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We spoke to poor M-Pesa customers in Kenya who said it had changed their lives.
A consequence of a warming world is prolonged dry spells and periods of drought that can lead to infectious diseases like cholera.
Huduma Namba data processing poses high risks, since very personal data, including biometrics, is collected.
African livestock keepers need help: without proactive interventions, increasing temperatures will reduce meat and milk production.
New technologies can help reduce the cost of producing maps that warn where floods might happen.
Governments are purposefully using laws that lack clarity, or ignore laws completely, to carry out illegal surveillance of their citizens.
Studying ancient DNA in Africa is valuable for understanding human evolution, population migrations, and human history locally, regionally and globally.
Globally, about 1 million deaths annually are related to exposure to second-hand smoke. Thirteen African countries have implemented comprehensive smoke-free bans.
Statistics show that about 41% of women in Kenya have reported physical or sexual violence from their husbands or partners in their lifetime.
African countries cannot be ignored, or just listened to. Their needs should shape the agenda.
The UN’s Security Council is dominated by the veto-wielding permanent five members and attempts at reform continue to be plagued by obstacles.
The next year appears likely to bring another sequence of La Niña-related droughts to eastern East Africa. The time to act is now or many will suffer.
It sounds like a mammoth plan, but bringing back large herbivore species to Europe could help mitigate ecosystem collapse.
Kala-azar, already one of the most neglected diseases on the planet, is in danger of becoming even more neglected.
Ghana is losing out the booming global cashew industry in terms
of job and revenue generations.
Research questions the idea that getting commercial seeds and fertilisers to smallholder farmers will double yields and incomes.
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The place names of Nairobi’s informal settlements offer a glimpse into the realities of people who live there.
Corporate governance reforms should be viewed as a cog within a big wheel and accompanied by appropriate changes to the enabling infrastructure.
Countries must be encouraged to distribute essential healthcare provision - like diagnosis - to where people most need them and where they can be accessed more easily.
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Professor of Research, Foundations & Higher Education, Northern Arizona University
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Professor and Chair of Kinesiology and Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University
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African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Warwick
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Rwanda
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Marie Curie Fellow, University of Amsterdam
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Lecturer, Information Technology and the Law, Daystar University
