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The report finds African governments impose average export tariffs of more than 13% on finished consumer goods, compared to under 4% for primary goods  ANALYSIS | JOHN BASQUILL |   Tariff structures in developing markets are holding back efforts to add value domestically and export finished goods, limiting firms’ access …

How continent is navigating decades-old obstacles to build robust vaccine industry ANALYSIS | The African Union has embarked on one of its most audacious health security missions: Ensuring that the continent manufacture 60% of its own vaccines by 2040. It currently manufactures a lowly 1% of the vaccines. However, since April …

The workshop urged regional governments to accelerate policy alignment to extend affordable mobile services to all member states Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Telecommunications experts have called for urgent policy changes to cut the cost of cross-border mobile services in Africa, as the continent moves towards a seamless digital market. …

Maps showing it distort reality – but some risks are real ANALYSIS | BRENDON J. CANNON | Global power dynamics in Africa are shifting, with China eclipsing the influence of the U.S. and France. China has become Africa’s single largest trading partner. In response, media and policymakers in traditionally dominant states …

NAIROBI, KENYA | THE INDEPENDENT | “Lights, Camera, Empowerment: Celebrating Women in Film for International Women’s Month” As the world celebrates International Women’s Day this month, the film and television industry is revealing itself as a powerful arena of gender transformation, and a highly effected vehicle for empowering women. This especially …

  Can the continent walk the talk? **** The African Union has embarked on one of its most audacious health security missions: Ensuring that the continent manufactures 60% of its own vaccines by 2040. Africa currently manufactures a lowly 1% of the vaccines. However, since April 2021, when the AU …

Prof. Francisca Mutapi, a global health expert suggests 4 ways to end the dependence HEALTH | FRANCISCA MUTAPI | There’s been a global trend in the reduction of aid to Africa since 2018. Donors are shifting their funding priorities in response to domestic and international agendas. Germany, France and Norway, for …

  Online bookmakers have become some of the most popular websites in many parts of the world. Once people realized the advantages of using such sites, they decided to focus on them instead of land-based operators. Although some sites are available in many countries, the truth is that they offer …

In East Asia, corruption `oils the wheels’ of business and governance, in Africa it `rusts the wheels’ COMMENT | CHRISTOPHER BURKE | Corruption is a global issue shaped by cultural, economic and political contexts that manifest differently across regions closely associated with development. East Asia and Africa both grapple with corruption, …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  African utility CEOs have called for transformative leadership to drive investment and self-sufficiency in the water and sanitation sector. The CEOs made the call at the CEO Forum, held on the sidelines of the 22nd African Water and Sanitation Association International Congress and …