
Beyond the boundary
South African cricket is currently the subject of TRC-style hearings into the racism and nepotism in the game. It makes for riveting TV, but focuses too much on individual instances of racism and discrimination.

South African cricket is currently the subject of TRC-style hearings into the racism and nepotism in the game. It makes for riveting TV, but focuses too much on individual instances of racism and discrimination.

The Pandora Papers connects Kenya's ruling family to secret accounts in offshore companies and tax havens. But, state looting started with Jomo Kenyatta.

King of Boys: The Return of the King, a seven-part limited series of Netflix, is a sustained — if ultimately pessimistic — critique of Nigerian corruption.

Sound Sultan, who died of cancer in July 2021, battled with the cankerworm of bad leadership and outright violations of rules of law in his homeland, Nigeria, through his songs.

Em Angola, o governo de Presidente Lourenço não conseguiu resolver a pandemia de COVID-19 devido a corrupção e incompetência.

In Angola, President Lourenço's government failed to address COVID-19 due to corruption and incompetence.

Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s various rationalizations and obstructions for his crimes make for good drama. But they also reveal Zuma’s aversion to the rule of law.

Since European colonialism first arrived, Africa has provided its best raw materials to the global North. Can African countries finally break out of this pattern?

On AIAC Talk this week, we mark Independence Day in Sierra Leone, and Freedom Day in South Africa — but what does freedom really mean on the ground in these countries? Watch the show live Tuesday on YouTube.

Has the recent death of Tanzania’s president John Magufuli created new political possibilities?

How is Kenya's "new middle class" contributing to a pervasive low-quality oppression that leaves Kenyans feeling hopeless?

The late Tanzanian president, John Pombe Magufuli, was initially lauded for his no-nonsense approach to corruption. But the cracks began to appear within months of his presidency.

Corruption is South Africa’s pandemic — one that has been disenfranchising and killing people long before our transition to democracy.

Ideas for how to pressure Uganda's "M-Pigs" to become elected representatives who actually serve in the public interest.

Could the enduring effects of #EndSARS be the beginning of a broad alliance against an irresponsible political elite that has shirked all pretensions of being responsible to the people?

Governments need funds for stimulus packages and aid to address COVID-19. But corporate tax avoidance and tax breaks for aid in African countries is undermining emergency responses.

As countries expand investment in decentralized renewable energy, its worth keeping an eye on who's profiting.

South Africans are learning the hard way that corruption cannot simply be solved through technical fixes and increasing “accountability” through locking the villains up.

This week on AIAC: Wangui Kimari and Benjamin Fogel on the politics of anti-corruption, and then the particular case of Tanzania with Sabatho Nyamsenda and Elisa Greco. Subscribe to our Patreon for the podcast archive.

The recent suspension of Nigeria’s anti-corruption tsar provides an opportunity to re-assess the country's anti-corruption approach.