More Production, More Growth
Trevor Manuel is South Africa’s Minister of Finance and one of 17 members of the Commission for Africa. eAfrica spoke to him at the presentation of the CFA findings to 11 former African heads of state in Johannesburg, South Africa.
An Income for Life
Last year, Neo Chitombo became pregnant with her third child. Unemployed, she turned to Thari ya Basadi – an income-generating project for women living with HIV in Botswana.
Boosting African Research to Fight AIDS
IN THE global fight against HIV and AIDS, not all research is created equal. One of the most significant challenges in the field of HIV research has been adequately investigating the various forms of the human immunodeficiency virus.
EDITORIAL: Turning Rhetoric into Reality
TO RAISE awareness and fight for resources, international aid agencies and advocacy groups produce a regular flow of symbolic campaigns and supposedly seminal strategy reports.
Africa’s Parliamentarians Must Add Beef to the PAP
The mixed results from the Pan African Parliament’s (PAP) third sitting last month provide food for thought.
$50 Oil – Better Governance and the Crisis That Wasn’t
High oil prices look set to stay, but Africa is coping far better than during the 1970s oil shocks
Is Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Crusade for Real?
AFTER years of inaction on graft, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has recently sacked or charged six top officials with corruption, including two ministers, the senate president and the inspector-general of the police.
EDITORIAL: The Aid Industry Needs Reform
THE New Partnership for Africa’s Development is built on one crucial but unexamined assumption: that more aid will lead to more development.
Comment: Taxing Africa to Death
High taxes on drugs drive up health costs and block access to treatment for Africa’s poor, says medical researcher Richard Tren
Battle for Control of African Development Bank
DEADLOCK over the election of a new president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) at last month’s annual meeting threatens the bank’s bid to become a major channel for the fresh aid to Africa as proposed by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development.