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Africa’s growing population of young people is an economic resource that could bring positive change to the continent’s economic future. African countries are experiencing what is known as the...
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The latest World Bank review of government policies and institutions in Africa shows that 20 percent of countries improved their policy environment to boost growth and cut poverty in 2013.
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"A growing labor force and a large and emerging consumer market hold the promise of significant growth opportunities"
Without urgent action to address low levels of competitiveness, Africa’s...
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"How can technology and innovation help to address the access to energy in African countries?"
Part Two of our discussion on Africa’s Pulse focusses on how African countries can improve access to...
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The past decade has seen slow and steady economic growth across the continent of Africa. But economist Charles Robertson has a bold thesis: Africa's about to boom. He talks through a few of the...
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Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa — and calls on the “Cheetah generation” to take back the continent.
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South African investment banker Euvin Naidoo explains why investing in Africa can make great business sense.
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By 2040, more than half of Africa's population will live in cities. What does urbanization mean? What are the benefits and challenges? And how can we plan rapidly developing cities so that people can...
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"What is the advantage of solar energy and broadband access for new generations in Africa?"
Chief Economist of the World Bank's Africa Region, Albert Zeufack, chats with Silicon Valley’s Kamran...
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Emily Oster re-examines the stats on AIDS in Africa from an economic perspective and reaches a stunning conclusion: Everything we know about the spread of HIV on the continent is wrong.
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Conditions in South Africa's underground mines pose serious health risks for mine workers and their families. The country's mine workers have the highest rate of tuberculosis (TB) of any working...
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Africa's urban population is set to double within the next 25 years. As the region is still in the early stage of its urbanization process, it has a unique chance to avoid the mistakes made in other...
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Africa’s leaders see agriculture as an engine for overall economic development; in Sub-Saharan Africa it contributes 32 percent of gross domestic product and 65 percent of employment.
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Real narratives are complicated: Africa isn’t a country, and it's not a disaster zone, says reporter and researcher Leslie Dodson. In her talk, she calls for journalists, researchers and NGOs to stop...
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World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim led a fire-side conversation with LinkedIn Chief Executive Officer Jeff Weiner and investor and philanthropist Tony Elumelu, Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation...
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The series showcase the profile of young, bright, innovative entrepreneurs and experts to crowdsource solutions to real-life development issues in Africa such as the importance of the arts,...
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In this provocative talk, journalist Andrew Mwenda asks us to reframe the "African question" — to look beyond the media's stories of poverty, civil war and helplessness and see the opportunities for...
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Africa's international river basins are home to nearly 500 million people, or 65 percent of Africa's total population. Managing these important resources is critical for economic growth and vital for...
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In this moving talk, documentary photographer Kristen Ashburn shares unforgettable images of the human impact of AIDS in Africa.
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"How to make poverty history?"
Jacqueline Novogratz applauds the world's heightened interest in Africa and poverty, but argues persuasively for a new approach.
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