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Lessons on how to effectively tackle insect invasions

Kenyan food production and grazing land is under threat from a huge desert locust invasion. The insects are currently in two counties in northern Kenya and are now spreading to other Kenyan regions including Meru, Laikipia, and Rift Valley. The government has yet...

Europe and African relations post COVID-19: time to add size, scale and speed

Since 2000, European and African leaders have been talking about giving the partnership between the two continents a “new strategic” dimension. In 2007, they reiterated their ambition to come together in awareness of the lessons and experiences of the past, but also in...

The pandemic is no time for fiscal distancing

These are very difficult days, as the world faces one of its worst challenges ever: the novel coronavirus pandemic. And it seems almost no nation is spared. As infection rates rise, so does panic across financial markets, as economies drastically...

In the face of Coronavirus, African Countries apply lessons from Ebola Response

Using lessons from the Ebola outbreak in 2014, African countries prepare to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus); in the aftermath of the West Africa Ebola crisis, the World Bank launched the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) Project to...

COVID-19 as an emergency human rights issue

In our homes, streets, public places, radio stations, newspapers and international television news channels, everybody is talking about: COVID-19. Maintaining reasonable physical distance and practising good personal hygiene, such as regularly washing hands and avoiding touching one’s face, are some...

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to COVID-19 could have lethal consequences

Suppose you had the choice between two health policies, A and B. Policy A would result in the death of a lot of elderly people. Policy B would result in the death of a lot of children, especially infants. Which...

Increasing the volume and quality of intra-Africa trade for social economic transformation

African States and development partners have invested heavily towards supporting integration and the promotion of intra-Africa and extra-Africa trade. These investments have gone a long way to assist the countries, through their respective regional economic groupings, in implementing integration programmes...

Harnessing the power of youth for a more sustainable and equal Africa

Achieving Planet 50-50 – a world where women, men, girls and boys live as equals – by 2030 is an ambitious aim but fully in line with the long-term vision for Africa’s transformation, Agenda 2063, “where development is people-driven, unleashing...

Open and Distance Learning as a Driver for Sustainable Development in Africa

The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have provided the global community with a collective vision and plan of action until 2030. SDG 4, which deals with education, aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning...

The Energy Entrepreneur: A Remedy for Africa’s Energy Deficit

Africa’s energy needs can be met through vigorous STEM-driven entrepreneurship. To this end, a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem is a precondition. To successfully create a thriving ecosystem, Africa needs short- and long-term strategic plans. The short-term strategy must focus on the...

Building economies by closing immunization gaps

Like many people my, age I carry a small childhood scar on my left shoulder, an indication that I was once vaccinated against smallpox. In the villages of Tanzania, such scars used to act as a form of branding,

What renewable energy and home repair have in common

Should renewable energy developers invest in vocational training? Job creation? Home repair? The answer, based on best practice in emerging markets around the world, is unequivocally yes – with community investment designed to match local priorities. The most successful companies...