The trade in skin-whitening creams is a sign of internalised racist ideas of beauty

Bio-fortified crops can improve both nutrition and economic growth in Zambia

Rwanda and Burundi are normalising relations after a nearly six-year dispute

Africa does not have a homogenous, progressive and fast growing middle class

African income disparities hamper the growth of a middle class

African countries need major reforms for their middle classes to grow

Tanzania is launching a multifaceted programme to boost adult literacy rates

Sun-drying mangoes solves a market-access problem for smallholder farmers

Coliba is a young formal-sector company that specialises in the recycling of plastic waste in Abidjan

Malawi says ‘no’ to WHO advice to hold on to expired Covid-19 vaccines