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Healthcare
To tackle poverty, Africa needs welfarist policies and people-centred development - Adesina

4 Apr 2024

Earthshot Prize: 5 winners that will help solve major environmental problems
ESG & Sustainability
Earthshot Prize: 5 winners that will help solve major environmental problems

Mark Maslin 7 Dec 2022

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat, produce healthy food in African cities
Construction & Engineering
Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat, produce healthy food in African cities

Olumuyiwa Adegun 25 Oct 2022

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Finance
Kenya and South Africa offer insights into digital economy challenges and alternatives

Stephan Manning 29 Jun 2022

Kenya's push for affordable housing is creating opportunities despite barriers
Property
Kenya's push for affordable housing is creating opportunities despite barriers

Raphael M. Kieti, Robert W. Rukwaro, Washington H.A. Olima 3 Jun 2022

Russia-Ukraine war and its impact on Africa's infrastructure and built environment industry
Construction & Engineering
Russia-Ukraine war and its impact on Africa's infrastructure and built environment industry

Dr Muhammad Gambo 18 May 2022

Vending machines bring safe, cheap water to Nairobi slums
ESG & Sustainability
Vending machines bring safe, cheap water to Nairobi slums

Dominic Kirui 15 Sep 2021

#YouthMatters: Humanitarian, entrepreneur Dr Daksha Ramjawan on global youth empowerment
ESG & Sustainability
#YouthMatters: Humanitarian, entrepreneur Dr Daksha Ramjawan on global youth empowerment

Sindy Peters 29 Jun 2021

Cannes Lions Live 2021 launches full content agenda
Marketing & Media
Cannes Lions Live 2021 launches full content agenda

11 Jun 2021

Water - not an infinite resource in Kenya
Construction & Engineering
Water - not an infinite resource in Kenya

Simon Thomas 27 May 2021

A laboratory technician patient samples at the Amudat Hospital, Uganda. Laboratories are central to the delivery of high quality data in clinical trials. Paul Kamau
Healthcare
Innovation - and research - are key to killing off neglected tropical diseases in Africa

Monique Wasunna 29 Jan 2021

Water solutions to aid the most vulnerable in Kenya
Construction & Engineering
Water solutions to aid the most vulnerable in Kenya

Simon Thomas 31 Dec 2020

Spatial applications show where the Covid-19 vulnerable populations and active cases are, where to find care, and where there are resource gaps. Bushko Oleksandr/Shutterstock
Healthcare
The 'science of where', or GIS, fortified Kenya's response to Covid-19. Here's how

Peter Macharia 6 Nov 2020

Ghana has a housing crisis: what we found in Kumasi, and what needs to change
Property
Ghana has a housing crisis: what we found in Kumasi, and what needs to change

Lewis Abedi Asante and Richmond Juvenile Ehwi 3 Nov 2020

Lumkani awarded EIC Horizon Prize
Entrepreneurship
Lumkani awarded EIC Horizon Prize

5 Oct 2020

Makoko neighbourhood in Lagos, initially founded as a fishing village.Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images
Construction & Engineering
Can Covid-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Ellis Adjei Adams & Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie 21 Sep 2020

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing
Property
Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 4 Aug 2020

The urban poor have been hit hard by coronavirus. We must ask who cities are designed to serve
Construction & Engineering
The urban poor have been hit hard by coronavirus. We must ask who cities are designed to serve

Colin McFarlane 8 Jun 2020

Smart cities in the time of physical distancing
Construction & Engineering
Smart cities in the time of physical distancing

Bouwer Serfontein 2 Jun 2020

Healthcare workers testing people in Nairobi, Kenya during a mass testing exercise for Covid-19. Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images
Healthcare
Sub-Saharan Africa needs to plug local knowledge gap to up its anti-Covid-19 game

Alex Ezeh & Sharon Fonn 28 May 2020

Africa’s dependency on commodity exports, including oil, makes it more vulnerable to the impact of Covid-19. Getty Images
Finance
How a post-Covid-19 revival could kickstart Africa's free trade area

Faizel Ismail 27 May 2020

A member of the Nigerian Health Task Force fumigates a building in Abuja, Nigeria, as the city struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus. COVID-19 Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images
Finance
Steps to inoculate African economies against the impact of coronavirus

