"Centering Africa" Annual Spotlight

Culture Opinion

Beyond Contestation: Climate Justice Across Continents

What debates about Indigeneity in Africa can learn from Latin American Indigenous-led climate justice movements

Mar 16, 2026

Health Feature

How Kenya Is Designing Climate-Resilient Communities

Community-led models and innovative insurance tools are helping people rebuild trust, share risk, and coexist safely with wildlife

Mar 02, 2026

Education Opinion

What Language Do Students Bring to School?

Writer in residence Thelma Obiakor is mapping data to rethink language-of-instruction policy in multilingual education systems

Feb 19, 2026

Culture Feature

More Than Funding: Rethinking Sustainability for Art and Culture

The future of art and culture depends on funding models that protect creative freedom while ensuring long-term support for artists and cultural practitioners

Feb 16, 2026

Peace & Justice Feature

How Can Genocides Be Prevented? What Rwanda Can Teach the World

Two Salzburg Global Fellows are ensuring that Rwanda's history does not repeat itself - and that other countries can learn from it

Feb 05, 2026

General

When Opportunity Sparks Transformation: How a Surprise Scholarship Opened Up a World of Possibility

In late July, Mandisa Mnguni opened her inbox to an unexpected email from a Mr. Grant L. Cambridge with the subject line, “Salzburg Global: Chairman’s Scholarship”. “It was a beautiful surprise,” she recalled. “As a finance person, you don’t often get opportunities you didn’t apply for. Being chosen by someone who didn’t know me — that was moving.”

Jan 25, 2026

Health Feature

Trust as Infrastructure: Community-Led Pathways to Health Information

Lessons from Nigeria and South Africa on listening, co-creation, and community-driven health advocacy

Dec 11, 2025

General Opinion

Why Mother-Tongue Instruction Remains Elusive in Nigerian Classrooms

Writer in Residence Thelma Obiakor outlines the challenges preventing the full implementation of mother-tongue instruction in schools across Nigeria

Nov 25, 2025

Peace & Justice Report

Africa Forum: Centering an African Vision for a New Multilateral Future

Session report highlights takeaways from Salzburg Global's Africa Forum on designing an African-shaped global future

Oct 15, 2025

Education Update

How Can Academics Center Africa? Start By Reading African Scholarship

Everyone can be more intentional about reading, citing, and assigning scholarship about Africa and by African scholars

Sep 11, 2025

General Update

The Future of Africa is Female: African Women Are Redefining Leadership

Leading women from across Africa are showing the world a model of leadership that embraces interdependence, compassion, and the deep wisdom of lived experience

Aug 28, 2025

Peace & Justice Update

How Young Climate Activists Are Fighting for Africa’s Future

They are young, outspoken, and climate-conscious: More and more young people in Africa are getting involved in climate protection because they don’t want to leave their future up to others

Aug 25, 2025