May 25 2022
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We're celebrating #AfricaDay by hearing from innovators on how they are helping transform Africa into a global powerhouse of the future. Join the #RFBreakthrough discussion live featuring panelists:
William Asiko, @The …
May 17 2022
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In 2013 the Africa Union developed AGENDA 2063 as Africa's blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. The continent embarked on this plan …
Apr 12 2022
When the Covid-19 pandemic began, only a single lab in Malawi was working to sample SARS-CoV-2 viruses in this country of 19.55 million people. Only four people were working in …
Oct 07 2021
Agriculture accounts for 40% of Ethiopia’s GDP, employing about three-quarters of the country's workforce. Three quarters of farmers are smallholders who work on farms of about 2 acres, earning $707 …
Oct 07 2021
Uganda has the 7th highest inland fishery production in the world: the sector supports the livelihoods of over 5.3 million Ugandans and provides direct employment to over 1.2 million people. …
Oct 06 2021
Nigeria has Africa’s 5th largest cattle herd, yet the country imports most of the milk it consumes – $1.3 billion worth per year. Small scale pastoralists account for 95% of …
Sep 23 2021
Press Releases
Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation to expand pathogen surveillance capability in Africa New York, Nairobi and Stellenbosch | September 23, 2021 – Today Stellenbosch University, the University of KwaZulu-Natal and …
Sep 21 2021
Perspective
I grew up in a small farm in eastern Kenya. My family planted various crops, hoping to boost our income. On one occasion, an extension agent brought us some seeds …
Sep 21 2021
Press Releases
The Rockefeller Foundation study finds that investing in distributed renewable energy systems creates 30 times more jobs and saves 4 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil fuel …
Sep 01 2021
Perspective
The Covid-19 Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF) is an alliance of 16 governments, foundations, and investors, providing emergency capital to off-grid energy providers in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia in order …