As Africa’s BRICS membership grows without translating into greater influence, India’s chairship offers an opening to shift from expanding African representation to strengthening Africa’s voice within the grouping
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Expert says South Africa can act as a bridge for BRICS while supporting infrastructure development and advancing the economic priorities of the Global South
Four friends with laptops smile and take a selfie at a monument in Cotonou, Benin. Photo by Iwaria
Sub-Saharan Africa’s environmental future may depend less on how fast its economies grow than on what they become capable of producing. Moving beyond raw commodities toward more knowledge-intensive and technologically sophisticated production could reduce ecological pressure, but the gains are neither automatic nor uniform.
From predicting droughts and floods to helping farmers plan planting seasons, space-based technologies are becoming practical tools for addressing some of Africa’s development challenges, according to a North-West University (NWU) space scientist.
