In an increasingly connected world, innovation and technology should provide unprecedented opportunity. But the truth is alarming, as trends indicate...
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Since its inception, back in 1964, IPS has believed in the role of information as a precondition for lifting communities out of poverty and marginalization. This belief is reflected in our historic mission: “giving a voice to the voiceless”– acting as a communication channel that privileges the voices and the concerns of the poorest and creates a climate of understanding, accountability and participation around development, promoting a new international information order.
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage One month on since the Global Compact for Migration was approved, civil society has highlighted the need to...
By Lakshi De Vass Gunawardena As Lake Chad enters its 10th year of conflict, millions of young girls are being used...
By Busani Bafana Ella Mazani is a mobile phone farmer. “My mobile phone is part of my farming. It supports my...
By Peter Kamalingin B.L. The corona virus pandemic is impacting Africa’s population in quite differentiated ways and is significantly entrenching inequality....
By Education Cannot Wait “We missed our teachers, they were very friendly and helped us solve the complex exercises, but with...
Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa commit resources to promote agricultural innovations. This is based on the assumption that rural livelihoods...
By Mbaye Mbeguere For those who live in slums and informal settlements, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront their...
By Adebayo Olukoshi, Tetteh Hormeku-Ajei, Aishu Balaji and Anita Nayar In 1965, Kwame Nkrumah described the paradox of neocolonialism in Africa,...
The tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic and its associated challenges have thrown our world into chaos, with the virus destroying...
