9 Best Articles in 2021
News24
South Africa's leading source of breaking news, opinion and insight
News24
~13 min read · 1387 saves · From 2017 · News24, South Africa's premier news source, provides breaking news on national, world, Africa, sport, entertainment, technology & more.
In Coronavirus
The Guardian
Why are Africa's coronavirus successes being overlooked?
The Guardian
3 min read · 160 saves · 2020-05-21 · Examples of innovation aren’t getting the fanfare they would do if they emerged from Europe or the US, says Guardian columnist Afua Hirsch
africaindata.org
Africa In Data
africaindata.org
1 min read · 20 saves · From 2016 · A short presentation about how conditions in Africa are changing.
Aeon+Psyche
Liberating the precolonial history of Africa
Aeon+Psyche
~14 min read · 24 saves · 2020-01-16 · The West focuses only on slavery, but the history of Africa is so much more than a footnote to European imperialism
The Economist
The true true size of Africa
The Economist
3 min read · 47 saves · From 2017 · Africa is bigger than it looks on most maps of the world
The New York Times
How McKinsey Lost Its Way in South Africa
The New York Times
~19 min read · 54 saves · From 2018 · When the godfather of management consulting landed its biggest contract ever in Africa, it made the worst mistake in its storied nine-decade history.
youdontknowafrica.com
You Don't Know Africa
youdontknowafrica.com
1 min read · 34 saves · From 2015 · Find all African countries as quick as you can. It's harder than you might think.
In Science
The New York Times
The Coronavirus Is Mutating. What Does That Mean for Us?
The New York Times
7 min read · 208 saves · 2020-12-20 · Apoorva Mandavilli · Officials in Britain and South Africa claim new variants are more easily transmitted. There’s a lot more to the story, scientists say.
The New Yorker
What African Nations Are Teaching the West About Fighting the Coronavirus
The New Yorker
5 min read · 54 saves · 2020-05-15 · From the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, many countries in Africa pursued public-health measures more aggressively than the U.S. and Europe did.
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In Science
The New York Times
The Coronavirus Is Mutating. What Does That Mean for Us?
The New York Times
7 min read · 208 saves · 2020-12-20 · Apoorva Mandavilli · Officials in Britain and South Africa claim new variants are more easily transmitted. There’s a lot more to the story, scientists say.
The New York Times
As Virus Resurges in Africa, Doctors Fear the Worst Is Yet to Come
The New York Times
~15 min read · 52 saves · 2020-12-26 · Sheri Fink · The coronavirus killed far fewer people in Africa than in Europe and the Americas, leading to a widespread perception that it was a disease of the West. Now, a tide of new cases on the continent is…
In Coronavirus
Nature
Could new COVID variants undermine vaccines? Labs scramble to find out
Nature
5 min read · 54 saves · Jan 7th · Ewen Callaway · Researchers race to determine why variants identified in Britain and South Africa spread so quickly and whether they’ll compromise vaccines.
Science Magazine
New coronavirus variants could cause more reinfections, require updated vaccines
Science Magazine
5 min read · 42 saves · Jan 15th · Scientists worry mutations found in Brazil and South Africa could help SARS-CoV-2 evade human antibodies
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medium.com
Online shopping in Africa doesn’t work because of this web form
medium.com
2 min read · 59 saves · From 2018 · I have attended several Tech events where they invite so-called gurus and experts to explain the digital landscape in Africa, but I have…
In Science
Nature
Satellites could soon map every tree on Earth
Nature
5 min read · 95 saves · 2020-10-14 · Individual tree canopies pinpointed over a large area of West Africa.
MIT Technology Review
The problems AI has today go back centuries
MIT Technology Review
4 min read · 163 saves · 2020-07-31 · In March of 2015, protests broke out at the University of Cape Town in South Africa over the campus statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes, a mining magnate who had gifted the land on…
TechCrunch
Paystack, with ambitions to become the Stripe of Africa, raises $8M from Visa, Tencent… and Stripe itself
TechCrunch
7 min read · 38 saves · From 2018 · Africa has been one of the least-developed regions globally when it comes to technology and being on the less advanced side of the so-called digital divide. But with a huge population and a set of nations whose economies are rapidly changing, we are seeing a significant knock-on effect in tech. Tod…
Science Magazine
School openings across globe suggest ways to keep coronavirus at bay, despite outbreaks
Science Magazine
~13 min read · 60 saves · 2020-07-07 · Science explores reopening strategies from South Africa to Finland to Israel
In Coronavirus
The Washington Post
Opinion | Africa has defied the covid-19 nightmare scenarios. We shouldn’t be surprised.
The Washington Post
43 saves · 2020-09-22 · This should have been a moment for media outlets to challenge corrosive narratives about Africa.
In Tiktok
Quartz
TikTok is quietly snapping up creatives from YouTube and Instagram for a full Africa roll-out
Quartz
4 min read · 49 saves · 2020-03-10 · Alexandria Williams · TikTok has been investing quietly, but significantly, to usher in a new age of influencers in Africa.
Rolling Stone
How Toto’s 'Africa' Became the New 'Don't Stop Believin''
Rolling Stone
5 min read · 58 saves · From 2018 · In 2018, “Africa” follows us everywhere, like the sound of wild dogs crying out in the night. The whole weird history of American culture is in this song somewhere
youtube.com
Toto - Africa
youtube.com
28 saves · From 2016 · Toto's official music video for 'Africa'. Click to listen to Toto on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/TotoSpotify?IQid=TotoAFR As featured on The Essential Toto. ...
