Delegates worry about the bank’s reputation, including the dominance of developed country donors and lack of climate-savviness in its operations.
Housing policies promoted by international organisations such as the World Bank since the 1980s have stimulated housing markets to address this demand.
Somali piracy was a major threat to the region and the world economy at its height in 2011. That year alone, Somali pirates carried out 212 attacks, costing the world economy Sh2.8 trillion.
For those working on African city sustainability, the mountain to climb is particularly high. Seventy per cent of African cities have high vulnerability to climate shocks.
Firstly, it’s good to know what amount of debt is okay to hold. Secondly, be picky about who you borrow money from.
The Sahara acts as a gate. It controls the dispersal of species between north and sub-Saharan Africa, and in and out of the continent.
According to one 2017 study in a private university, 80% of students were taught by part-timers.
Cape Verde was on track to eliminate malaria, but in 2017 recorded its “worst malaria outbreak” since 1991 with 423 cases.
Post-colonial political leaders in Africa largely view charismatic Pentecostal prophets as allies leading to leniency in dealing with allegations of rape, corruption and fraud.
In 2023, there were times when households and businesses had no power for up to 11 hours a day. Eskom has warned that load shedding will be worse in 2024.
For people living with chronic health conditions such as arthritis, diabetes and cancer, the health system can seem impersonal and impractical.
Eskom, South Africa’s State-owned power utility, struggles to generate and supply a stable flow of electricity to meet demand.
25 per cent of adults and over 75 per cent of adolescents worldwide are not meeting the World Health Organization’s physical activity recommendations.
Study shows countries such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe, have enough projects in the pipeline to potentially transition away from fossil fuels by 2050.
In fact, research shows that children with dyslexia are more than a hundred times more likely to receive a diagnosis and educational support than children with dyscalculia.
Sugar is a class of naturally occurring sweet-tasting molecules found in fruits, vegetables, plants and the milk of mammals.
Rising water levels at many of the feeding lakes are decimating the cyanobacteria the birds have evolved to eat.
The reduction in cyclone deaths in Bangladesh was thanks to a long-term education, preparedness, warning, evacuation and sheltering programme.
ANC has been in power since South Africa became a democracy in 1994. The party has been electorally dominant since then, reaching a peak of 69.7 per cent of national votes in 2004.
Cooking your food in aluminium pots or pans isn’t a bad thing, placing it in foil and putting it in the oven is problematic.
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