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Sub-Saharan Africa
Gender

Multiple loss

With the death of their husband, Ugandan women usually lose their land too

Social media

Democracy needs more than hashtags

Better-off Zimbabweans use social media to demand political change

Urban development

Learning from one another

Municipal development cooperation: Aachen and Cape Town break new ground

Sex education

Baby dumping

Lack of knowledge about contraception leads to unwanted pregnancies in Ghana

Development policy

Managing migration in Africa

The point is to improve living condition, not to thwart flight

Jobs

“Incentives for behaviour change”

Wecyclers help to tackle garbage challenge in Lagos, Nigeria

Recycling

From garbage to innovation

In Uganda, some women earn their money recycling plastic

Human security

“Do not close the camps”

Residents of Dadaab and Kakuma are in despair because of Kenyan government’s decision to close camps

Urban rubbish

The cleanest city in Sierra Leone

Bo's city council is setting new standards for waste disposal

Value chains

Promoting the recycling economy

In the city of Bo in Sierra Leone recycling lowers costs and creates new jobs

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