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Burundi’s push for universal education
2 Oct 2012Offering free education, making it compulsory and supporting it politically has been the winning strategy behind Burundi’s successful bid to ensure that virtually all children get a primary school...
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‘A common vision for agriculture-led growth’
NEPAD adds value to Africa’s farming sector, says Glenn Denning
‘In 10 years, NEPAD has achieved a lot’
Ibrahim Mayaki, head of Africa’s partnership initiative
Africa's least developed: lands of opportunity
At the UN conference on LDCs, focus moves away from aid
Microfinance: What role in Africa's development?
Time to reassess the limits and strengths of small-scale lending
Peace in Sierra Leone, a project under construction
UN seeks to coordinate support for post-war development
A social media boom begins in Africa
More and more Africans are using mobile technologies to access social media tools on the Internet....
Ghana’s economy: hope rekindled
Drying cocoa in Ghana’s Ashanti Region: Will cocoa, the economy’s mainstay for the past century,...
Does financing benefit African women?
Few women in Africa work in regular, formal sector jobs, and even those generally earn too little...
Small loans widen horizons for the poor
Signing up for a loan with a community group’s microcredit programme in Kenya.Photograph: Panos...
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