It's time to stop demonising Africa's energy companies. They have driven our economic progress - and who else is better placed today to drive the energy transition we need?

NJ Ayuk 19 Jan 2020

Africa

Countdown to Davos: what we need to do to scale up access to children’s surgical care

Six million children die a year due to lack of access to surgery. But there are solutions - and they'll be discussed at Davos.

Neema Kaseje · Medium 17 Jan 2020

SDG 07: Affordable and Clean Energy

Could the Sahara turn Africa into a solar superpower?

Installing solar panels in the Sahara desert in North Africa could provide renewable energy to millions of Europeans at low cost to the environment.

Will de Freitas · The Conversation 17 Jan 2020

SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Partnership, not ownership will turbocharge Africa’s economy

For Africa to flourish, foreign investors must help homegrown businesses become manufacturers and exporters.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem 15 Jan 2020

Africa

How Uganda's refugee farmers are sowing seeds of change

In Uganda, a developing country where land is still relatively plentiful, refugees are encouraged to build their own houses and use their gardens to grow food to supplement their rations

Claire Cozens · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 13 Jan 2020

Water

This town in Zimbabwe is running out of water

Residents of Zimbabwe's Bulawayo are being made to live without running water as the extended drought hampers the town's water resources.

Lungelo Ndhlovu · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 13 Jan 2020

Forests

How cocoa farming can help stop deforestation

The competing demands of farmers and conservationists are acute in the cocoa industry. If it can learn how to mitigate deforestation, others can too

Gerard A. Manley 09 Jan 2020

International Trade and Investment

How the FX market could unlock intra-Africa trade

The need to trade in dollars curbs SME productivity, profitability, and ability to access new markets.

Elizabeth Rossiello 09 Jan 2020

Water

A 6-year drought has devastated South Africa’s wildlife

With South African temperatures rising at twice the global average rate, drought is ruining crops - in turn killing animals which fuel the safari industry.

Tanisha Heiberg and Onke Ngcuka · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 08 Jan 2020

Africa

Africa's digital revolution: this is what you need to know

A new study looks at how prepared six African countries - Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa - are for the digital revolution.

Bhaskar Chakravorti and Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi · Harvard Business Review 20 Dec 2019

Africa

In 2100, half of the biggest countries in the world will be in Africa

This chart shows how Africa will overtake Asia in terms of population growth in the coming decades.

Katharina Buchholz · Statista 20 Dec 2019

Gender Parity

The geography of gender: where women work, economies grow

New global research shows surprising results for the highest rates of women business owners – but how can we move even further forward?

Ann Cairns 19 Dec 2019

Climate Change

Flooding is predicted to displace 50 million people a year by 2100. What's being done?

Population growth, more intense rainfall and melting ice are likely to cause more frequent and severe floods.

Megan Rowling and Thomson Reuters Foundation · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 13 Dec 2019

Plastics and the Environment

This entrepreneur built an island resort out of plastic waste

Turning a problem into a business opportunity, this entrepreneur wants you to spend your next holiday on his floating island made from trash.

Emma Charlton 13 Dec 2019

Africa

Empowering Chad’s women and girls through digital access

In Chad, Africa, women are being educated on the uses of mobile technology to reduce the gap in gender inequality

Nellie Peyton · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 13 Dec 2019

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Africa will develop with oil and gas - whether the West likes it or not

Countdown to Davos: what we need to do to scale up access to children’s surgical care

Could the Sahara turn Africa into a solar superpower?

Partnership, not ownership will turbocharge Africa’s economy

How Uganda's refugee farmers are sowing seeds of change

This town in Zimbabwe is running out of water

How cocoa farming can help stop deforestation

How the FX market could unlock intra-Africa trade

A 6-year drought has devastated South Africa’s wildlife

Africa's digital revolution: this is what you need to know

In 2100, half of the biggest countries in the world will be in Africa

The geography of gender: where women work, economies grow

Flooding is predicted to displace 50 million people a year by 2100. What's being done?

This entrepreneur built an island resort out of plastic waste

Empowering Chad’s women and girls through digital access

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