Hopefully the name will make more sense. China’s much-discussed Belt and Road Initiative, seeking to create and strengthen land and maritime infrastructure across Eurasia, has attracted a lot of criticism for saddling low-income countries in its path with lots of debt […]
Tag: Africa
Donor agencies must not pay to turn South Africa into Zimbabwe
By Richard Tren, TES Contributor Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s ruler for 37 years, is now dead at the age of 95 and after an elaborate state funeral, is thankfully no longer a threat to his people, civilization, or to decency. Though he will no […]
Africa’s digital healthcare revolution, in six steps
It was tempting to write “six easy steps” but that would be grossly inaccurate. Nonetheless the rapid rise of digital technology hold out the promise of improvements in healthcare provision that were unimaginable even a decade ago, writes Novartis head of global health […]
Nigerian democracy is in trouble
One of the most surprising and promising political developments of recent decades has been the rise of democracy across Africa, holding out hope that the rule of law, investment and economic growth would soon follow. But these young democracies remain fragile, and nowhere is the […]
MMV & Novartis: Solving market failure while saving children’s lives – the case of malaria
By Dr David Reddy, Chief Executive Officer of the Medicines for Malaria Venture, and Dr Harald Nusser, Head of Novartis Social Business In the 1990s, treating children with malaria in Africa was a grueling experience. The parasite had become resistant to the most common antimalarial treatments, and death rates were climbing – fast. […]
Africa Trade Pact Is Great News for U.S., Too
As the rest of the world is gripped by tariffs and trade wars, Africa has quietly taken a leadership position in free trade with the adoption of a continental free trade agreement – by 52 countries, no less – that promises to boost commerce and productivity across the world’s poorest region. It’s also good news […]
Africa setting pace with free trade pact
As with Africa’s widespread early adoption of mobile digital banking, so with free trade agreements, it would appear. Long a laggard in global deals and regional governance, the vast, diverse continent is now setting the pace with a pioneering free-trade pact amongst scores of African states, notes Alexander Hammond in The National Interest. […]
Bilateral development finance is basically just commercial EM investment
By Adrian Fielding, TES Contributor In a job interview in 2015 with a development finance institution (DFI) that will remain unnamed, my response to the question ‘what do you think we do here?’ went something like this: development finance institutions’ raison d’être is the de-risking of potentially highly-transformational projects or the financing of […]
Winning The War Against Malaria
By Roger Bate When former US President George W. Bush announced the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) in 2005, nearly a million people were dying from malaria each year—most of them young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Today is World Malaria Day, and it’s a good time to take stock of progress. In the […]