With the imminent disconnection of the SIM cards of Nigerian phone users who failed to enrol for the National Identification Number (NIN) registration, Ifedayo Ogunyemi, a participant in the Digital Identity, Data and Technology in Africa Workshop 2021 and digital identity reporting… Continue Reading
By Jacinta Mutura, first published in The Standard. They trek for miles to make referrals, provide health education and nutrition surveillance, collect vital data and assist with immunisation, all for free. At 73, Susan Wanjiru lives John F Kennedy’s clarion… Continue Reading
By Nigerian journalist Kunle Sanni, a participant in the Digital Identity, Data and Technology in Africa Workshop 2021 and digital identity reporting grants series. First published in Premium Times. Nigeria’s digital e-commerce platforms offering short-term loans have resorted to unprofessional… Continue Reading
By Gideon Sarpong, first published on iWatchAfrica. It is now over two years since Emmanuel Essien, a fishing observer, vanished on board a Chinese owned trawler called Meng Xin 15 in 2019. Ghana’s Minister of Information announced in October 2021 that an… Continue Reading
By Sharon Tshipa, first published in print on November 19 2021 in The Botswana Guardian. The existence of China-aided schools in Botswana is a fulfilment of a promise made by the former Chinese Ambassador, Liu Huaxing, in 2009. At the time, the… Continue Reading
By Ugandan journalist Ian Katusiime, first published on The Independent. On 30 November 2021, the Ugandan army alongside the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Forces (FARDC) launched joint air and artillery strikes against camps of the Uganda rebels of the… Continue Reading
By Isaac Khisa, first published in The Independent. The Ugandan government has in the past years faced harsh criticism over regular borrowings from the China Import Export Bank to facilitate development of infrastructure projects including hydropower dams, roads and possibly… Continue Reading
By Nigerian journalist Francis Annagu, first published in EnviroNews Nigeria. The impact of toxic waste disposal in a river area is detrimental to indigenous peoples who live, use and benefit from the environment. On September 3, 2020, the Chinese company, WeWood,… Continue Reading
By Moroccan journalist Taib Biygautane, first published by Dispatchword. This report was produced as a result of North Africa Journalism Reporting Grants provided by the Africa-China Reporting Project in partnership with Inkyfada, for journalists from North Africa to conduct investigations on North… Continue Reading
First published by Madagascan journalist Andriamisandratsoa Herizo in EDU Press as part of the Public Health Reporting Grants series. Currently, the relationship between Madagascar and China has lasted for more than forty years. Various acts of diplomacy and significant cooperation… Continue Reading