
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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