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AI in Africa: 5 issues that must be tackled for digital equality
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (906+ words) If it’s steered correctly, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to accelerate development. It can drive breakthroughs in agriculture. It can expand access to healthcare and education. It can boost financial inclusion and strengthen democratic participation. But without deliberate action,…...
4 ways to empower students to spark social change
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (992+ words) College students in the humanities and social sciences are constantly learning about the world’s biggest problems — from inequality, wars, forced displacement, hunger and famine, discrimination and climate change to unjust policies and laws. While this knowledge helps them see the…...
What’s overlooked in student mental health in South Africa: social connection and sexual wellbeing
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (911+ words) Student mental health has become one of the defining challenges facing universities worldwide. In South Africa, these concerns are often framed around reports which point to anxiety, burnout and academic pressure. With this comes the call for expanded student counselling…...
Burundi refugees talk about life in South Africa after their long journey: hope and heartbreak side by side
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1030+ words) Over 250,000 people were registered as asylum seekers and refugees – people displaced by force – in South Africa in 2024. About 4% of them were from Burundi, some 3,000km away. When people think about refugees, they often imagine families fleeing war and finding safety in…...
Getting through school in South Africa: how learners make it to the end after a poor start
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (899+ words) South Africa’s schooling system presents a striking paradox. Fewer than one in five grade 4 learners can read for meaning, yet more than 60% of young people (aged 15 to 24) eventually complete grade 12. Matric (school leaving exam) pass rates have been rising steadily…...
Mentoring based on young peoples’ strengths can alleviate the crisis in education, training and employment
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (591+ words) Nearly 1 million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are currently outside education, employment or training and the number is currently projected to increase. Milburn identifies multiple intersecting reasons for the current situation. He observes that health, education, social services and legal…...
Traditional food systems nourish communities and protect the environment: lessons from South Africa’s Amadiba
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (939+ words) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town Brittany Kesselman received funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa for some of the research. University of Cape Town provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. The global food…...
Young Tanzanians are fed up with not getting a slice of the economic action – research
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (591+ words) PhD Candidate- Anthropology and Sociology, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID) Genevieve Sekumbo received funding from the Emslie Horniman Scholarship Fund (Royal Anthropological Institute, UK) in 2021 to support fieldwork. Graduate Institute - Institut de hautes études…...
Abuse and silence in South Africa’s classical music culture: what a student’s story reveals
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1011+ words) When I interviewed a man I will call Charles as part of my research on classical music and abuse in South Africa, he shared a poem with me. He’d written it when he was studying music at university in South…...
Does it help to report poor government service in South Africa? Study finds what’s missing
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (482+ words) monitoring and the adoption of digital reporting and communication tools by government departments and municipalities....recognising the continued importance of local communication platforms such as community radio. These are...