Eko Atlantic city in Lagos is described as the largest real estate project in Africa and dubbed the “Dubai of…

How mobile phone towers could help monitor rainfall in developing countries

Telecomms tower. jbdodane/flickr Noam David, The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ; H. Oliver Gao, Cornell University, and Yanyan…

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Insights from Uganda on why solar street lights make sense

Solar powered street lights in Kampala, Uganda. George_TheGiwi/Shutterstock Andrew Sudmant, University of Leeds and Andy Gouldson, University of Leeds Street-lighting…

Pan-African research networks are needed to manage continent’s plastic pollution threat

Volunteers gather at a beach, to clean up plastic litter at a Lagos beach. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images…

The Restoration Of Mobile Network By El-Rufai Amidst Insecurity Might Cause More Harm Than Good

  Reports from various sources has confirmed the restoration of telecom service by the Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai. This announcement was…

Surveillance laws are failing to protect privacy rights: what we found in six African countries

Shutterstock Tony Roberts, Institute of Development Studies On paper, privacy rights for citizens of countries throughout Africa are well protected.…

What makes FinTech solutions succeed? We built a model based on Ghana’s experience

A woman places her mobile phone over credit card reader at grocery store checkout counter. Luis Alvarez via Gettyimages PK…

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