At the 2025 global climate summit, COP30, held in Belém, Brazil, one decision stood out with major consequences for Africa: countries agreed on a new set of progress indicators. The “Belém Adaptation Indicators” were developed through a two-year UN process. Although the name may sound technical, the idea is straightforward. For the first time, countries…
Museums and universities around the world hold vast collections of cultural artefacts, artworks, objectified belongings and even ancestral remains. Many were not freely given but taken during colonial times, through force, manipulation, theft or violence. For decades, they have sat in storerooms and display cases, classified into categories like anthropology, natural history or ethnology, separated…
‘No woman with a disability should be coerced into sharing her food or cash with a male community member because custom dictates she cannot manage her own resources’ Every year, across hunger hotspots, the World Food Programme (WFP) consistently identifies people with disabilities as among the most food-insecure and nutritionally deficient. For WFP to do…
When Salma* was just 15, she was forced to get married, even though she wanted to stay in school and become a doctor someday. Instead, she found herself tied to a man who “changed from being kind to being a monster.” He would beat her “with his bare hands,” she said recently. The young mother…
Glimmers are more than a gimmick – they are a way to navigate the daily grind, and to find slices of joy in the mundane. I went out for dinner recently with two old friends. We used to spend hours getting ready together and go out dancing and debate the merits of the boys on…
Deon Koegelenberg, CEO of Agile Bridge. In 2025, enterprise leaders are under pressure to deliver transformation at scale while navigating geopolitical uncertainty, mercurial markets and the disruptive influence of AI. Budgets are tightening, talent remains scarce and while headlines promise technology breakthroughs, the success is rarely found in the latest trend. Within this complexity, however,…
As global leaders confer in Zimbabwe for the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP15), they have an opportunity to strengthen both food security and environmental resilience. Wetlands—the ecosystems that underpin global food production – provide countless benefits to society. Yet they are disappearing at an accelerating pace. Current agrifood…
