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Mobile finance in Africa: where next?

M-services have forged a network of innovation and growth that is fostering new a business ecosystem for Africa

Spreading the wealth

Spreading the wealth

A growing body of research shows that agriculture sector growth is a powerful driver of poverty reduction

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Transforming subsistence farming into commercial enterprise

“One cannot underestimate the value of having conversations and building relationships to make change happen. If we do not start this dialogue on behalf of farmers, their voices will not always be heard”

Local sourcing is the future

Local sourcing is the future

“Partnerships have enabled us to achieve more and reach further”

Going global smallholders

Going global: The best way for smallholders?

“Unless business models are radically redesigned, the chances of successfully including the poorest farmers and local suppliers is small”

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Professionalising smallholder organisation in Africa

Africa’s smallholder organisations are teaming up with businesses and NGOs as they strive to professionalise and improve productivity

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Supporting agribusiness

In Africa, agribusiness – more than any other industry – has the potential to reduce poverty and drive economic growth.

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Microsoft strives to bring 80 percent of Kenyans online

The tech company’s ‘white spaces’ technology can bring internet to almost 30 million Kenyans, it believes

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Africa overseas

From SMEs to SAB, African companies are going global

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Building on Africa’s progress

Africa will not see better governance without progress on corporate governance.

For the launch of This Is Africa's agribusiness special report this June, our senior reporter speaks to Usha Rao-Monari, director of the Sustainable Business Advisory department at the International Finance Corporation

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Enabling environment is key to growth
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Andris Piebalgs, Michael Hailu,Ram Bhavani and Khalid Bomba

 

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Access+: A focus on education in Africa

This Is Africa takes an in-depth look at the state of education in Africa

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  • Learning Barometer - the first region-wide assessment of the state of education in 28 African countries 
  • Video interviews with key figures discussing with the post-Millennium Development Goals outlook

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