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Sisi publishes periodical issues in Arts & Culture, Science & Technology, and Economy & Politics.

The African-built tool helping the world’s under-resourced languages enter the AI age

Developed to address the shortage of digital data for African languages, the award-winning open-source TextAugment software has travelled far beyond the continent, supporting language-technology research from Swahili and Arabic to Uzbek.

Politics & Economy

US and China compete for a stake in Ethiopia’s US$12.5 billion airport

Ethiopia’s US$12.5 billion Bishoftu airport is emerging as a major test of US-China commercial competition in Africa, spanning construction, aviation technology and finance. Its scale is attracting companies and lenders from across the world to one of the continent’s biggest planned aviation projects.

Science & Health

Kenya’s president rushed through universal health reforms. How he did it and why this matters

For my research I interviewed 48 people intimately involved in the formulation or review of one or both reforms. These executive-level respondents included presidential advisers, insurers, ministry of health officials, external aid agencies, a former health minister, and members of civil society. I also drew on parliamentary records, media reports and policy documents.

Sports

World Cup history: a timeline of Africa’s greatest moments on the field

For decades, global football governance structures heavily favoured European and South American teams, leaving Africa to fight not just for wins on the pitch, but for representation itself. As a sports scholar, I’ve published numerous studies on Africa at the World Cup. In a new self-published book I outline the defining moments for the continent at the tournament.

Politics & Economy

Flawed credit ratings in Africa: are top 3 western agencies driven by data or bias?

The three major credit rating agencies – Moody’s, S&P Global and Fitch – have often differed among themselves when rating African institutions and countries. Their opinions don’t have to be aligned, but a huge gap in the ratings suggests inaccuracies in the analyses.

Science & Health

DRC approves the use of acoziborole, a breakthrough one-day oral treatment against sleeping sickness

Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative <media@dndi.org> Jun 12, 2026, 11:26 AM (12 days ago) to me DRC approves the use of acoziborole, a breakthrough one-day oral treatment against sleeping sickness The registration follows successful clinical trials conducted in the DRC and Guinea and paves the way for use across all African countries where the most common form of the disease, caused by gambiense human African trypanosomiasis, is endemic. The medicine will be available free of charge to patients.

Science & Health

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The African-built tool helping the world’s under-resourced languages enter the AI age

US and China compete for a stake in Ethiopia’s US$12.5 billion airport

Kenya’s president rushed through universal health reforms. How he did it and why this matters

World Cup history: a timeline of Africa’s greatest moments on the field

Flawed credit ratings in Africa: are top 3 western agencies driven by data or bias?

DRC approves the use of acoziborole, a breakthrough one-day oral treatment against sleeping sickness

South African scientists make breakthrough in decoding cancer’s most effective survival strategy

People are marrying holograms and making friends with chatbots. But can AI bring true happiness?

Can Africa survive the global aid squeeze? Yes, but it will take financial discipline

Ebola may have spread beyond Africa. How are health authorities responding?