Bread or data? Internet costs hinder Namibian businesswomen
Women small business owners say online access has boosted their income, but the price of data is holding many back.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Digital solutions are boosting agriculture in Kenya, but it’s time to scale up. Here’s how
DIGITAL agricultural services have proliferated across Africa over the last decade. Most are services that work on mobile phones, although
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Mozambique had no data about snakebites. Our new study filled the gap – and the results are scary
EVERY year between 20,000 and 32,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa die after being bitten by snakes. That’s more than five
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Subsidies for African farmers: we’ve designed a tool to guide spending decisions
ONE of the hardest decisions a government must make is who to support with the limited public funds at its
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Shortage of oil refineries haunts Africa as fuel prices rocket
WENDELL ROELF, JULIA PAYNE and BATE FELIX A shortage of oil refineries across sub-Saharan Africa coupled with soaring crude prices
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On the trail of Africa’s trillions of dollars
CAPITAL flight from the global South is immense, with widespread adverse effects. A new book proposes measures to curb, even
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Atheism in Kenya: why accurate numbers are hard to come by
THE accuracy of statistics on religious affiliations in sub-Saharan Africa is questionable. This makes it difficult to assess religious trends.
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Why Nigeria’s electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up
NIGERIA’S national electricity grid has collapsed more than 200 times in the last nine years, regularly resulting in widespread blackouts.
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Africa business: five stories making headlines
DAVID DOYLE FROM Facebook-owner Meta to multi-billion-dollar infrastructure investments, here are five stories making the headlines in sub-Saharan Africa this
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Uganda closed schools for two years – the impact is deep and uneven
Uganda enforced the longest period of school closures worldwide – 22 months – during the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategy was
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