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Africa has vast gas reserves – here’s how to stop them adding to climate change

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22 November 20222 February 2023

The question of whether Africa should be allowed to exploit its gas reserves, estimated at more than 17.56 trillion cubic meters (620 trillion cubic feet) in 2021, has been much discussed at…Read More >

Africa has vast gas reserves – here’s how to stop them adding to climate change

African farmers join in research to help secure their futures

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25 June 201925 June 2019

Insurance against poor harvests can give farming households some financial security in the harsh world of arable farming in Africa. As part of the TAMSAT project, which has been shortlisted…Read More >

‘Too many elephants’ in Africa? Here’s how peaceful coexistence with human communities can help

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7 March 201915 November 2021

The human population in Africa is booming, squeezing elephants into ever smaller and more isolated pockets of land. In a new post for The Conversation, conservation biologist Vicky Boult explains…Read More >

‘Too many elephants’ in Africa? Here’s how peaceful coexistence with human communities can help

Business as usual: Zimbabwe in crisis

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28 January 201915 November 2021

Unrest has broken out in Zimbabwe after fuel prices were doubled overnight, leaving many people unable to even afford the commute to work. Dr Heike Schmidt says this is business…Read More >

Party preparations not halted by Zimbabwe’s court ruling

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24 August 201827 September 2018

As ZANU-PF celebrate election victory in Zimbabwe once again, Modern African Historian Dr Heike Schmidt says there was never any doubt over the outcome, despite the opposition’s legal challenge to the election results….Read More >

Zimbabwe is still in trouble, but it’s under too little pressure to change

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22 August 201827 September 2018

Today Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court is hearing an opposition petition seeking to overturn the presidential election result. In a post for The Conversation published yesterday, Professor Heike Schmidt looked at the state…Read More >

News from Prosperity & Resilience: Henny Osbahr and Walker Institute

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6 October 2017

In January 2017, more than 40 institutions from Burkina Faso, Ghana and the UK were present in Accra for the BRAVE Project Annual General Meeting.

News from Prosperity and Resilience: Dr Eleanor Fisher

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6 October 2017

Dr Eleanor Fisher (SAPD) published ‘The livelihood impacts of cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa: beneficiary perspectives from six countries’ (2017) World Development 99, pp. 299-319 (with Attah, R., Barca, V.,…Read More >

News from Prosperity and Resilience: Andrew Ainslie

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6 October 2017

Current research in the Lake Victoria Basin by Dr Andrew Ainslie, Lecturer in International Rural Development I am part of a team led by the Walker Institute conducting research in…Read More >

News from Prosperity and Resilience: Chuks Okereke

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6 October 2017

Professor Chuks Okereke is leading an ERSC Global Challenges Research Fund Grant to convene an international network on Governing Inclusive Green Economy in Africa (GIGGA). The project will build an…Read More >

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