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African countries were among the last to receive COVID-19 vaccines, having been crowded out by vaccine-hoarding wealthier countries and denied access to
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From education and healthcare to agriculture and finance, AI has the power to revolutionise every sector.
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When development policymakers convene next week at the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, they must pursue
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Sub-Saharan Africa is making important inroads despite a tremendous burden, while the U.S. shows how turning away from public health allows diseases
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More than 20 countries across Africa have loosened restrictions on abortion in recent years
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Impoverished young men are selling their kidneys in return for cash to start their own businesses.
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Childcare responsibilities significantly impede African women’s ability to realize their full potential, owing to regressive social norms that perpetuate gender disparities. Tackling
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This suffocating debt significantly impacts social well-being, with education being a prime casualty.
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The Dakar II approach to agriculture – with a focus on corporate hybrid seed systems, hi-tech solutions, imported inputs, GMOs, and large-scale
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Zimbabwe First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa became the first victim of the new United States sanctions put in place in early March.
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Mozambique’s rocky road from grand corruption to a debt settlement offers hope, but the scars of mismanagement run deep.
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In a continent where 65% of roads have no pavement, people and animals roam freely on the street, causing accidents as they
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The political debates about the rights and wrongs of Zimbabwe’s land reform continue to occupy many.
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There is immense potential for Zambia’s maritime ambitions to bolster the country’s sustainable development.
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At a meeting in Luxembourg in December 1997, the European Council decided to open accession negotiations with all the countries that had
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I was born in Brakpan, Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in eSwatini (known then as Swaziland). People in these two countries
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Research and experience have shown the effectiveness of providing women and girls living in extreme poverty with a productive asset, support to
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The Zimbabwean emigration issue is not just topical for its social and economic contexts, but also political.
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After 15 years of planning and preparation, Ghana is poised to offer carbon credits to buyers in the Global North, who, facing
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In the tumultuous political landscape of Zimbabwe, democracy remains an elusive ideal.
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Risk in general is inherent while navigating African markets
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The African Union allowed the repackaging of Zimbabwe’s 2017 coup to avoid suspending President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime from the AU.
MoreSince the last polls, the government has weaponised the law and COVID-19 regulations against active citizenship and political participation.
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Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Cabinet are in a panic induced by the looming general elections in the face of a
MoreZimbabwe is heading for general polls in 2023 amid an ongoing macroeconomic crisis.
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Buyers are looking to grow their numbers to build cumulative bargaining power
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There has been an increased attention towards improving agricultural production in Africa and other developing countries and this is likely to continue.
MoreThe electorate, particularly in urban areas has voted for the opposition since 2000 relegating Zanu PF to a ruling rural party
MoreAnti-immigrant activism is a crisis of constitutional credibility
MoreSpeculation is high that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s deputy and former military general, Constantino Chiwenga, is plotting to put his hat in the
MoreCuring barns used by smallholders require 10 kilogrammes of wood for every kilo of tobacco.
MoreWhen Zimbabwe’s largest post-independence opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched in September 1999, it was as popular as
MoreEach Western country has its own agenda in courting African countries, be it for its rich mineral resources, vast luscious agricultural land,
MoreWinky D has used his music to highlight the growing frustrations of Zimbabwe’s youth and government failures, much to the anger of
MoreThe MIS service is essential and will not only save lives. but time and money as well in a country beset by
MoreThe 17th of November 2017 is significant in Zimbabwe’s political calendar as it marked the end of President Robert Mugabe’s 37-year
MoreTHE Glasgow COP26 summit in Scotland, United Kingdom, painted a grim picture about the environment and imminent dangers of climate change. However,
MoreThe Zimbabwean economy has continued to experience turbulence, despite having managed to weather a devastating spell of hyperinflation which peaked in 2008.
MoreIt is a common sight within the clustering population of urban Accra to see female-head-porters known in Ghanaian parlance as ‘Kayayie’ carrying
MoreZimbabwe will reach two decades under United States economic sanctions in December this year. The sanctions have had a debilitating effect on
MoreAgricultural production is critical for the survival of any economy and the world at large, and the importance of ensuring its sustainable
MoreBefore COVID-19 came along, tuberculosis (TB) was a primary focus of health authorities in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2019, approximately 1.4 million people were diagnosed
MoreHichilema has built strong networks with influential business groups
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Pan-African businessman and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa recounts what inspired him and his wife to start an education trust that been. supporting gifted
MoreEthiopia is bringing Africa into disrepute and Africans should be outraged. Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers are killing and raping civilians in Tigray. Millions are facing
MoreBy Avinash Paliwal Caleb Kudah, a journalist with the Accra-based Citi TV, didn’t expect that an investigation into unused cars at the
MoreAfrica needs follow the European Union's lead and rethink its approach to genetically engineered crops
MoreBy Farai Mutsaka Zimbabwe’s tobacco is flourishing again. And so are the auctions where premium prices are being paid for the “golden
MoreWith the three branches of Zimbabwe’s political system, the executive, legislature and judiciary, striving to advance their roles as contemplated by the
MoreA traditional court in Zimbabwe has ordered that the remains of former president Robert Mugabe should be exhumed and reburied at the
MoreBy Aimée-Noël Mbiyozo and Ottilia Anna Maunganidze In March 2021, the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) issued an unprecedented communiqué dedicated
MorePaul Emiljanowicz The late Jerry Rawlings led two coups in Ghana before twice being elected president in multiparty polls. Whether you associate
MoreBy Victor Harison and Mario Pezzini Many African countries reacted quickly and effectively to mitigate the health and economic risks posed by COVID-19. Less
MoreBy Fifa Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo, and Gisa Dang* The COVID-19 pandemic is a bleak reminder of the enduring inequity in
MoreBy Sampson Kwarkye More than a year after adopting an action plan to ‘eradicate’ terrorism in West Africa, the Economic Community of
MoreBy Gloria Abena Ampim As the world works towards the goal of gender equality, it’s widely recognised that reaching it requires working
MoreBy Mark Suzman This week, we learned that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca appears to provide no measurable
MoreThe mostly white development sector only funds efforts led by more ‘legitimate’ people. We need support from the diaspora
MoreAfrica cannot afford to continue with the authoritarian, dictatorial and despotic forms of governance that are predominant on the continent.
MoreMohamed M Diatta On 6 February, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi will officially take over the rotating chairship
MoreMalawi faces a resurgence of COVID-19 that is overwhelming the southern African country where a presidential residence and a national stadium have
MoreShipping containers have become overflow mortuaries for the dead from COVID-19 in South Africa, while some other African nations are now looking
MoreBy Célestin Monga In recent decades, the US-Africa relationship has disappointed both sides. Republican and Democratic US presidents alike have treated the
MoreHenning Melber, University of Pretoria and Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand In November 2017 Zimbabwe’s military replaced Robert Mugabe as head
MoreBarely 3 years ago, Zimbabwe held one of its most contentious elections in the history of the country which can be equally
MoreFor many years, both the Rwandan government and international donors have invested heavily in development programmes aimed at Rwanda’s youth. But how
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The ZiG is backed by 2.5 tons of gold and about US$100 million in foreign currency reserves held by the central bank,
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