Across Africa and its diaspora, there is a rich database of culture already at play, by novelists, poets, musicians, filmmakers, with diversely imagined futures. These imaginings are now no longer restricted to the cultural space but are finding their way into the world of science, research and policymaking. 

My country gave me security, gave me the sources and funding to do my education. – Oyewale Tomori 

From just one initiative in 2014, there were 20 active fact checking initiatives across Africa by 2018. Today, there are 35. What is driving the rise of African fact checkers and what are the implications of this trend? 

There is a global shortage of health workers, and the pandemic is making it worse. An ambitious programme in Rwanda seeks to help Africa in reversing this decline. What will they need to succeed?.

Until healthcare policy addresses the capitalist elephant in the room, health research will forever be trying to treat the symptoms rather than tackling the root causes.