Nov 18, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! BEATING THE ODDS An often repeated saying among entrepreneurs in Nigeria is one borrowed from New York: “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.” But the circumstances are usually less glamorous than in New York. The sentiment...
Nov 12, 2019
African Studies News and Events No Images? Click here Upcoming Events Les Cafés Féministes: Nigel Lezama | Splendeurs et misères de la femme noire dans la culture hip-hop Nigel Lezama, professeur agrégé au département de langues, littératures et cultures modernes à...
Nov 11, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! UP NORTH One unintended outcome of the “sub-Saharan Africa” classification of African countries is that North Africa is typically excluded from conversations about Africa’s tech startup landscape. This often means we’re sharing an incomplete...
Nov 4, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! DIGITALLY VULNERABLE As African countries economies and governments digitize rapidly the need for transparent rules about what happens with citizens’ data is becoming a more pressing issue\. Nigeria is at the early stages of trying to roll...
Nov 2, 2019
Please find a “punchier” note for post-election distribution that we promised after finishing the Vision Paper last spring. It describes how we think Canada should increase its engagement with Africa. We want to enhance the awareness of the growing importance of...
Oct 20, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! BROADBAND DREAMS One of the lessons of working with remote teams on the African continent or traveling around Africa is that the internet is not the internet everywhere you go. Sure, everyone has Google, Facebook and WhatsApp, but the...
Oct 14, 2019
Get Outlook for iOS From: African Studies <african.studies=carleton.ca@cmail20.com> on behalf of African Studies <african.studies@carleton.ca> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 4:59:42 PM To: Michelle Rugamba <MichelleRugamba@cmail.carleton.ca>...
Oct 9, 2019
Upcoming Events Upcoming Events Race for Education: Gender, White Tone and Schooling in South Africa Professor Mark Hunter Professor Mark Hunter of the department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto will be discussing his new book – “Race for...
Oct 7, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! MOBILE MONEY 2.0 It’s been an eventful week for mobile money especially if you were a consumer in Zimbabwe, where the central bank shut down mobile money-to-cash transactions for three days before reversing the ban. Of course, there is the...
Oct 2, 2019
Dear ASG colleagues: As you know the Africa Study Group is officially linked to the Canadian International Council’s National Capital Branch, but the link is not that strong. However, I would like to encourage ASG members to join the CIC (see below) – it is not...
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