On 9th November 2016, Donald John Trump, the underdog with no political background, defied all expectations to win America’s presidential election effectively becoming America’s 45th president. [...]
Mark Granovetter’s paper ‘The Strength of Weak Ties’ is a highly influential research with thousands of citations according to Google. In 1969, the paper was submitted to American Sociology [...]
Intra-African trade is not the panacea to Africa’s development woes but it goes a long way in addressing fundamental dynamics that can bolster long-term economic growth. Statistics illustrate [...]
Climate Change The rising need to address climate change requires concerted effort across the globe. Global warming has exhibited acute repercussions and slowing down its progress is critical to [...]
Population growth and the rapid rate of urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa elevate infrastructure needs. The pace of development and economic growth does not match the growing needs of a [...]
Gender inequality happens when people face discrimination under similar circumstances based on their gender identity. Such discrimination triggers a divide that has detrimental consequences [...]
In March 2013, Africa was identified as the world’s poorest inhabited continent. This situation can be attributed to a number of factors ranging from historical, environmental, political, [...]
Forced immigration is a reality many countries have been forced to come to terms with in different ways. Thousands are fleeing their countries each day. Involuntary immigration mostly connotes [...]
“All for ourselves, and nothing for other people seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind” – Adam Smith. Oxfam released a report during the 2017 [...]
