Sharon Tshipa

Sharon Tshipa

Sharon Tshipa is a media practitioner, writer and social entrepreneur based in Gaborone, Botswana. She currently works for Chinese news agency Xinhua and as a freelance video journalist for French newswire service AFP. Tshipa is also co-founder and chairperson of the Botswana Society for Human Development, a local NGO.

Latest Articles

6 ways to adapt legal frameworks for effective natural resources management

6 ways to adapt legal frameworks for effective natural resources management

about 11 years ago // #DemocracyMatters

How can we use existing legal frameworks to ensure effective natural resources management, subsequently bring about wealth and prosperity to citizens, and protect democracy? Here are six tips from participants at the Annual Democracy Forum 2014 in Gaborone, Botswana.

4 ways to ensure women benefit from democracy, too

4 ways to ensure women benefit from democracy, too

about 11 years ago // #DemocracyMatters

There is overwhelming evidence that where women are empowered, democracy is stronger. But how can this be accomplished in Africa? Two experts share their insights on what needs to be done to ensure that women substantially promote and benefit from democracy across the continent.

5 ways to tackle threats to democracy in Africa

5 ways to tackle threats to democracy in Africa

about 11 years ago // #DemocracyMatters

If democracy is such an expedient concept, why are African governments failing to uphold it? Several development luminaries weighed in on how the continent can overcome 5 challenges to African democracy at the recent Annual Democracy Forum 2014 in Gaborone, Botswana.

5 ways that #DemocracyMatters for development

5 ways that #DemocracyMatters for development

about 11 years ago // #DemocracyMatters

Does development bring democracy, or is it the other way around? At the Annual Democracy Forum 2014 in Botswana, we asked several experts to share their views about why democracy matters in development.

'Silencing the guns': Toward a united, prosperous and peaceful Africa

'Silencing the guns': Toward a united, prosperous and peaceful Africa

about 11 years ago // #DemocracyMatters

How does the African Union plan to end all conflicts on the continent by 2020 and establish a united, prosperous and peaceful Africa by 2063? A #DemocracyMatters interview with Salah Hammad, a senior human rights expert with the AU's Department of Political Affairs.