September 25, 2023
Africa: African Coups and Resource Rights
When the heads of state of all United Nations members spoke in front of the UN General Assembly last week, a number of African leaders were not able to attend, having been removed… Read more »
September 21, 2023
Uganda: The Bitter-Sweet Sides of Uganda's Oil and Gas Development
French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) are moving with pace in the development of oil and gas projects with a potential… Read more »
September 20, 2023
Africa: Dangerous Scramble for Renewable Energy Resources
The growing and changing material requirements for new technologies have triggered natural resource scrambles for strategic minerals, generating dangerous rivalries fought out in… Read more »
September 18, 2023
Africa: Deepening Democracy in an AI-Enabled World
In 2002, the Human Development Report (UNDP) focused on 'Deepening Democracy in a Fragmented World'. It was an important discourse then [and still is] that evoked lot of insightful… 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 »
September 14, 2023
Africa: UN Report Offers Solutions for Decarbonization of Buildings, Construction Sector
The building sector may be overdue for a significant overhaul of the processes in which infrastructure is built to be more environmentally conscious and reduce carbon emissions, a… Read more »
September 13, 2023
Africa: Enhancing Mining Revenue
The commodity boom early this century was mainly driven by mineral prices. Yet, mining's contribution to developing countries' revenue has been modest, largely due to massive tax… Read more »
September 06, 2023
Africa: Finally, a Real Chance for International Tax Cooperation
After decades of resistance by rich nations, African governments successfully pushed for the United Nations to lead on international tax cooperation. All developing countries and… Read more »
September 04, 2023
Africa: Civil Society Organizations Unite to Urge Public Development Banks to Change the Way Development Is Done
In the midst of a complex web of crises, spanning climate change, biodiversity depletion, constraints on civic space and mounting debt burdens, civil society organizations and… Read more »
August 31, 2023
West Africa: 'Investing' Key to the Prevention of Military Coups - UN
The United Nations says increased investment in the Sahel region will assist in preventing military coups. This after military officers in Gabon announced a seizure of power from… Read more »
August 29, 2023
Africa: Digging Africa Deeper Into Hunger - Annual Green Revolution Forum Ignores Widespread Failure of Its Push for Industrialized Agriculture
As the adage goes, when you find yourself stuck in a hole, stop digging. As African leaders and their philanthropic and bilateral sponsors prepare for another glitzy African Green… Read more »
August 23, 2023
Africa: Unlocking Africa's Potential - Strengthening Partnerships for Sustainable Progress
At this year's G7 summit in Japan, global leaders emphasized the importance of unity as the world navigates grave threats to multilateralism. The message was clear - trusted global… Read more »
August 22, 2023
Africa: Vaccine Equality Is As Vital for Livestock As for People
Enrique Hernández Pando is Executive Director, Commercial Development & Impact, GALVmed Read more »
August 17, 2023
Africa: No Peace, More Poverty for Sub-Saharan Africa
In 1990, about half of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and two-thirds in East Asia and the Pacific were living in extreme poverty (defined as living on less… Read more »
August 16, 2023
Africa: Pre-Colonial Delicacy Could Help Food Security and Climate Change #AfricaClimateHope
Kenya's fight for food security may have just gone 'Old School' as Egerton University dons win a grant to help bring back a pre-colonial delicacy that was gradually sliding its way… Read more »
August 09, 2023
Africa: Mining Revenues Undermined
The primary commodity price boom early this century has often been attributed to a commodity 'super-cycle', i.e., a price upsurge greater than what might be expected in 'normal'… Read more »
August 08, 2023
Africa: A Flawed GDP Bypasses Women's Unpaid Care Work
Last week the IMF offered a cautious estimate of positive global economic growth for this year, warning 'we are on track, but not out of the woods'. But with the IMF and… Read more »
August 03, 2023
Africa: Revisiting the Water-Energy Nexus for a Changing Climate #AfricaClimateHope
By Philippe Benoit and Anne-Sophie Corbeau Read more »
August 04, 2023
Africa: Stubborn and Persistent - the Gender Pay Gap Refuses to Budge
By Jemimah Njuki and Jocelyn Chu Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Farmers Turn to Agroecology to Feed Their Families #AfricaClimateHope
When Nelson Mudzingwa arrived in the Shashe farming area in Mashava in Masvingo, about 294 kilometres from the capital Harare, in the early 2000s, the land was barren, with no hope… Read more »
August 02, 2023
Africa: Clock Is Ticking for Food Security in Africa, Says New IITA Head
"My key message is really simple," says Dr Simeon Ehui, the newly-appointed director general of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, which works with partners… Read more »
July 26, 2023
Africa: Exchange Rate Movements Due to Interest Rates, Speculation, Not Fundamentals
Currency values and foreign exchange rates change for many reasons, largely following market perceptions, regardless of fundamentals. Market speculation has worsened volatility,… Read more »
July 20, 2023
Africa: New AI Weather Forecasting Model Aims to Boost Africa's Response to Climate Change
Scientists have recently unveiled a first-ever weather forecasting model using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning solutions to help vulnerable African countries… Read more »
July 06, 2023
Africa: The Grand Narrative of Private Finance - Over-Reliance On Attracting Investment Is Undermining Change At World Bank
By Bhumika Muchhala and María José Romero Read more »
June 29, 2023
Rwanda: Women Seek to Boost Innovation and Creativity in Agribusiness
Adeline Umukunzi, a 28-year-old woman mushroom farmer in Musanze, a district located about 100 km north of the capital Kigali, said women have often been the unseen faces of… Read more »