Aug 10, 2019
Upcoming Events Call for Applications | Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) – Women’s and Gender Studies The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies invites applications from qualified candidates for a full-time tenure-track faculty...
Aug 8, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! BOKO HARAM 10 YEARS ON This year, Nigeria, a country which prides itself on milestones like being Africa’s most populous country and being home to its largest economy, is marking an unsavory one: a decade of devastating insurgency...
Aug 8, 2019
Upcoming Events Call for Application | 2019-2023 PhD Fellowship The University of Ghana has received funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York, USA, to implement a project titled “Enhancing Doctoral Training in the Humanities” at University of...
Jul 22, 2019
African Studies News and Events No Images? Click here Upcoming Events Call for Contributions | Niger Delta Stories Kparobo Iwho Foundation In collaboration with Malthouse Press Proudly announces Niger Delta Stories: A Call for...
Jul 22, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! THE BACKEND There has been plenty of excitement around Jumia, the e-commerce company which became something of a flawed Rorschach test for how one defines African startups. The debate around Jumia came to a head in the run-up to its largely...
Jul 16, 2019
Upcoming Events Call for Application | 2020-2021 Fellowship Program The Fellowship Program is at the heart of the activities of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute. Started in 1975 as the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research,...
Jul 16, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! PAY FOR RESULTS Bonds as a financial asset are not always the most intuitive things to understand for a non-finance person. Social impact finance is also a sector, which, while well-intentioned with often clear objectives, can...
Jul 8, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! THE ROBOTS ARE COMING If you’ve visited a modern factory in the last year or two and compare it with visiting a factory, say, 20 years ago, you were probably struck by the same observation: Where are all the workers? You don’t have...
Jul 8, 2019
Upcoming Events Call for Application | Globalization, Media and the African City Calling all undergraduate students with a passion for African Studies!The Institute of African Studies (IAS) at Carleton University is hosting its 5th annual undergraduate research...
Jun 30, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers!HERE COMES THE SUNThe number of people in Africa without access to electricity remain staggering and unchanging with every report—around 640 million people don’t have access to a grid. And even when some of people do have access the...
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