Improving local governments’ performance is vital because it is the governance sphere that is closest to local communities, local businesses, and local economic activities. It is in the best interest of companies...
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Angola’s oil riches stream into the pockets of an entrenched elite
Oil-rich Angola is one of the most talked-about investment destinations in Africa, but behind the economic boom there is an impoverished and disenfranchised population burdened with some of the worst social indicators...
SOUTH AFRICA: A prescription for good governance in health
When then Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi used a state hospital in 2013, the event was unusual enough to make headlines. Until then, it would have been unheard of for a senior politician to use a public hospital. The...
C-19: Ethiopia and the rule of law
Hardly any of Ethiopia’s state parastatals epitomise the old-fashioned way of doing business more than the National Lottery Administration (NLA). The NLA was first incorporated in 1953, by imperial decree. Were it not...
Banking on benevolence
Malawi: infrastructure After fifty years of ‘overlooking’ economic growth, Malawi plans to encourage public-private partnerships to fund infrastructure development By Collins Mtika For years, Malawi has banked on the...
What are the odds?
SDG 9: Innovation, infrastructure and sustainable development Africa’s lack of infrastructure is becoming particularly noticeable in an era of technological innovation By Yunus Momoniat Even in 1972, when the term...
