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Two Zimbabweans among top 16 finalists in Next Einstein Forum innovation competition
by Contributors - Mar 27, 2018By Andrew Mambondiyani Kigali, Rwanda – The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung, has announced the top 16 finalists for its... -
How Rural Malawi Farmers are Dealing with Fall armyworm in Absence of Pesticide
by Contributors - Feb 15, 2018By Deogracias Benjamin Kalima MALAWI — The prolonged dry spell which hit most parts of Malawi in the past few weeks is gradually coming to an end. While there has been rainfall in parts of the country,... -
Poisoned by poachers, Zimbabwe’s vultures face extinction
by Contributors - Feb 14, 2018By Andrew Mambondiyani ZIMBABWE – When park rangers took a routine flight over Gonarezhou National Park, in south-eastern Zimbabwe, last May, they spied a grisly scene. An elephant, deprived by poachers of its tusks, lay dead... -
Will A New Financing Model Enable Small-Scale Farmers Save Nigeria From Food Crisis?
by Contributors - Jan 26, 2018By Gbenga Ogundare In 2017, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) warned Nigeria against impending famine and malnutrition. The IFPRI Director-General, Shenggen Fan, said Africa’s most populous country has been sliding down the scale of... -
Economic Transformation of Africa’s Rural Areas Key to Curtailing Migration
by Contributors - Dec 19, 2017African Development Bank Group – On the occasion of International Migrants Day, December 18, the African Development Bank calls on African countries to reconstruct rural areas from zones of economic misery to zones of economic prosperity. This... -
Future of Africa’s youth dominates agenda at EU-Africa Business Forum
by Contributors - Nov 28, 2017The 6th EU-Africa Business Forum opened in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on Monday, with an emphasis on job creation and investment in young people. The central theme of the Forum is “Investing in Job Creation for Youth.”... -
Making Connections Between Health, Agriculture, And The Environment
by Contributors - Nov 9, 2017“Many studies examining HIV prevalence declines have implicated sexual behavior change but do not appear to have adequately considered the contribution of rural-urban migration.” By Andrew Mambondiyani: It is an accepted fact in the AIDS... -
Community Watch: Aba Oyo, Where Words And Food Should Mean More
by Contributors - Oct 30, 2017By Oghnenechovwen O. Christopher: Aba Oyo, Nigeria – “Our journey there is about halfway done,” someone says from the rear of the single file. Forty-two minutes past of trekking through the thin – often depressed – bush... -
How Climate-Change Spreads Mosquito-Borne Diseases
by Contributors - Oct 25, 2017By Andrew Mambondiyani Antwerp, Belgium– Climate-change is contributing to the spreading and worsening of mosquito-borne diseases, experts have said. Various experts at 10th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) in Antwerp, Belgium concurred... -
A Journalist’s Passion For Health Issues Goes Beyond Reporting
by Contributors - Oct 23, 2017By Andrew Mambondiyani Bharathi Ghanashyam, an award-winning journalist based in India, has a passion for health issues in developing countries that transcends mere journalism. And when she talked about health challenges in developing countries at...