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Mention potential, under exploitation and areas for growth re employment in Tanzania and two themes will consistently resonate – women and tourism. While tourism is a healthy contributor to Tanzanian’s GDP, second overall, it is regularly reported to be under performing, with seemingly boundless possibilities. This is recognised both formally […]

The educational system in Africa used to be the envy of the western world, but what has changed? Why is education so expensive these days when it should be free? At one stage I read about the University of Sierra Leone (Fourah Bay College) not being able to provide the […]

Youth are rising to demand their rights and to make adults accountable for the state of the economy: how can youth be involved in the greater decisions of the world, so they become part of the solutions?

              The commodification of Africa’s universities and the policies of mass recruitment of new students are alarming given the limited number of institutions to accommodate the mass influx of learners from secondary schools to tertiary institutions and onto the labour market. With the whole […]

Although globalization in India has many positive effects such as greater flows of information and  communications  across the globe, and huge amounts of foreign investment, it does come with its own set of woes. Ever since India first opened its doors to liberalization in the 1990, increased competition between foreign […]