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Uganda launches a bottom-up approach to shift development planning to grassroots level.
As a short term measure, modular refineries may help Nigeria with its fuel crisis. It is however not likely to be a long term solution.
A prolonged Russian-Ukraine conflict will cause further economic troubles for Ghana.
Kampala’s current transport system is not working to the benefit of its users, its operators or the government. It is not providing a mobility service.
Russia is a big player in the global nuclear power construction business. Why this era could soon be over.
The Ghanaian currency is facing structural hurdles.
The project violates colonial-era water rights but promises cheap and clean power to East Africa.
The number of retirees at risk of poverty is growing, making them three times more likely to experience poverty than any other age group.
The ultimate crop yields that farmers harvest depends on the use of fertilisers.
Lockdown and stay-at-home orders may not benefit societies dominated by informal economies.
Every agricultural role-player is keeping an eye on the developments in the Black Sea region.
Insurance, stress-tolerant seeds and tailored credit can make smallholder farming profitable.
As a dynamic and mechanising form of production, artisanal mining is in more direct competition with large corporations than is commonly perceived.
E-payments make it easy for banks to keep trail of transactions because they are recorded in real time.
Whereas digital work can bring freedom and flexibility into the lives of workers in Africa, it can also contribute towards their precarity and vulnerability.
Chinese private investments in Ethiopia are highly diverse, fluid and complex.
Ghana’s economy is in its most precarious state in decades.
It’s individuals, communities, and institutions who build the necessary confidence to pursue complex and challenging solutions to their problems.
Industry has renewed confidence after Boeing made commitments to redesign aircraft and train pilots
A more devolved approach to national economic policy could build on the strengths of every region.
Fisheries agreements favour the European Union and don’t do enough to protect African interests.
The industry is in the hands of smallholder farmers who struggle to raise capital and practise good farming.
Moody’s acquisitions are a setback for the development of alternative rating agencies to compete against the monopoly of the ‘big three’.
The introduction of these technologies in Ghana has created an enabling platform for consumers to use their mobile phones to pay for goods and services