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Kenya’s president-elect William Ruto, who campaigned on the platform of reducing the price of maize flour, is being sworn in today. Maize is the staple food item in Kenya but successive regimes have failed to devise ways of producing enough of it. Two failed crop seasons and constrained import markets have recently pushed maize flour prices to US$2.30 per 2kg packet, nearly half of the average daily income. Timothy Njagi Njeru examines what the new
administration can do about it.
The advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994 brought with it a wave of black ownership of the news media, transforming the sector. But has ownership change resulted in a change in content? A new study analysed the content of six news outlets from 1994 to 2014, looking at how core socio-economic issues were reported. Prinola Govenden unpacks what she found - that racist clichés persist in the media regardless of ownership.
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Timothy Njagi Njeru, Egerton University
Kenya’s new administration needs to prioritise investing in sustainable solutions to fix perennial maize shortages.
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Prinola Govenden, University of Johannesburg
The study analysed the content of six news outlets from 1994 to 2014, looking at how core socio-economic issues were reported.
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Martin Magidi, University of Cape Town
Skills training in Zimbabwe excludes students from poor backgrounds. The informal sector should be used as a training ground for them.
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Chidi Nzeadibe, University of Nigeria
Nigerian students can support positive environmental behaviour if they learn about the impact of solid waste management on society.
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Hailiang Huang, Harvard University
Existing genetic data and sequencing tools are overwhelmingly based on people of European ancestry, which excludes much of the rich genetic variation of the world.
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Jonathan Este, The Conversation
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
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Craig Prescott, Bangor University
The UK crown has developed from absolute power to a ‘constitutional monarchy’. Here’s what other countries do.
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