Déjà Vu. Every year, Namibia waits for the senior secondary examination results, bracing for a ritual of public outrage, media debates and finger-pointing. Teachers, pupils, parents, and overcrowded classrooms are blamed. Inevitably, the education ministry explains itself all over again.…

The Namibian government’s proposal to subsidise tertiary education across both public and private institutions has generated excitement in some circles. After all, any effort to expand access to higher education sounds positive on the surface. But beneath this progressive language…

For decades, major waves of global innovation have unfolded with only limited participation from the African continent. These industrial revolutions reshaped and played a key role in the development of America, Europe and parts of Asia. The internet era created…