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  • Ask our youth: How can we farm for billions?

    September 6, 2013 Editor 0

    Agriculture offers promising employment opportunities for Africa’s youth– if they can be convinced the work is worth the reward. If the world’s poorest continent hopes to feed its growing population and create employment opportunities for future generations, then agricultural initiatives must encourage innovation to advance farming productivity. And with the world’s youngest and fastest growing […]

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  • Crowdsourcing ideas to co-create a smarter future

    February 27, 2013 Editor 0

    Submitted by Oleg Petrov on Tue, 2013-02-26 11:42 In preparation for the February 28 ICT Solutions Day, the World Bank ICT team is piloting a crowdsourcing initiative to develop innovative ICT-enabled solutions for client countries. Thanks to innovations in information and communication technologies (ICT), individuals around the world can now be active participants in the […]

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  • Key Takeaways from the World Bank’s 2012 Maximizing Mobile Report

    October 1, 2012 Editor 0

    As of 2012, nearly three-quarters of the world’s population has access to a mobile phone. Soon it will be common knowledge that the developing world is more dependent on mobile applications than even developed countries. After all, mobile applications are quickly strengthening agriculture, health, money, governance, and entrepreneurship in developing regions.

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  • Nano ‘tea bag’ purifies water

    August 22, 2010 Editor 0

    [CAPE TOWN] Scientists have reversed the action of the humble herbal tea bag to purify water on a small scale. Instead of infusing water with flavour, a sachet sucks up toxic contamination when fitted into the neck of a water bottle. The researchers, at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, hope communities that have no water-cleaning facilities […]

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  • African Diaspora Key to the Continent’s Development: World Bank

    April 7, 2008 Editor 0

    African Diaspora―defined as peoples of African descent/origin living outside the continent―play an increasingly important role in the continent’s development, both through the financial resources they send back to their home countries and through their professional expertise. According to a 2005 World Bank report, remittances flows from the African Diaspora are in excess of $4-6 billion […]

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