Togo’s government wants rural communities to produce their own, affordable electricity Africa is suffering from a major shortage of power despite having huge potential. According to the World Bank, the...
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Has Africa’s time for hydropower passed?
Africa has vast untapped sources of hydroelectricity but climate change, particularly droughts, raises questions about sustainability. Hydroelectricity has an attractive appeal for Africa. It can provide a baseload - a...
East African food forests
Agro-ecology enterprises are helping to cushion African farmers and smallholders against climate change, improve nutrition and generate income. Chirping birds welcome you to Bio Gardening Innovations (BIOGI) a local...
The West African kingdom that became a country
Togo: the German legacy Togo’s accession to the modern age of international politics could be said to have begun in July 1884, when the protectorate treaty with Germany was signed In 1883, the German chancellor, Otto...
Rising stock: African capital markets
By Simon Allison Ironically, Africa’s chronic economic underdevelopment may now be its greatest opportunity. After so many decades of sluggish economic growth and lagging far behind other continents, Africa can be...
Africa’s industrialisation
Why manufacturing is key to creating jobs and building diversified economies Can the continent make it? By Ronak Gopaldas Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana produce 53% of the world’s cocoa. But the supermarket...
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