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Fighting chance

Angola is punctuated by armoured-vehicle wrecks and weaponry that is no longer used, even though its civil war ended more than 10... Read more
7 Mar, 2016
Special insight

Special insight

Approximately 21 000 school children in Kenya’s Trans-Nzoia county have been screened for visual impairment, with the help of a smartphone... Read more
7 Mar, 2016

Special insight

Approximately 21 000 school children in Kenya’s Trans-Nzoia county have been screened for visual impairment, with the help of a smartphone... Read more
7 Mar, 2016
Hit after hit

Hit after hit

Africa’s first legal, home-grown music-downloads platform was recently launched in Senegal. Its mission: to promote the continent’s artists and... Read more
7 Mar, 2016

Hit after hit

Africa’s first legal, home-grown music-downloads platform was recently launched in Senegal. Its mission: to promote the continent’s artists and... Read more
7 Mar, 2016

Health warning

In South Africa, the cost of private healthcare more than tripled from ZAR42 billion to ZAR142 billion between 2002... Read more
1 Mar, 2016
Making history

Making history

Eritrea is one of the poorest and most isolated countries in Africa, yet its array of modernist architecture is among the largest globally,... Read more
1 Mar, 2016
Watch this space

Watch this space

A pay-as-you-go home solar-energy system was introduced to low-income earners in rural Kenya around four years ago, providing approximately 300... Read more
1 Mar, 2016

Watch this space

A pay-as-you-go home solar-energy system was introduced to low-income earners in rural Kenya around four years ago, providing approximately 300... Read more
1 Mar, 2016

Health warning

In South Africa, the cost of private healthcare more than tripled from ZAR42 billion to ZAR142 billion between 2002... Read more
1 Mar, 2016