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Good Governance Africa (GGA) is a research and advocacy organisation based in Africa that works to improve government performance on the continent. Click on About Us to find out more.

 

Good Governance Africa

Good Governance Africa (GGA) is a research and advocacy organisation based in Africa that works to improve government performance on the continent. Click on About Us to find out more.

  • Big Brother, too

    New tech tools for hacks, whistle-blowers and activists, by Adam Clayton Powell III

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  • The rising power of social media in African politics

    Mobile technology is moving past the gatekeepers, writes Gavin Davis

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  • Where does the hardware come from?

    Low-end globalisation: Africa’s mobile revolution began in Hong Kong, by Simon Allison

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  • Africa changes its tune to genuine digital downloads

    Using smartphones to sell music may curb counterfeiting, writes Rose Skelton

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  • Digital did not kill the radio star

    Old fashioned radio still reigns supreme, by David Smith

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  • Appy agriculture

    In Kenya, farmers reap the benefits of new technology, writes Joel Macharia

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Putting dissent on hold

Putting dissent on hold

Internet censorship and social activism in Algeria, by Anne Wolf

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Tomato catch-up

Tomato catch-up

In West Africa science paves the way, by Christopher Pala

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Nigeria stumbles after Kenya

Nigeria stumbles after Kenya

Mobile banking in Africa, by Tolu Ogunlesi

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Malawi: mind the gap

Malawi: mind the gap

Following IMF directives, Mrs Banda reaps international praise, but poverty and protests persist, says Elliot Ross

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File Africa in Fact, May 2013: Bit by bit, technology transforms Africa
Since 2000 sub-Saharan Africa’s mobile market has grown 44% a year on average and is now the world’s fastest growing. By the end of 2012, Africa as a whole had accumulated 821m mobile subscribers out of a population of 1.08 billion, with the penetration rate likely to pass 100% in 2017. This issue of Africa in Fact explores how technology is reshaping Africa.
Apr 30, 2013
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File Africa in Fact, April 2013: Aid-The bottomless pit
For more than half a century, the international community has emptied half a trillion dollars in aid into Africa, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The aim of these generous donations—motivated sometimes by altruism, sometimes by contrition about colonialism, other times out of self-interest—was to build political and economic alliances, improve living conditions and lift people out of poverty. This issue of Africa in Fact explores the impact of foreign aid on the continent.
Apr 01, 2013
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