Technology
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Only Full Stomachs Loathe Biotechnology |
| Capacity building in biotechnology, including biosafety, is vital and we need to work on this. Africa has learned to adapt other complex technologies to its purposes such as IT and vaccines for human health. Biotechnology should be no different.... |
Development
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Women Lose Footing in Anti Poverty Race |
| In Africa, the productive and reproductive role of women is taken to be a woman’s main responsibility and highest aspiration in life. This makes them devote more of their time on household responsibilities rather than income generation and only engage in business mainly to supplement family incomes.... |
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PhD: Pilfering of High Degree? |
| The worst part of corruption in Africa is that the thieving elites do not invest the booty in their own country as did America's "robber barons" in the nineteenth century. Rather, they lavishly spend the booty on mistresses, luxurious automobiles, fabulous mansions -- on consumption, not productive ventures.... |
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Kick-starting the Bottom of the Pyramid |
| We mingle with ordinary citizens to identify their constraints, market demands and business enterprises that they can earn a living from. We then design and develop equipment geared at meeting the need. If the technology is already somewhere, we source it. If not, we have an entire department of engineering that can handle most innovations.... |
Q&A
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From Theory to Practice |
| The gap between the rich and the poor is too big. In my village, I see families that have no basic needs. These poor people have land and a few of them have businesses such as groceries, but they lack the skills to manage their farms and businesses... |
Profiles
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History of Lagos |
| Lagos was the capital of Nigeria from 1914 – 1976 and lost its status to Abuja on December 12, 1991. It was stripped of this title when the Federal Capital Territory was established at the purpose-built city of Abuja.... |
Commentary
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Constituency Development Fund: A Critique |
| The establishment of the CDF program is an expression of continued faith in decentralization and frustration with the poor – indeed fatal – performance of all previous models of decentralization. How well is the legal and organizational framework of the CDF program suited for the realization of development goals in Kenya in the light of theoretical precepts of decentralization?... |
Finance and Banking
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Uchumi Shutdown: Who is the Loser? |
| As the market slowly readjusts from the Uchumi shutdown, we are bound to see more and more people turning from low cap stocks to high caps. In such a case, company’s management structures will stand a big test as investors take a cautious stand on what a good pick is and what to completely stay away from.... |
News Round Up
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Africa Goes for Growth |
| Africa should not rely solely on foreign aid to alleviate poverty and create jobs but look to itself for solutions to poverty and unemployment.... |
Agriculture
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GMO: Which Way for Africa? |
| Attempts to introduce and implement agricultural biotechnologies have received varied reactions in third world countries but concerned authorities and stakeholders should weigh both potential benefits and risks by putting in place frameworks that address controversial concerns raised regarding the adoption of GMOs.... |
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Buffering the Sheaves |
| African rural farmers have varied ways of keeping their harvest safe. While a few of them opt for modern techniques of crop storage, the rest, perhaps as a result of poor regard to their harvests and limited education fail to adopt proper ways that enhance the safety of harvested crops.... |
