August 22, 2011
Liberia: 'Anything That Moved Became Dinner'
Liberia is recovering from a 14-year civil conflict and quarter century of instability that killed an estimated 250,000 people and displaced three-quarters of the population. Read more »
August 12, 2011
South Africa: Poor Make Money by Saving in Groups
Bongiwe Dlamini thinks back to the financial crisis she faced a few years ago, a time when she was so deep in debt that she could not even buy for groceries for her family. Read more »
Africa: Continent's New Middle Class Lures Investment
For too long, the story of Africa has been about government corruption, war and disease. Economic news was also bad. From 1975 to 1995, the continent was mired in negative growth,… Read more »
August 10, 2011
Nigeria: Next Step - Clean Up the Niger Delta
The recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme's study on oil pollution in Ogoniland point to the need for a genuine shift in the priorities and practices of the… Read more »
July 14, 2011
Zambia: Climate Information Alerts Boost Poor Farmers
A herder shepherding his animals in Zambia's Eastern Province winds up a solar-powered radio and crouches down to listen to a local FM station. The news broadcast includes a… Read more »
Liberia: Chevron Announces Social Initiatives During High-Level Tour
The U.S. oil giant Chevron is launching initiatives aimed at improving health and supporting development in Liberia. Read more »
June 22, 2011
Liberia: Chevron Moving Ahead With Off-Shore Oil Search
U.S.-based Chevron, which announced in March plans to explore for petroleum in Liberia, is starting deep-water drilling that could move Liberia into the ranks of west… Read more »
June 16, 2011
Liberia: Iron Ore Moves Again as First Large Post-Conflict Investment is Coming to Fruition
With global demand for steel on the rise, Liberia is re-entering the ranks of the world's significant producers of the iron ore needed to produce it. Read more »
June 14, 2011
Africa: Is Your Cellphone Bad for Your Health?
A recent international conference focused on the use of cellphones to aid health care, made me think about my own health and my own phone. Read more »
June 13, 2011
Botswana: Civil Servants Suspend Strike
Civil servants in Botswana have suspended their eight-week-long strike, unions and government have confirmed. Read more »
Africa: Mobile Phones Improve Health Across Continent
Peter Benjamin is the general manager of Cell-Life, a South African non-profit organisation that uses cellphones to assist with healthcare in the HIV/Aids sector. Cell-Life is… Read more »
Liberia: 'Much More to Do', Says Johnson Sirleaf
Since taking office in early 2006 as Africa's first elected woman president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has become a prominent leader in a tough job. A quarter century of… Read more »
June 09, 2011
Africa: Call to Assess Role of Mobile Technology in Health
With more than 70 percent of the world’s five billion cellphone users living in low- and middle-income countries, mobile technology is seen as offering the potential to… Read more »
June 05, 2011
Africa: Exploring Mobile Communications for Healthcare
An inaugural summit on the use of mobile communications to support healthcare opens in Cape Town on Monday. Read more »
May 26, 2011
Africa: Widespread Progress, Better Quality of Life
Critics of foreign aid to Africa say that much of the assistance goes to waste. But author and economist Charles Kenny sees things differently. Kenny, who writes a weekly column… Read more »
May 20, 2011
Eswatini: Deep Cuts in Govt Payroll Threatened
The International Monetary Fund has suggested that the Swaziland government, already facing protests from its citizens, may have to slash the government payroll by U.S. $35… Read more »
May 13, 2011
Africa: Sustained Growth, With Jobs Vital for Reducing Poverty - IMF's Sayeh
With regard to Africa, the International Monetary Fund's engagement historically has been overshadowed by its Washington neighbor and intergovernmental counterpart, the World Bank,… Read more »
Africa: Mobile Phones, Radio Promote Rights, Says Amnesty International
Much needs to be done to secure human rights in Africa, but "the tide is turning" and mobile phones and FM radio have arguably done more than most other conventional methods to… Read more »
May 06, 2011
Africa: Ethiopia to Host 2012 World Economic Forum on Africa
Ethiopia will host the next World Economic Forum's Africa meeting a year from now. At a press conference in Cape Town, Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said he is… Read more »
Africa: 'Tellers and Cashiers' of Africa's Wealth Are Key to Development
When it comes to development policies, alongside all the statistics of hunger and need, and the totals of dollars spent, it must be remembered that what matters most is that… Read more »
May 05, 2011
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Expects Elections Within 12 Months
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai exuded confidence to Africa's business leaders this week, upbeat after securing his position at a party congress last weekend and… Read more »
Africa: Africa Transforms to 'Continent of Hope,' Says Annan
Despite high-profile setbacks, Africa has in the past decade changed from being "the hopeless continent" to "the continent of hope", former United Nations chief Kofi Annan says in… Read more »
April 15, 2011
Africa: 'Early Wins' Will Boost Development, Says World Bank Chief
Afghanistan. Bosnia. Haiti. Liberia. Rwanda. Sierra Leone. Southern Sudan, Timor Leste. Iraq. Although each is different, they have all struggled to move beyond conflict and… Read more »
April 12, 2011
Eswatini: Govt Cracks Down on Protesters
Swazi authorities cracked down on union and opposition activists on Tuesday in an attempt to crush anti-government protests which democracy campaigners called for this week. Read more »
March 28, 2011
Ghana: Trade Combats Disparity and Promotes Diversification - Minister
Hanna Tetteh has been Ghana's minister for Trade and Industry and a senior advisor to President John Evans Atta Mills since February 2009. The country has recorded steady economic… Read more »