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Financing Africa's development agenda

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will build on the expiring Millennium Development Goals, which were launched in 2000 to end extreme poverty by 2015. What do the SDGs mean for African countries? Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretar…

Published: 05 Dec 2015 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Jocelyne Sambira

Borrowing responsibly: Africa's debt challenge

Countries may be borrowing too much and too fast It's been a rough year for the West African countries most affected by the Ebola virus that has ravaged their communities and crippled their economies, disrupting agriculture and trade.Forec…

Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 17:48hrs | 1 | by Jocelyne Sambira

Hunting for Eurobonds

Views split on sub-Saharan Africa's debut in the international markets Attracted by the prevailing low interest rates, cash-strapped African countries looking to borrow money on international private markets are increasingly turning to Eur…

Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 20:32hrs | | by Jocelyne Sambira

Tapping migration wealth to fund development

African diaspora remittances can reduce poverty In a small and stuffy room in midtown Manhattan, some people are filling in forms while others wait patiently in line to submit them. It is spring in New York City but the sweltering heat and…

Published: 07 Sep 2013 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Jocelyne Sambira

Influencing policy is 'not a numbers game'

More women in Africa enter public office, but still wield little power "If you want to be influential in the political arena, you need to influence policy," Betty Kaari Murungi, a social justice advocate, recently told a room filled with f…

Published: 07 Aug 2013 at 18:42hrs | 12 | by Jocelyne Sambira

Africa's mobile youths drive change, Cell phones reshape youth cultures

The sight of teenagers selling mushrooms using mobile phones is becoming a familiar one in rural Namibia. Namibia Polytechnic faculty member Maurice Nkusi, designer of a cell phoneâˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ„Ãºbased curriculum, told the TechDailyNews…

Published: 06 Jun 2013 at 13:16hrs | 1 | by Jocelyne Sambira

ICC stretched to its limits in Africa

Congolese rebel Bosco Ntaganda is the latest African to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Mr. Ntaganda faces several counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity including the rape, murder, sexual slave…

Published: 28 May 2013 at 19:16hrs | | by Jocelyne Sambira

'Take away the guns,' women tell UN envoy

Imagine being charged $100 for a medical certificate issued by a doctor proving that you have been raped before you can go after the culprit - and then during his trial having to feed the man who raped you.Recounting such stories, Zainab B…

Published: 15 Feb 2013 at 18:06hrs | | by Jocelyne Sambira

Texting your way to health

Message telling you when and how to take your diabetes medication. Or a voice mail reminding you of your next mammogram. That's what two UN agencies are hoping to do with mobile technology to save lives, reduce illness and disability and b…

Published: 15 Feb 2013 at 18:01hrs | 1 | by Jocelyne Sambira

Malawi revives debate on gay rights

By selling the presidential jet and getting rid of 60 limousines driven by high-ranking officials, Joyce Banda, Malawi's new president, is making waves. But even before trimming the fat from the state budget, Ms. Banda made headlines when …

Published: 07 Aug 2012 at 16:24hrs | 1 | by Jocelyne Sambira

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Columnist / Jocelyne sambira

Charamba 'explains' the Catholic land saga

CIO boss Mangwanya, Minister Machakaire impersonated in Zimbabwe's Cross-Border fraud scheme

VP Chiwenga Applauds US$30 Million Orange Juicing Plant in Beitbridge

Man Jailed for Dagga Possession and Distribution

Mliswa takes aim at Charamba over handling of Geza protests

Chiefs raise alarm over resource extraction without community compensation

Harare prepaid water meter roll-out begins

Hopewell Chin’ono: Zimbabwe Is a Supermarket for South Africa

Mnangagwa's time 'running out'

The cartels running the Harare's transport system

Flooded rivers disrupt rural school attendance, government urged to act

Police launch manhunt for child kidnapper

Zimbabwe to introduce POS machines at police roadblocks

Zimbabwe's honest cop returns wallet with US$4,000

Zanu-PF activists invade school land, block road

Police crack down on illegal firearms as amnesty nears end

Lands officer of corruption in land allocations

Bodies of SA horror accident victims arrive at Beitbridge border post

Harare gives 7-day ultimatum to remove abandoned cars

3 dead, 18 injured in Harare-Mutare road head-on crash

Banks demand clarity on AI rules as compliance concerns grow

Woman found naked on in-laws' veranda

Man (42) impregnates minor (15) twice

Zimbabwe's statistics system crippled by antiquate laws

Chinese firm, Chief clash over mining rights

Gono not yet off the hook

Hunt for steel dries up Munyati river

Zimbabwean banks overcharging clients

Ministries defy Mnangagwa office's ban on looting

CIO bursts WhatsApp extortion web scam