Agri Focus
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CAADP Holds Hope for Africa's Food Security |
| CAADP stakeholders ought to ensure that the progress made in Gambia translateds into effective and sustainable investment programmes.... |
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Climate Change: Agricultural Winners and Losers in East Africa |
| Climate change will have highly variable impacts on East Africas vital maize and bean harvests over the next two to four decades, presenting growers and livestock keepers with both threats and opportunities.... |
Business Calendar
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7th ARB Meeting: Probing Governance and Prosperity in Africa |
| What standards of measurement should Africa adopt in its quest for better governance and prosperity?... |
Development
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Africa's Interests Besieged |
| What should the younger African generation do to make the continent a safe place for its citizens?... |
Q&A
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The 'Atinga' Development Model |
| The vast majority of the African people who produce Africas real wealth cash crops, diamonds, gold and other minerals live in the traditional and informal sectors.... |
Commentary
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Legislators' Sacco: Uganda Must Excercise Prudence |
| Uganda has a new generation of voters who shall not be fed on deception and manipulation.... |
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Dead Aid or Wrong Approach? |
| Aid has neither solved Africa's problems nor spurred expected development. Recipients have become chronic beggars.... |
Finance and Banking
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Can the Effects of Global Financial Crisis be Mitigated? |
| The roles of the IMF should be reviewed to adapt to a new international financial environment which is being increasingly affected by effects of recurring financial crises.... |
News Round Up
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US Market Open to African Goods |
| Despite the economic downturn, the $11-trillion US market still offers many opportunities to African entrepreneurs... |
Health
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Malaria Control in Southern Africa Study Misleading |
| This study should not be used to argue against the use of DDT in malaria control in South Africa or elsewhere.... |
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Malaria Vaccine: Beginning of the End of Malaria War? |
| Developing a vaccine against malaria, a scientific challenge for decades, is critical to defeating the disease.... |
Feature
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Africa Must Resist Academic Racism |
| Africans are made to sway like leaves on the wind, impervious and indifferent to any form of civilization, a people absent from scientific discovery, philosophy or the higher arts.... |
Human Rights
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Uganda Land Disputes an Impending Volcano |
| The government ought to pay careful attention to the concerns raised by Ugandan citizens during the ongoing policy review process.... |
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Are Child Rights Turning Disastrous? |
| The overemphasis on child rights at the expense of child responsibility has raised a generation of passive and litigious youths who though clamoring for leadership roles, are a recipe for disaster.... |