December 29, 2014
Uganda: Science and Empathy Drive Inventiveness in Kampala
A storied university in Uganda's capital city still delivers achievements, despite years of decline in Africa's institutions of higher learning. A technology-for-development… Read more »
December 18, 2014
Nigeria: Preventing Urban Epidemics Through Community Buy-In
Okechukwu Ndaguba sits at a table in a noisy conference room at the Jades Hotel in Nigeria's capital city, summoning strength for the last day of a planning session about a new… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Transitions from Analogue to Digital Television: GSMA
The Kenyan government has announced its plans to complete the transition from analogue to digital television by March of 2015. Mortimer Hope, Director of Spectrum and Public Policy… Read more »
Kenya: Interview with Mortimer Hope of GSMA
The Kenyan government announced that they will complete digital migration by March 2015 in three phases. GSMA is excited about this because it shows Kenya's commitment to… Read more »
December 03, 2014
Africa: Entrepreneurs Go Online to Boost Business in Africa
When Chioma Achebe wanted to buy shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, she didn't want to open an account with a local broker because the process could take days. Read more »
November 04, 2014
Africa: New Development Financing Models for Africa - A Look Back at ADF9
If Africa's growth and dynamism is to be sustained, the continent's ability to finance future infrastructure development cannot be left to vagaries of foreign aid allocations but… Read more »
October 16, 2014
Kenya: Konza – City of Dreams
What if there were a city where big ideas become real, where traffic jams are obsolete, where women and men develop futuristic technologies together, where natural and urban… Read more »
October 13, 2014
Africa: At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Young, Growing Cities - Mamadou Biteye
An agriculture economist by training, Mamadou Biteye has worked in many parts of Africa for organizations as diverse as the African Development Foundation, Oxfam and the World… Read more »
Africa: Flying Toilets & Futuristic Technopolis – Challenges & Solutions for Cities
Little more than three decades from now, as many as three-fourths of the world's people will live in cities. More than half already do – crowding neighborhoods, straining… Read more »
May 07, 2014
Africa: Urban Planners Skeptical of 'Smart Cities'
Urban planning experts are anxious that what they call “fantasy designs” for new African “smart cities” will serve the interests of African elites and… Read more »
May 06, 2014
Africa: Africa Focuses on Building Resilient Cities
Developing viable, livable and resilient cities is increasingly seen as being of critical importance to giving opportunities to Africans to improve their lives. Read more »
September 30, 2013
Africa: Feeding Africa Through Agricultural Innovation
After the agriculture heyday of 30 years ago, the sector got scant attention, especially from African presidents whose nations were well endowed with natural resources, like… Read more »
September 12, 2013
Africa: Rockefeller Foundation Challenges Cities to Prosper
Half of the world's people live in cities. By 2050 – only 35 years from now – that number is expected to grow to 75 per cent. Read more »
June 10, 2013
Africa: Can Innovation Solve Africa's Problems?
allAfrica's Mantsadi Sepheka talks to the Africa Innovation Foundation and winners of the 2013 Innovation Prize to find the link between Africa's development challenges and… Read more »
May 31, 2013
Nigeria: Lowering Pesticide Exposure Risk With Mobile Phones
John Gushit from the University of Jos' department of science in Nigeria nearly lost his eye when herbicide in a syringe he'd been working with splashed into it. "Only speed saved… Read more »
May 30, 2013
Africa: Learning Works Better When It's Done Together
Making a video is a learning experience, and it doesn't have to end up online. If you leave a group of children alone with a device that's connected to the Internet, they can teach… Read more »
February 28, 2013
Kenya: Women-Led Farm Initiative Aims For Peace, Prosperity
Fear of violence surrounding the upcoming general elections next week has raised anxiety among many Kenyans, but less so for Nyokabi Wamuyu. She is counting on a new initiative in… Read more »
December 11, 2012
Africa: UN Official Calls for Boost to Smallholder Farming
The African Green Revolution Forum held earlier this year in Arusha, Tanzania, aimed to put smallholder farmers at the center of the conversation … Read more »
November 19, 2012
South Africa: Chasing the Final Flush
There is no shortage of jokes and a long list of euphemisms when it comes to talking about toilets. Read more »
October 18, 2012
Africa: Govts Must Lay Foundation for Private Investment in Agriculture
Government leaders, private business representatives, civil society groups and NGOs met recently in Arusha, Tanzania, at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) to discuss… Read more »
October 08, 2012
Africa: Tracking Killers and Healers - a Research and Reporting Collaboration
Over the past several weeks, AllAfrica's crack investigative team has documented scientists acting strangely. At summits, symposia and scholarly consultations – and in… Read more »