Despite the return to political legitimacy, the country’s precarious stability has kept investors at bay. Read the full article here. Published in the May/June 2016 edition of Africa in Fact. Continue reading Madagascar: FDI and politics out of sync
Africans must invest in Africa – just like Japan or China did on their path to development. This is what progressive African business leaders think – and how they have successfully done it. Read the full article here. Cover story of the March 2016 edition of The Africa Report. Photo by ©BBC World Service on Flickr. Continue reading Africans investing in Africa
Trachoma is responsible for the visual impairment of some 2m people. Yet this eye infection is easily treatable and preventable by using the SAFE strategy. S stands for Surgery, A for Antibiotics, F for Facial Hygiene and E for Environmental Cleanliness. Until recently however, it wasn’t clear exactly where the disease was. A global survey found out so that SAFE can be rolled out. Listen … Continue reading Saving people’s sight through surgery and mapping
Trachoma, an eye infection that has robbed 1m people of their sight, is under systematic attack. Read the full story here. Published in The Economist, 27 February 2016. Photo courtesy of Peter Nicholls / Sightsavers. Continue reading Trachoma: now it’s time to say goodbye
Being a guidebook author and a journalist, I travel a lot for work – and for leisure: I didn’t get into this job by accident. So when I became pregnant, I thought I’d make some adjustments but it never crossed my mind to stop travelling altogether. Minor concessions were all that was required. Read the full story here. Published on lonelyplanet.com, 14 July 2014. Photo … Continue reading Planning to travel and pregnant? No problem.
As Ebola spreads across West Africa, we talk to the medical and humanitarian professionals scrambling to contain the spread of the epidemic. Read the full story here. Published on the Guardian’s Global Development Professionals’ Network, 14 July 2014. Photo: Sylvain Cherkaoui/Cosmos/Médecins Sans Frontières Continue reading Ebola: voices from the epicentre of the epidemic
The changing face of Africa’s water infrastructure landscape is leading the African Development Bank to adopt new strategies in order to support the sector. The bank’s water head, Mohamed El Azizi, spoke to GWI. Read the story here. Published in Global Water Intelligence, 16 Mar 2014. Image by Sara Lafleur-Vetter©, on flickr Continue reading Developing Africa’s true water potential
The French Riviera is the original holiday resort – European royalty decided to spend their winters there as early as the 18th century. Today, it’s popular year-round, with French and foreign visitors alike drawn to its natural beauty, culture and fabulous weather. For more inspiration, listen to this interview. Broadcast on Dubai Eye Radio, 9 June 2014. Continue reading Holidaying on the French Riviera
There may only be 420km between Madagascar and the rest of the African continent, but the Red Island remains resolutely un-African. Time for a change? Read the full story here. Published in Africa in Fact, 1 May 2014. Continue reading How African is Madagascar?
Celebrity spotting, vintage films and staying as close as possible to the action, visiting Cannes during the Film Festival can be fun. Just plan ahead. Read the full story here. Published on lonelyplanet.com, 16 May 2014. Continue reading Making the best of Cannes Film Festival
