How fame abroad changes African footballers' way of life back home: Football continues to present a great chance for social mobility in Africa Natee K Jindakum/ShutterstockAfrican footballers have long been attracted to careers abroad. This is easy to understand considering that many come from backgrounds of poverty and high unemployment rates in countries with repressive … [Read more...] about How fame abroad changes African footballers’ way of life back home | The Conversation
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Pasha 55: South Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution | The Conversation
Pasha 55: South Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: shutterstock The global hype around the Fourth Industrial Revolution has grabbed South Africa as well. President Cyril Ramaphosa is firmly behind it as the belief is that it can help advance economies and increase job opportunities. But in countries like South Africa where inequality is a problem, adding advanced … [Read more...] about Pasha 55: South Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution | The Conversation
Is the time right for a single currency in West Africa? | The Conversation
Is the time right for a single currency in West Africa?: CFA franc countries will no longer have to keep 50% of their foreign exchange reserves at the French Treasury ShutterstockThe eight Francophone states that form the West African Economic and Monetary Union have agreed to drop the use of the CFA Franc. Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, … [Read more...] about Is the time right for a single currency in West Africa? | The Conversation
Mathematical modelling: a language that explains the real world | The Conversation
Mathematical modelling: a language that explains the real world: Mining is one of the industries that's helped by mathematical modelling: models can predict ceiling collapses and keep miners safe. Sunshine Seeds/Shutterstock/For editorial use onlyThe motion of all solid objects and fluids can be described using the unifying language of mathematics. Wind movement, turbulence … [Read more...] about Mathematical modelling: a language that explains the real world | The Conversation
Budget shows treasury is desperately short of ideas to fix South Africa’s economic woes | The Conversation
Budget shows treasury is desperately short of ideas to fix South Africa's economic woes: South Africa's finance minister, Tito Mboweni, ahead of his budget speech. EPA/Nic BothmaAt the core of this year’s budget proposals from South Africa’s national treasury is the admission that national debt is no longer expected to stabilise. In previous years, bar one brief exception, … [Read more...] about Budget shows treasury is desperately short of ideas to fix South Africa’s economic woes | The Conversation
