Cancer kills more people globally than HIV-Aids, tuberculosis and malaria. In Africa, it is becoming a growing burden yet few donors have cottoned on to the need for action. Read the full story here. Published in the Guardian. Continue reading Cancer in Africa: time to act
Tackling neglected tropical diseases could help achieve several of the Millennium Development Goals, but greater awareness and a comprehensive funding strategy is needed. Read the full story here. Published in This Is Africa. Photo courtesy of Pfizer. Continue reading Ending the neglect: tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases
The WHO strategy to eliminate blinding trachoma in poor countries by 2020 has delivered encouraging results so far. Read the full story here. Published on www.guardian.co.uk. Continue reading The battle to prevent blindness
The Congo Basin is rich in forests and poor in cash, which makes it hard to resist offers of easy money from loggers. Carbon credits could, in theory, help save the forests, but the region’s historically low rates of deforestation (and governance) make it difficult to prove you’re saving trees. Published in Ecosystem Marketplace. Continue reading Can REDD work in the Congo Basin?
Local private water operators in Uganda have more than proved themselves over the past decade. Now the government is looking to reward them with more responsibilities. Read the full story here. Published in Global Water Intelligence. Continue reading Water PPPs deliver in Uganda
Africa needs $93 billion a year for the next 10 years to meet its infrastructure needs. A combination of public and private investments seems like the only solution, even if public-private partnerships have had a mixed record so far. Read the full article here. Published in The Africa Report, Oct-Nov 2010 Continue reading Mind the gap: financing Africa’s infrastructure
Business education has thrived in Africa for many years. The continent boasts excellent schools, institutes and courses, but until recently, none catered to the needs of civil servants. French business school HEC is now leading the charge to turn Africa’s civil service into an efficient business. Published in The Africa Report online. Continue reading Back to school for Africa’s civil servants
Water scarcity is forcing many countries across the continent to consider all available options to increase water supplies. Read the full story here. Published in The Africa Report. Continue reading Africa turns to the sea for water
Thuli Makama won the 2010 Goldman Prize for Africa for her efforts in reconciling conservation and sustainable community development in Swaziland. Read the full story here. Published in The Africa Report. Continue reading Conservation vs human righs: should one prevail?
It would take just 0.3% of the Middle East and North Africa’s desert sunshine to power the entire planet. But who will foot the bill to make the green dream happen? Published in Knowledge@Wharton. Continue reading North Africa’s sunny disposition
