Borderless borders: how Dangote’s African Renaissance Group is putting muscle behind Mbeki’s African Renaissance Theory
For decades, the idea of an African Renaissance has stood as an intellectual framework calling for a continent that reclaims…
Category: Development
New online submission portal for the Journal of Development Administration (JDA)
Submit your manuscript We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Development Administration (JDA), People Centred, has launched a…
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Stokvels: an opportunity for development at family, community and national level or not?
This information is based on https://personal.nedbank.co.za/learn/blog/stokvel-options.html. In many South African communities, stokvels are more than just savings clubs. They allow…
Fadhel Kaboub theory of food sovereignty
Fadhel Kaboub, a Tunisian educated in economics at the University of Tunis, draws a clear distinction between food security and…
Dead aid or development? A critique of Gates Foundation’s charitable interventions in agriculture and the environment, and implications for developmental and environmental social work
The Gates Foundation is a major influencer and funder of agricultural ‘development’ in Africa, yet there are no avenues to…
At the intersection of developmental, environmental and international social work is advocacy
Abu Mansaray-George is a Sierra Leonean international social worker. His current advocacy project for land reclamation and afforestation intersects developmental,…
The Basics of Developmental Social Services
On the occasion of World Social Work Day, this blog focuses on developmental social services. The importance of this theme…
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Kenule Saro-Wiwa and Shell Company: The legacy of exploitation and advocacy for development in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
Kenule (Ken) Saro-Wiwa’s work shows how multinational companies like Shell (British company) have continued harmful practices from the direct colonial…
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May – Africa Day Indaba Africa Day Webinar June – Day of the African Child Conference Indaba yaWatoto October –…
Promoting Sustainable Development: CJCU’s IPSD Program Empowers African Students
By Yuvan Sankar I’m Yuvan Sankar, a creative and editorial board member of the Owia Bulletin at the Africa Social…
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Chagua vs. AGOA: Rwandaโs Second Hand Clothes and Shoes Trade Standoff with the US and the Battle for Economic Sovereignty
Rwanda ended up being banned from a trade deal with the US called AGOA – for raising tariffs to discourage…
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo speech about UN’s structural flaws, slave trade and illicit flow of funds out of Africa
Speaking at the UN General Assembly in 2023, His Excellency President Nana Akufo-Addo made these important points: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxrZ9J5AYZly5nNNIuc2djaJqD0gscmfi2?si=SHDbSW7Md-z2wfb- Implications for…
Poverty is being eradicated in knowledge-economies, yet Africa is creating economies centred on borrowed religion and corruption
The video and text below came from a television editorial by Anthony Afolo of New Africa Broadcasting Notwork (NABNTV) ….
Integrated Musha/Nyumba Theory of Socio-economic development
Socio-economic development studies are crucial for development al social work, which has been promoted as the best approach to social…
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Key Points and Actions from Wazee Day of Older Persons Webinar, 2023
Cite as: Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa and Africa Social Work and Development Network (2023). Key points…
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Disputed elections and challenges of the democracy project in Africa
Voting in Africa – colonial or liberating
Sankarism – Thomas Sankara’s idea of development and implications for social work
Image source. Sankarism refers to the ideologies of Thomas Sankara, a Burkinabé military officer, revolutionary and Pan-Africanist. Sankara was Burkina…
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