Africa: Bold Goals, Measurement Needed for Progress Against Poverty

With the expiration of the initiative still more than a year away, there is planning underway to move beyond the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at… Read more »

Liberia: Energy, Regional Integration Will Fuel Growth - Finance Minister

Amara Konneh has been the chief coordinator of Liberia's development strategy since his appointment as Planning and Economic Affairs Minister in 2008, a role he continued after… Read more »

Africa: Babies Dying Gets Me Where It Hurts

"Eight thousand newborn babies will die during this conference." Read more »

Africa: Invest in Water Storage to Secure the Future

Water and energy are fundamental to poverty reduction and economic transformation on the African continent. When experts, policymakers and high-level representatives met this week… Read more »

Africa: Poverty No Bar to Fighting Deadly Undernutrition

Some of the world’s poorest countries, including two in sub-Saharan Africa, are showing the greatest political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition, while some of… Read more »

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 »

Africa: Closing the Gap - Meet Aims to End Extreme Poverty

When 17-year-old Sona Traore represented the Child Protection Network of Liberia at a civil society event organized in conjunction with a three-day United Nations meeting in this… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: 'Don't Write Off the Congo' - Chief U.S. Africa Policymaker

Despite headlines regularly highlighting conflict and crushing poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie… Read more »

Africa: Summit Needs to Promote African Renaissance 2.0

When former South African President Thabo Mbeki brought back the notion of an African Renaissance to African political circles in the late 1990s, the continent was at a different… Read more »

Africa: Columbia University Hub Aims to Engage African Research

We live in an increasingly globalised world and this is transforming how we live. Thanks to new technology we can now communicate seamlessly and instantly across the globe.… Read more »

Africa: Developing Education Sector Shows Encouraging Signs

When studying law, mock trials or moot court competitions are an exciting and challenging way to put the legal theory that you have learnt into practice. In my final year of study… Read more »

Africa: Tackling 2013's Development Challenges

In 2013, Africa is likely to maintain its decade-old pace setting annual average economic growth rate of 5 percent or more, according to estimates from the World Bank, the… Read more »

Africa: Tapping Africa's Scientific Potential

When John Mwero looks at charred sugar cane ash he sees sturdy bridges, soaring skyscrapers and stable roads. He's convinced that bagasse ash - the residue that's left after… Read more »

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 »

Liberia: Tapping Official and Grassroots Efforts On Water

In July 1990, as then-rebel leader Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia advanced on Monrovia, Taylor's guerrilla fighters attacked the White Plains water treatment… Read more »

Africa: Child Participation - Beyond Window Dressing

How does one ensure meaningful participation of children in matters concerning them, and what needs to be done to guarantee effective and efficient government investment in… Read more »

Africa: Farmers Increasingly Seen as 'Engine for Economic Development'

At the recent African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Arusha, Tanzania, fertilizer was a hot topic. Government leaders, policy makers, NGOs and businessmen and women in freshly… Read more »

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 »

Africa: The Women Who Grow Africa's Food Need a Voice

When Dr. Ruth Khasaya Oniang'o, a professor of food science and nutrition, shared advice from her mother at the September 2012 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), it really… Read more »

East Africa: Farmers Adapting but Food Insecurity Persists, Researcher Says

About a year after East Africa's worst drought in six decades peaked, a survey of more than 700 smallholder farmers across four regional countries reveals that food insecurity… Read more »

Africa: African Herders Help Eradicate Deadly Livestock Disease

The last known case of rinderpest, a lethal livestock disease, was confirmed 10 years ago in a buffalo wandering Kenya's Mount Meru National Park. In May 2011 the disease was… Read more »

South Africa: Journalists Fail to Report On Poverty

The lack of investment in journalism is one of the key challenges hindering the ability of South African media to report on poverty and inequality. This became clear at a… Read more »

South Africa: Farming Grows Jobs and Profits

While small-scale agriculture has been earmarked by the South African government as a sector with the potential to create jobs and stimulate economic growth, small-scale farmers… Read more »

South Africa: Joining Hands for Development

South Africa may have the best data in Africa on its education system and school performance, but this doesn't translate into positive action, says educationalist Jonathan Jansen. Read more »

South Africa: Ten-Year-Old Orphan's Case Wins Rights for Millions

A 10-year old orphan who waited for more than five years for a South Africa government grant has changed the way the state will support children in need. Read more »