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Counterfeit drugs – a global public health scourge

  • Geoffroy Bessaud pharmacist Sanofi
30 April 2018
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Along with Asia and Latin America, Africa is currently one of the regions most affected by the trade in counterfeit drugs which account for almost one-third of pharmaceutical products on […]Continue Reading
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Health Health and Education

Regulating African pharmaceutical markets in order to structure and develop the local economy more effectively

  • Alexandre de La Volpilière
03 April 2018
©Pierre Terdjamn pour l'AFD
The market for medicine is one of the world’s most closely regulated: each country has its own system for vetting new products and in Europe for example, certain accreditations can […]Continue Reading
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Agri-business Agricultural production

Agri-businesses must act in a sustainable manner to develop African agriculture

  • Anne Pacquet Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Committee FARM Foundation
19 February 2018
©Kate Holt/Africa Practice
The urgent need to develop African agriculture is hardly breaking news however current climate and environmental challenges have now pushed new priorities to the fore. Maintaining African smallholder farming needs Continue Reading
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Agri-business Agricultural production

Access to quality seeds: the example of local seed ventures in Malawi

  • Jérôme Bossuet
22 January 2018
©ICRISAT / Alina Paul-Bossuet
For Sub-Saharan African smallholder farmers, poor harvests can frequently be attributed largely to poor quality seed. But providing varied, high-quality seed is one of the most efficient and cost-effective Continue Reading
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Health Health and Education

In Rwanda, “hospitals can now use RapidSMS data to get ready for new arrivals!”

  • Samir Abdelkrim Entrepreneur and consultant StartupBRICS.com
11 October 2017
© Flickr / evanmwheeler
The RapidSMS telemedecine platform makes it possible for Community Health Workers (CHWs) to share data: between 2009 and 2015, it helped to save the lives of around 590,000 new-born babies […]Continue Reading
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Infrastructures Telecoms

What role for the private sector in developing a digital Africa?

  • Jean-Michel Huet Partner BearingPoint
26 June 2017
© Beyond Access-Flickr / Masiphumelele Library, South Africa
The spread of digital technology has been one of the most striking African success stories over the past 15 years and although the public sector has made an important contribution […]Continue Reading
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Infrastructures Transport

Extreme urgency : opening up the continent of Africa

  • Christian Gambotti L'Intelligent d'Abidjan
15 May 2017
© Flickr - Dana Smillie / World Bank
PORTS-AIRPORTS-ROADS AND RAILWAYS: LINKING UP DIFFERENT STATES Africa is no longer a chaotic muddle. Its still youthful nation-states have managed to consolidate their identities around national patriotic Continue Reading
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Water and sanitation Infrastructures

Saving the Ganges: the vital changes needed in institutional and business models

  • Jérôme Bossuet
04 April 2017
© JP Barral/Proparco
While pollution of the Ganges appears to be an insoluble problem, demand for water – driven mainly by farming – is actually drying out certain sections of the river. Solutions […]Continue Reading
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Energie Infrastructures

Privately-produced renewable energy in Africa: a credible alternative to traditional projects?

  • Hugues de La Forge Partner Holman Fenwick Willan Partner Holman Fenwick Willan
02 January 2017
Flickr © Curt Carnemark / World Bank
In Africa, many independent energy supply projects have grown up alongside state-controlled programmes. Sector-based reforms designed to boost production of renewable energies have been a boon for such projects Continue Reading
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Tourism

African Hotel Development – Great potential returns for investors

  • David Harper Head of Property Services Hotel Partners Africa Head of Property Services Hotel Partners Africa
28 November 2016
© Hotel Partners Africa
Everyone knows about Africa’s potential, created by the population explosion, the demographic profile of the population and the commodities “lottery win”. However, the shortage of hotel bedrooms provides one of […]Continue Reading
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