Chuku Chuku 15 May 2020

Professor Justine Davies
Healthcare
Covid-19 and the need for whole health systems in sub-Saharan Africa

Justine Davies 30 Apr 2020

Shaping Africa's urban areas to withstand future pandemics
ESG & Sustainability
Shaping Africa's urban areas to withstand future pandemics

Astrid R.N. Haas 2 Apr 2020

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Marketing & Media
Why Africa's journalists aren't doing a good job on Covid-19

George Ogola 26 Mar 2020

Ghana's construction industry is lively but needs regulation
Construction & Engineering
Ghana's construction industry is lively but needs regulation

Divine Kwaku Ahadzie 17 Oct 2019

Slum residents were said to do less exercise because of cheap motorcycle taxis. Boris Golovnev/Shutterstock
Healthcare
Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya's urban poor

Frederick Wekesah 13 Sep 2019

Floating cities: the future or a washed-up idea?
Construction & Engineering
Floating cities: the future or a washed-up idea?

Brydon T. Wang 7 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.
Marketing & Media
Imagine a world without data?

Joaquim Bretcha Boix 13 May 2019

$250m World Bank loan to boost access to affordable housing in Kenya
Property
$250m World Bank loan to boost access to affordable housing in Kenya

6 May 2019

Increasing population growth in Africa's megacities a challenge for authorities
Construction & Engineering
Increasing population growth in Africa's megacities a challenge for authorities

Finbarr Toesland 3 May 2019

New study: Improved housing doubles in Sub-Saharan Africa between 2000-2015
ESG & Sustainability
New study: Improved housing doubles in Sub-Saharan Africa between 2000-2015

1 Apr 2019

Nicole Nomsa Moyo. © .
Marketing & Media
#DesignIndaba2019: Together, we can change systems

Louise Marsland 27 Feb 2019

Social Media Week Lagos.
Marketing & Media
Discussions around future of media and social activism in Nigeria

28 Jan 2019

Bamboo modular housing project wins RICS Cities for our Future competition
Construction & Engineering
Bamboo modular housing project wins RICS Cities for our Future competition

14 Dec 2018

The JBS: Authentically African and globally innovative
Marketing & Media
The JBS: Authentically African and globally innovative

Issued by University of Johannesburg 14 Nov 2018

DHL Global Forwarding partners with My Dream Now to empower Kenya's youth
Logistics & Transport
DHL Global Forwarding partners with My Dream Now to empower Kenya's youth

7 Nov 2018

Slum neighbourhood in Accra, Ghana. Image source:
Property
Accra's informal settlements are easing the city's urban housing crisis

Seth Asare Okyere, Jerry Chati Tasantab, and Matth 8 Oct 2018

How mobile, the internet has changed Africa's truth
Marketing & Media
How mobile, the internet has changed Africa's truth

20 Aug 2018

Sebastian Padilla, cofounder of Anagrama Studio and Loeries 2018 design jury president. © Al Nicoll, Gallo Images.
Marketing & Media
#Loeries2018: How to press the refresh button on your creativity

Leigh Andrews 17 Aug 2018

Africa's Cities for our Future competition winner revealed
Construction & Engineering
Africa's Cities for our Future competition winner revealed

25 Jul 2018

Construction & Engineering
Africa's Cities for our Future competition winner revealed

Issued by 25 Jul 2018

Evictions in Nairobi: why the city has a problem and what can be done to fix it
ESG & Sustainability
Evictions in Nairobi: why the city has a problem and what can be done to fix it

Kefa Otiso 25 Jul 2018

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Property
CT housing crisis solution shortlisted in global competition

9 Jul 2018

Global inequalities and the digital future dissected by media
Marketing & Media
Global inequalities and the digital future dissected by media

12 Jun 2018

Millions of urban Africans still don't have electricity: here's what can be done
Energy & Mining
Millions of urban Africans still don't have electricity: here's what can be done

Rebekah Shirley 11 May 2018

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ESG & Sustainability
Millions of urban Africans still don't have electricity: here's what can be done

Rebekah Shirley 23 Apr 2018

Dr Folake Olayinka
Healthcare
Nigeria: Political will and investment in immunisation are critical elements for a healthy future

Dr Folake Olayinka 10 Apr 2018

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