We must make moral choices about how we relate to social media apps
Social media platforms exploit our emotions and pre-cognate needs like belonging, recognition, acceptance and pleasure that are ‘hard wired’ into us to secure our survival.
Social norms and poor services drive petty corruption in East Africa’s health sector
Conventional anti-corruption measures and approaches often seek to scale up penalties and, by so doing, increase deterrence. Some focus on better laws, regulations and education and awareness campaigns about the negative effects of corruption.
Conflating morality and the law do South Africa’s governing party no good
Morality shapes people’s lives, including their thoughts and actions, on the basis of what society generally accepts as right and wrong. It is used to check people’s “self-interested, emotional, or sentimental reactions to serious questions of human conduct”.
We gathered rich insights into child survival in Kenya by mapping patterns over 22 years
By Peter Macharia, Newton Int'l fellow at Lancaster University and Visting researcher, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme and Emelda Okiro, Head of Population Health Unit, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme…
As press freedom continues to struggle in Kenya, alternatives keep hope alive
Reporters Without Borders reported that 50 journalists from around the world died in the course of duty.
Restricting digital media is a gamble for African leaders
Governments have given varying justifications for these moves. These include: combating hate speech and fake news in Chad and Ethiopia, suppressing violence in Sudan, and preventing exam cheating in Algeria and Sudan.
How can all schools safely reopen?
Infection with the Covid-19 virus has been less common in school-age children, especially those in elementary school, than among other age groups.
Here’s how to help your kids break out of their pandemic bubble and transition back to being with others
As children and adolescents begin to leave isolation and return to public spaces, they might worry more about becoming sick.
Yes, more and more young adults are living with their parents – but is that necessarily bad?
In most of the world today, it is still typical for emerging adults to stay home until at least their late 20s.
At what age are people usually happiest? New research offers surprising clues
Most established adults we interviewed seemed to recognize that they were happier in their 30s than they were in their 20s, and this impacted how they thought about some of the signs of physical aging that they were starting to encounter.
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