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More than a trend: Africa is becoming better by the year at reforming its business environment
November 28, 2016 Editor 0
“Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity For All” was released on October 25, and it marked record progress for the business environment reform agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa. Implementing 80 of the 283 reforms recorded globally, Sub-Saharan Africa once again claims the status of the world’s top reforming region. Beyond the record reform count, this year is […]
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Next generation of Africa’s agricultural researchers RISING
September 1, 2016 Editor 0
From East to West Africa,post-graduate students supported by Africa RISING are completing their research studies….and sharing their findings.In this brief,we feature four students who’ve recently defended their research theses – Clarisse Umutoni, Shitindi Mawazo, Daniel Apalibe and Alagma Henry. They are among a cohort of 47 MSc and 15 PhD students supported by the Africa […]
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Prioritizing climate-smart livestock interventions in Africa
June 21, 2016 Editor 0
Around the world, there is a pressing need for wide-scale innovation leading to development that improves the livelihoods and food security of the world’s population while at the same time addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation. While there are various promising climate-smart interventions, prioritizing them is a challenge. In this paper, the authors provide a […]
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Developing a clean seed system for sweetpotato and cassava: A Bio-Innovate Program initiative
April 23, 2015 Editor 0
Moses Njiriri with virus free sweetpotato vines to sell to other farmers (Photo credit: Albert Mwangi/Bio-Innovate) In most of Africa, sweetpotato and cassava are the staple food and nutrition security crops that play a key role as food security and income generating crops particularly when the mainstream crops e.g. cereals have poor harvests. Cassava is […]
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Ten African innovators vie for $100 000 award
April 13, 2015 Editor 0
After receiving a record 925 applications from 41 countries for its yearly Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) awards, the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has shortlisted ten nominees who remain in the running for the $100 000 grand prize. Launched by the AIF in 2011, the IPA awards rewarded innovators for their home-grown, market-led innovations that […]
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The African Rural University for Women, Uganda
April 6, 2015 Editor 0
“An emerging major policy focus for Africa is its increasing capacity to feed itself and become an important player in global food trade. Equally important is the inequality between men and women when it comes to access to land, credit, technology and other agricultural inputs. This is particularly important given the fact that majority of […]
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