Archive - An Africanist Perspective

How should development practice (and institutions) approach the coming reforms in the aid sector?

The past is gone. And there are lots of reasons not to mourn for its reinstatement.

May 29 •

What does the rise and decline of STEM enrollment in Kenyan universities tell us about the Kenyan economy?

A pitch to increase STEM enrollment (and fix higher education in Kenya)

May 16 •

How to (more reliably) electrify Africa for economic growth and development

Deepening energy access must be complemented by an aggressive pro-growth agenda; with sufficient attention to economic and political incentives

May 11 •

April 2025

March 2025

The problem of organizing weak states; and why Africa needs a new model of Pan-Africanism

Africa’s regional hegemons must step up in the management of Continental affairs; doing so would not necessarily violate the spirit of Pan-Africanism.

Mar 31 •

How reflexive catastrophizing inhibits policy imagination in African states

On the need for a grounded understanding of contemporary challenges and progress in African states

Mar 14 •

African countries must urgently start the process of ending aid dependency

On why African countries must seize this moment to start the journey towards self-sufficiency

Mar 2 •

February 2025

January 2025

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