Mar 24, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! INVESTOR BLUES Venture capital firms have been getting most of the investor headlines in Africa over the last decade. The idea Africa’s business hubs could replicate or even do a slightly ersatz version of Silicon Valley and launch the...
Mar 24, 2019
African Studies News and Events No Images? Click here Upcoming Events In celebration of the life of our beloved colleague, mentor, teacher and friend, Professor Pius Adesanmi (Institute of African Studies, Department of English & Department of...
Mar 18, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! TELLING A STORY In the news media we often remind ourselves perceptions of almost any subject can be shaped over time by biased or slanted coverage. It’s not a discussion that is often examined when it comes to entertainment, but there’s...
Mar 14, 2019
Please find attached the final – at least for now – version of the ASG’s 2019 Vision Paper. It is primarily a product of the Steering Committee but it benefited as well from comments from some List A members. We plan to share it through the CIC...
Mar 14, 2019
Mar 11, 2019
The Africa Study Group mourns the tragic death of our friend and close collaborator Pius Adesamni, Director of the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University, in the Ethiopian Airlines crash on March 10. Our sincere and deepest condolences go...
Mar 10, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! SCHOOL DAZE Just over a year ago, a photo of Richard Appiah Akoto, a teacher in Ghana drawing the features of a Microsoft Word processing window on a blackboard, went viral. People around the world were full of admiration for his...
Mar 9, 2019
Upcoming Events “The uncertain promise of future happiness: Women, youth and urban change in Ibadan, Nigeria”with Professor Grace Adeniyi OgunyankinPauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies, Carleton University Date: Wednesday,March 20, 2019 |...
Mar 5, 2019
Mar 4, 2019
DIGITAL COMMERCE There’s a $700 billion opportunity for African countries over the next five years if they can close the gender gap of mobile phone ownership, according to GSMA, the mobile trade body. It bases that estimate on the commercial opportunity for...
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