Columnist / Jocelyne sambira
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 countrie...Published: 05 Dec 2015 at 08:15hrs | | 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 ra...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 17:48hrs | | 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 l...Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 20:32hrs | | by Jocelyne Sambira
US leads initiative to increase energy in Africa
In five years' time, Africa might see significant improvements in energy, thanks to a US-led initiative called "Power Africa" unveiled by President Barack Obama during a recent three-nation visit to t...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 15:44hrs | | 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 pati...Published: 07 Sep 2013 at 06:05hrs | | 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...Published: 07 Aug 2013 at 18:42hrs | | 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 phone√¢‚Ǩ‚Ã...Published: 06 Jun 2013 at 13:16hrs | | 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 huma...Published: 28 May 2013 at 19:16hrs | | 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...Published: 15 Feb 2013 at 18:01hrs | | 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...Published: 15 Feb 2013 at 18:06hrs | | by Jocelyne Sambira
New HIV infections are falling dramatically in Africa
Africa is pulling out all the stops in its race to curb the AIDS pandemic by 2015, a deadline set by UN member states. From making anti-retroviral drug therapy (ART) readily available to the masse...Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 19:34hrs | | 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...Published: 07 Aug 2012 at 16:24hrs | | by Jocelyne Sambira
For girls, 'it is possible to dream big'
...Published: 14 May 2012 at 16:17hrs | | by Jocelyne Sambira
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