Carl Manlan is the COO of the Ecobank Foundation and a 2016 Aspen New Voices Fellow
With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to overwhelm much of Africa, companies on the continent must broaden their perspective. Instead of focusing on short-term returns for owners and inv...
People are the world’s most important resource, yet stunting in children limits human capabilities and reduces current investment in the future. Fortunately, the rapid growth of digital t...
African leaders continue to discuss their countries’ health-care systems in terms of funding gaps. In fact, those gaps will close only when Africa is viewed as an investment destination, ...
LOMÉ – Le secteur de la santé en Afrique représente une importante filière d’investissement que la Commission économique pour l’Afrique dont la valeur est estimée par les Nations unies à ...
If every African with the means contributed a dollar a month for a year to pool their own resources, the continent could move from charity case to wealth creator. But to achieve this shif...
India has lately been pursuing an ambitious goal: a cashless economy. Despite early missteps and frustrations, it will turn out to be a change for the better for the country’s 1.31 billi...
Últimamente, la India ha apuntado a un ambicioso objetivo: una economía sin dinero en efectivo. A pesar de los primeros errores y frustraciones, resultará ser un cambio para mejor para lo...
The billions of dollars in aid delivered to Africa annually may do the continent much good, but it cannot deliver a solution to poverty. Only creating more high-quality jobs can do that. ...
