Africa’s Policy Towards the US: the Biden Era
Africa’s Policy Towards the US: the Biden EraEdited by Dr Bob Wekesa, Deputy Director of ACSUSWebinar Book DiscussionHosted by the Library of the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and UJ’s Faculty of Humanities in partnership with ACSUSWed 2 March 2022 online
Black History Month Webinar #2 – Thurs 24 Feb 2022 at 3.30 pm at Wits and via Zoom
The 2022 Changemakers of South Africa The African Centre for the Study of the United States at the University of the Witwatersrand, in partnership with Global Diaspora Connect, the Center for African Studies at Howard University and Democrats Abroad SA, held
Black History Month Webinar #1 – Wed 16 Feb 2022 Black Health and Wellness
https://youtu.be/bkzZ0ps0MeQ View a recording of the webinar on the left. In this webinar, Oladipupo Oyeleye rethinks African popular music, using Afropolitanism as a framework for reading the Post-2000 soundscape to map its significance as a connecting node for reading global Africa. Oladipupo Oyeleye is a
ACSUS Webinar on Thurs 9 July 2020 Imagined Identities
https://youtu.be/tHBFaHa2FSE View a recording of the webinar on the left. This webinar featured African/African American scholars who study race, Blackness and Africanness; a cultural activist; and a television and media practitioner. The panelists drew on their wide and varied African Diaspora engagement
China Digital Competition Concept Note
IntroductionThis concept note lays out initial thoughts and proposals for a new project on Africa-US-China engagements in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. It focuses on the competition between the US and China in Africa’s digital sphere while also
The Mandela-Obama effect: Legacies, divergences and convergences
One of the major series of events in South Africa in 2018 was the commemoration of the centennial of Nelson Mandela’s birth. Global-Dialogue Special Edition Mandela Obama
Addressing value Chains and policies to enhance youth and women in African agriculture
In the previous article, we examined the hurdles facing Africa’s agriculture ranging from the limitations of scale and market impediment. In this article, we pick out value and supply chains and policies as prime areas of consideration.Youth and Women Entrepreneurs
ICT as a pathway to enhancing the involvement of youth and women in agriculture
By John Karuitha and Bob Wekesa In the previous article, we discussed value chains and policies as factors in the role of women and youth in African agriculture and food security. In this article, we discuss some technological pathways for redressing