January 24
Africa: PPPs' Private Gain At Public Expense
At high cost and with dubious efficiency, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have increased private profits at the public expense. PPPs have proved costly in financing public… Read more »
January 22
Africa: Scared of Sharps? This Map Shows the Way to Delivering Painless Vaccines
If the fear of sharps makes a visit to the doctor dreadful, you need not dread it anymore. Read more »
September 27, 2023
Africa: Don't Count On Public-Private Partnership Solutions
In recent years, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have spread rapidly. While usually profitable for the private partners, PPPs have generally not served the longer-term public… Read more »
September 15, 2023
Africa: African Agro-Processors Call for Policies Conducive to Local Manufacturing
Experts at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, have called on African governments to make and review existing policies to protect the processing and… Read more »
August 04, 2023
Africa: Stubborn and Persistent - the Gender Pay Gap Refuses to Budge
By Jemimah Njuki and Jocelyn Chu Read more »
April 06, 2023
Egypt: Govt Moves Ahead with Privatising 32 State Entities to Cope with Economic Fallout
Egypt intends to sell shares in 32 state-owned businesses within a year, including three banks, two military-owned businesses, and numerous businesses in the energy and… Read more »
April 26, 2022
Africa: The World Can Stop Capital Flight Now
Curbing capital flight from developing countries is long overdue. New sanctions against Russian oligarchs show this can be done with the requisite political will. Recent research… Read more »