December 19, 2018
Joyce Banda Returns Home to Malawi—And Is Still Fighting
Now that JB is back home, what next? She’s running again as the only woman among five major presidential candidates in the May 2019 elections.
Tag: Africa
December 6, 2018
MCC’s Next Move: Forecasting FY2019 and the Shift to Regional Programming
On December 11, MCC will hold its end of the year board meeting to select which countries will be eligible for MCC’s FY2019 funds. As we do every year, CGD has been monitoring how countries perform on MCC’s scorecards, and examining the political climates and—where relevant—previous MCC program performance for countries likely to be up for debate.
November 19, 2018
“Billions to Trillions” is Not about Africa
It’s time for the MDBs to launch a realistic program for financing African infrastructure—a program that is appropriate for the realities of the region and the urgency of its infrastructure needs, writes Gyude Moore.
November 13, 2018
Are We Learning the Right Energy Lesson from Mobile Phones? The Energy Iceberg Says No
Mobile phones provide a useful insight for energy: not that you can leapfrog a modern power system, but that most energy use happens out of sight. In fact, less than 1% of the energy needed for a smartphone is used by the phone.
November 7, 2018
Entrepreneurship on the Rise in the Medical Supply Chain in Africa: A Tale of Four Pharmacy Disruptors
The IFC estimates that by 2030, developing countries will need up to $210 billion per year in new investment for health care assets to meet the growing healthcare demands of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This will require the current level of investment in healthcare in developing markets to triple. What may be almost as important as the money itself, however, is the prospective opportunity to catalyze the entrepreneurial spirit that is seeping its way into African markets. Here we look at how this entrepreneurialism is being leveraged in the pharmacy and supply chain space.
November 6, 2018
Uber and Taxify in Africa: Good Work or a Race to the Bottom?
What has the growth of ride-hailing platforms meant for employment in Africa? Taxify claims to have “hundreds of thousands” of drivers across the continent, but exact numbers are hard to come by.
November 6, 2018
Energy for Growth with Todd Moss – CGD Podcast
Todd Moss, CGD senior fellow and executive director of the recently-launched Energy for Growth Hub, on why the Hub was created, how big the energy gap is, and why the tradeoff between residential and industrial energy isn’t really a tradeoff at all.
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