Women smallholder farmers need digital platforms to sell their crops, support to get crops certified as organic, and communal places to process food.
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Jobs, the digital economy, heritage restitution and the climate crisis are highlighted by an Africa-led G20.
Austerity means choosing not to invest in citizens, contrary to the mandate of South Africa’s constitution.
South Africa’s rural Sekhukhune is full of interesting sites and heritage. Communities need financial and technical support to start sustainable tourism projects there.
Ethiopia’s macroeconomic policy shift holds the promise of significant progress, but success is far from certain.
Nigeria needs to adopt a multi-faceted approach that addresses the root causes of child malnutrition.
Kenya is not an isolated case. Twenty-one countries are receiving IMF support.
South Africa should encourage the G20 to commission studies on the challenges that the international community faces, and suggest responses.
The study provides reason for optimism about the effects of minimum wage policies on poverty.
African countries are being driven into a debt dependency cycle. Three major factors are at play.
Increasing the minimum wage is a temporary fix. Upgrading the skills of Nigerian workers is the surest way of boosting their wages.
Africa needs to advocate more aggressively for its own interests when it comes to negotiating debt terms.
The key to a successful energy transition away from coal is good institutional quality supported by anti-corruption procedures and clear rules.
Many African countries face a triple set of dilemmas that are not easy to navigate.
Africans need to re-envision what climate resilient development means within unique African city contexts.
The current approach to debt restructuring has failed Zambia.
Getting climate funds to frontline communities may require rich countries and the UN easing control over how the money is spent.
South Africa’s experience with renewable energy procurement provides valuable insights – what to do and what not to do – about management of the climate transition.
Environmental degradation of Nigeria’s Niger Delta region is causing poverty as well as food insecurity, increased crime and conflict.
The World Bank and IMF need to continue evolving if they are to remain fit for purpose in the 21st century.
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