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  Ghana’s basic education infrastructure: progress, gaps and strategies towards 2030 08/08/2025

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  The April 2025 policy brief by Africa Education Watch, authored by Kofi Asare, reviews Ghana’s basic education infrastructure. Despite significant enr...

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  Country : Ghana

  Organizations : WATHI
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Academic analysis and Think Tank / Governance,
Ghana’s basic education infrastructure: progress, gaps and strategies towards 2030 08/08/2025
Summary :
The April 2025 policy brief by Africa Education Watch, authored by Kofi Asare, reviews Ghana’s basic education infrastructure. Despite significant enrolment growth since 2001, about 1 million children remain out of school, including 400,000 dropouts. Key deficits include school buildings, furniture (40% of pupils lacked desks in 2021, rising to 80% in some regions), electricity, and digital infrastructure (only 2% of basic schools in deprived districts have functional ICT facilities). To meet SDG 4 targets by 2030, Ghana needs around 2,000 fully furnished basic schools, 3,600 junior high schools, 508 kindergartens, to replace 5,300 makeshift schools, and supply 800,000 desks. Estimated cost: USD 2 billion. Budgetary constraints and declining donor support necessitate innovative financing, climate-resilient building technologies, community-led furniture initiatives, and targeted interventions for underserved communities.
Keywords :
Governance, Inequality, Education, Infrastructures scolaires, Funding
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• Academic analysis and Think Tank / Governance, Security and human rights,

  Statelessness in Senegal and West Africa: A Little-Known and Devastating Scourge 21/05/2025

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  Modou Ndiaye's article highlights statelessness in West Africa, particularly in Senegal, where over a million people are stateless and hundreds of tho...

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  Country : Senegal

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Academic analysis and Think Tank / Governance, Security and human rights,
Statelessness in Senegal and West Africa: A Little-Known and Devastating Scourge 21/05/2025
Summary :
Modou Ndiaye's article highlights statelessness in West Africa, particularly in Senegal, where over a million people are stateless and hundreds of thousands at risk. This issue stems from legal gaps, discriminatory nationality policies, border changes, lack of awareness about civil registration, and the absence of automatic nationality transmission. The consequences are severe: lack of access to education, healthcare, and formal employment. The author calls for legislative reforms, modernization of civil registration, awareness campaigns, and the establishment of procedures to determine stateless status, in line with international conventions ratified by Senegal.
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Human Rights, Discrimination, Nationality, Statelessness
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• Journal article / Governance, Inclusion,

  Digital Divide and Access to Basic Services in West Africa 04/11/2025

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  This paper investigates how the digital divide shapes access to essential services—drinking water, health, and education—in West Africa using Afrobaro...

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  Country : Burkina Faso , Nigeria , Senegal , Benin , Ivory Coste , Guinea

  Organizations : ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (EconStor, Kiel–Hamburg)
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Journal article / Governance, Inclusion,
Digital Divide and Access to Basic Services in West Africa 04/11/2025
Summary :
This paper investigates how the digital divide shapes access to essential services—drinking water, health, and education—in West Africa using Afrobarometer Round 9 data. The authors build a multidimensional digital divide index integrating access to equipment, internet use, and information isolation. Three main findings emerge: (1) formal education is by far the strongest determinant of digital inclusion, ahead of wealth or geography; (2) the digital divide is strongly associated with lower access to basic services, even after accounting for territorial heterogeneity; and (3) rural–urban differences are less significant than expected, suggesting that marginalization transcends geography. The study concludes that without inclusive and educational policies, ongoing digitalization efforts could inadvertently deepen social and territorial inequalities across the region.
Keywords :
Politics, Inequality, Natural ressources, Religious education, Education, Discrimination, Soicial sciences, Knowlege production, Information, Equality
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ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (EconStor, Kiel–Hamburg)
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• Academic analysis and Think Tank / Governance,

  Substantive Democracy Tested by Electoral Democracy and New Wars in Africa 16/04/2025

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  The article explores the shortcomings of electoral democracy in Africa, often limited to formal processes with little impact on citizens' lives. It ad...

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  Country : Burkina Faso , Mali , Ghana

  Organizations : WATHI
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Substantive Democracy Tested by Electoral Democracy and New Wars in Africa 16/04/2025
Summary :
The article explores the shortcomings of electoral democracy in Africa, often limited to formal processes with little impact on citizens' lives. It advocates for substantive democracy, focused on human dignity, reducing inequalities, and ensuring effective participation. The author highlights that post-electoral crises and armed conflicts, termed "new wars," weaken institutions and hinder democratic consolidation. He calls for rethinking the political contract by integrating inclusive policies and strengthening societal resilience against security challenges.
Keywords :
Governance, Inequality, Conflict, Democracy
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