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African aid effectiveness will face greater scrutiny

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AFRICA

Many African leaders are fearful that aid budgets will soon fall due to some Western governments adopting more isolationist foreign policies. This would have a negative effect on…

Progress countering HIV/AIDS in Africa may be at risk

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AFRICA

HIV and AIDS have slipped from the public radar in recent years but nonetheless remains a serious health challenge across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Efforts to control the epidemic…

Facebook seeks new users and markets as troubles mount

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INTERNATIONAL

Facebook's troubles and business response.

Digital election technology faces obstacles in Africa

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AFRICA

In Nigeria’s 2023 elections, a new system making polling station-level results available online largely failed, fuelling distrust in the political and electoral system. An app…

Doubts grow over reforms for Africa's fragile states

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AFRICA

International state-building aid and interventions in Africa.

South-South cooperation has a long way to go

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INTERNATIONAL

Foreign development assistance from and to countries in the ‘Global South’ aims to disrupt not only the established direction of aid flows from the northern to the southern…

Global CSR rethink is likely ahead

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INTERNATIONAL

Outlook for corporate social responsibility.

Cash relief could help states mitigate risks in Africa

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AFRICA

To date, traditional aid programmes and subsidies have had little effect on reducing persistent poverty and inequality. This is leading donors to push regional states to extend…

African impact investment will need more local content

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AFRICA

Impact investment in Africa.

COVID-19 crisis will hurt Africa’s informal sector

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AFRICA

Domestic policies and international aid designed to counter the economic impacts will have only limited reach into informal economies, despite their key role in continental…