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Banks should consider and integrate women empowerment principles into their corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Ndulu has left big shoes to fill. Tanzania now has to focus on creating an environment where citizens with his foresight, ability, and expertise can thrive.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be better able to balance policies between the advanced economies and developing ones to achieve sustainable global economic growth and development.
The Nigerian ministry of agriculture and rural development needs to focus on the adoption of modern rice processing techniques.
The community’s response to the pandemic has been fragmented despite gestures of regional solidarity
The hard truth is that the more the isolation is contained, the greater the economic problems will be.
The Nigerian government must adopt a process that is open in implementing its social assistance programmes.
Africa’s leaders need to implement COVID-19 policies that protects African economies from the health crisis.
Several groups of people are at high risk of hardship, especially those who have effectively become unemployed because of the lockdown.
As part of response to COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria has announced a lock down in three strategic states but this is going to be tough on the self employed and small scale entrepreneurs.
Unemployed people in South Africa suffer acute distress and more needs to be done to give them social support.
Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda are at the forefront of the war against cyber criminals.
Stricter policing at the border does not address the root causes of Nigeria’s smuggling issue.
As Kenya and Somalia scramble for offshore oil and gas, foreign investors wait eagerly on the sidelines
Mobile loan platforms have given Kenyans access to easy loans, but they come at a high price.
Rwanda is a paradox – a ‘development miracle’ and an authoritarian state.
African states may have an alternative funding source they could harness during times of crisis: diaspora investment.
There’s a strong case to ban gambling as it’s rapidly becoming a public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa.
Research in Ghana shows that improving slum housing could be one of the alternatives to the capital’s housing crisis.
Millions of dollars have been repatriated to Nigeria by Swiss authorities, but there are better ways to spend it than what the government is proposing.
The methods used to measure gross domestic product are being criticised for excluding the unpaid work done by women.
Mobile money transfers have been a great asset. But the rise of online betting could threaten its contribution.
Last month South Sudan announced a dramatic increase in the cost of aid-worker permits from $100 to $10,000. It’s now backtracked on the decision.
Sixty years on, the European Union is facing unprecedented challenges among member states. Can its relationship with Africa survive the storm?