This article explores the impact of AI in Eastern Africa, noting its risks to routine jobs and its potential to drive progress. It highlights the need for education, public awareness, and policy support to ensure AI benefits are shared widely and contribute to a better future.
This article reviews Tanzania’s industrial development from colonial times to today. Post-independence efforts boosted manufacturing, but trade restrictions slowed progress. Since the 1980s, liberalization revived industry, especially textiles. Despite challenges, Tanzania aims for semi-industrialization by 2030, highlighting the need for balanced growth across key economic sectors.
This article examines the impact of Sudan’s prolonged war on underserved communities, highlighting economic hardship, the rise of informal survival strategies like sex work, and the militarization of youth. Despite severe challenges, Sudanese people show resilience by adapting their livelihoods amid ongoing conflict and danger.
This article highlights the destruction of Sudan's oilfields due to the conflict, which had previously brought significant benefits to local communities. However, the attack by the RSF led to the loss of these services, causing severe economic and social setbacks.
Kalkidan Zelalem shares key lessons from her journey as an Ethiopian student in Italy. She highlights the emotional toll of leaving family, the realities of culture shock, financial independence, loneliness, and challenges with roommates. The article offers practical tips on travel preparation, housing, language learning, budgeting, cooking, making friends, and navigating long-distance relationships—all aimed at helping future African students better prepare for studying in Europe and abroad in general.