Women in media: glass ceilings Too many African women media professionals find their advancement frustrated by traditional cultural roles and gender stereotypes Zambian journalist Ruth Kanyanga Kamwi has been in the...
Malawi
A quest for unchecked power
Press freedom: the fiercest battle How South African private media played a pivotal role in mobilising civil society to expose a corrupt president and his cronies What is it to be an “African journalist”? Working in...
Banking on benevolence
Malawi: infrastructure After fifty years of ‘overlooking’ economic growth, Malawi plans to encourage public-private partnerships to fund infrastructure development By Collins Mtika For years, Malawi has banked on the...
Lots of talk, little progress
SDG 4: Education Quality education in Africa looks like a hopeless case, but it’s a matter of taking the right steps By Munyaradzi Makoni Africa has high levels of inequality, between regions and within nations. Its...
Taking action from the ground up
SDG 13: climate change Climate change is forcing African small-scale farmers to find innovative ways of diversifying their crops and managing livestock By Charles Mkoka Malawi’s green and undulating Nyika plateau has...
The plastics menace
SDG 14: life below water More than a dozen African countries have either adopted or proposed a ban on polythene bags By Zipporah Musau Oceans are home to the most spectacular life. Beneath the blue waters and beyond...
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