Demographic Change

Not your typical Billionaire : Strive Masiyiwa my 2020 African hero.

I first met Strive Masiyiwa in Harare in the late 1990s. His wife, Tsitsi, was leading a local branch of a United Nations entrepreneurial programme that fell within my supervisory responsibilities. It was a period in which Strive was fighting – that is the most accurate word – to establish his telecoms company, Econet. Read

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Can a virus accelerate change in Africa

Confinements, lockdowns, social distancing, masks, and protective equipment have all become part of the new vocabulary used in Africa. This may be no different from other parts of the world. But the implications of COVID-19 can be far-reaching for the continent with some of the lowest human development indicators in the globe. African countries have been

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Comment une reprise post-Covid-19 pourrait conduire à une Afrique plus résiliente

Il est impossible de le contourner: la crise du Covid-19 frappera particulièrement les Africains. Même si le taux d’infection reste faible, la dévastation socio-économique se fait déjà sentir. L’accès à l’eau potable et aux services de santé de base reste un défi sur tout le continent, ce qui rend les mesures de confinement prises par

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