Once hailed in the early 2000s as the ideal solution to Africa's internet access challenges, fiber optic networks have struggled to expand steadily. However, after significant advancements in ...

One map reproduced by a US congressional committee ... For over a decade, I have researched the interactions of sub-Saharan Africa with other states like Turkey, Arab Gulf states, Japan and China. In ...

Global power dynamics in Africa are shifting, with China eclipsing the influence of the US and France. China has become Africa’s single largest trading partner. In response, media and policymakers in ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, payment apps that have attempted to evolve into super apps, like SoftBank-backed Opay, have seen little success. Gozem, however, is seeing traction thanks to ...

The latest Forum, the largest so far with around 700 delegates from 89 countries, was intentionally organised in Kigali, Rwanda, to reflect the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This paper explores export and import dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), both regionally and across various country ...

Nature-based solutions are gaining traction in Sub-Saharan Africa, with investment growing by approximately 15% annually since 2012. However, funding remains a fraction of what is needed to build ...

Government efficiency has come to Washington, D.C., and USAID needs a helping hand. Reassessing America’s role in the developing world is critical, and USAID’s shutdown is a key step in that ...

He set his sights on Kenya, his country’s neighbor to the south, where he found a job in a cafe, then farther south still, to South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest economy, where he had ...

In just five years, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will overtake infectious illnesses as the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa, experts have warned. The prediction comes at a time the ...

“The partnership between the United Nations and the African Union has never been stronger,” said the UN chief, striking a positive tone from the outset. “Together, we see an Africa brimming with hope ...

While primary infertility – the inability to conceive a first pregnancy – is relatively uncommon in Sub-Saharan Africa, secondary infertility, where individuals struggle to conceive again after a ...