Troubled quest for identity of asylum seekers in South Africa
At the end of 2019, South Africa gazetted two pieces of legislation on migration – the Refugees Amendment Act (2017) and the Refugee Regulations (2018). By Diana Chiyangwa. First published in TalkAfrica. The two laws, gazetted by Minister of Home Affairs, Dr. Aaron
Women data scientists created GPS-driven app to help Kenya keep Covid-19 numbers low
Test data, GPS coordinates and contact tracing help an innovative project spot outbreaks in real time. By Sharon Kiburi. First published in Zenger. A group of female data researchers are providing the tech and data muscle behind digital tools the Kenyan government uses
Data trails: How Nigeria’s state surveillance crackdown on journalists, active citizens
By Hannah Ajakaiye. First published in International Centre for Investigative Reporting. IN 2018, Azeezat Adedigba, a reporter at the time with Premium Times – a digital news platform – was about her duties when she received a call from an unfamiliar line.
Four years tracking ‘stateless Nigerians’ through the paths of death
By Oluwamayowa Tijani. First Published in The Cable. This journey began in January 2017, at a time when the Nigerian military said it had “accidentally” bombed a civilian camp in Rann, the capital of Kala Balge LGA in north-east Nigeria. I travelled
China’s successes in anti-poverty and development drives: Lessons for the 21st century Sub-Saharan Africa
By Olusoji Samuel Carnegie (Independent Researcher and Postdoctoral Researcher with Professor Akin Alao, Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria) Note: This content is produced by an independent researcher and does not represent the views of the Africa-China
Chinese small scale mining anchoring Malawi’s rural economies
By Collins Mtika, first published by the Centre for Investigative Journalism Malawi (CIJM) Malawi’s newly appointed Minister of Mining Albert Mbawala has his work cut out in order to uplift the mining sector which his boss President Lazarus Chakwera has earmarked as
How Chinese-built railway projects are easing mobility, saving lives in Nigeria
With an initial loan of $500 million and another $1.3 billion borrowing from China, Nigeria constructed 186-kilometre Abuja-Kaduna and 156-kilometer Lagos-Ibadan rail projects, respectively. The ICIR’s Niyi Oyedeji writes on how the project is easing mobility and serving as an
NEW BOOK: Digital Identity, Data and Technology in Africa by the Africa-China Reporting Project, 2022
Publication on two Pan-African journalism workshops and published investigations in 2019 and 2021, convened by the Africa-China Reporting Project at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The Africa-China Reporting Project (the Project) based at the Wits Centre for Journalism at the
REPORT: The ACRP in the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF22), Lagos, Nigeria. 27-28 April 2022
The Africa-China Reporting Project (the Project), in collaboration with Paradigm Initiative, a pan African social enterprise, participated in the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF 22) in Lagos, Nigeria, 27-28 April 2022. The Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum is an important platform where conversations on digital
Fighting stereotypes in wildlife conservation in Tanzania
Video documentary by David Kabambo, first published in Daily News. Gender segregation in the environmental and wildlife conservation sectors remains a problem for both men and women, as the society still live with the syndrome that wildlife poaching is reserved for men.