Africa is undergoing several major transitions, including demographic, economic, technological, urban and socio-political. These transitions are all connected, and together they will shape the future of the continent. Looking to the future, Africa's overall story reveals a positive trend. Yet...

Few African countries have developed as rapidly as Ethiopia over the past 25 years and that economic growth has also been paired with a sizeable expansion of service delivery. Nonetheless, Ethiopians continue to suffer from some of the lowest levels of access to basic services of any country in...

This paper examines the economic and social underpinnings of rising political instability in South Africa such as poverty, unemployment and inequality.The paper then reviews the patterns of violence across different categories before concluding with a brief analysis of the extent to which...

Ethiopia's recent history is one of resilient growth in a conflict laden region. The country has made tremendous progress across economic, social and human development indicators, albeit from a low starting point. Since the end of the civil war in 1991, Ethiopia has quadrupled primary school...