Month: July 2025

by IGDC Member Gideon Baffoe As African cities continue to urbanise rapidly, many are becoming epicentres of overlapping crises, including climate shocks, poverty, food insecurity, and institutional fragmentation. Despite the chaos, however, overlooked practices like urban agriculture (UA) are quietly building resilience. At the Development Studies Association (DSA) Conference 2025, I presented findings from my … Continue reading Thriving Amid Urban Chaos: Unlocking the Resilience Power of Urban Agriculture in Africa

by IGDC Member Matthias Flückiger Recent research by Matthias Flückiger and Markus Ludwig (2023) provides new evidence on the relationship between mobile phone coverage and infant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on data from over 1.2 million births across 30 countries between 1999 and 2016, the study finds that the availability of mobile phone signal … Continue reading Dialling Down Infant Mortality: Mobile Phone Coverage and Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa