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Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague

Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague 04 Mar 2021 Written by Baz Ratner Reporter, Reuters Kenya is battling locust plagues, spurred on by unusual weather patterns, caused by climate change,...

Are “Soft Issues” the growth path

Are “Soft Issues” the growth path Should the “Soft Issues” be the key focus for economic growth in Africa, Caribbean and Central America? It has long been the practice of most developing countries especially...

World Bank Group, Partners launch new initiative to expand A2F for MSMEs, drive growth, jobs in MENA

Cairo, Egypt, January 28, 2020 —The World Bank Group, in partnership with the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Switzerland, is launching a new, expanded phase of an advisory program to help improve access...

Seeing South Africa: Meeting Diepsloot’s dynamic youth entrepreneurs

They are young, dynamic and solving problems in their community—Diepsloot township, a mixed formal and informal settlement of 139,000 peopleorth of Johannesburg. These are some of the most impressive young women I met on...