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Sub-Saharan Africa
Entrepreneurship

Safeguarding long term viability

Entrepreneurs must consider their companies’ environmental and social impacts, but also ensure financial sustainability

Infrastructure

Clean water in the fight against corona virus

In the fight against Covid-19, a NGO in Zimbabwe provides urban slum dwellers with hand-washing stations

Africa-Europe partnership

Building bridges

VENRO is calling for more participation from local actors in the AU-EU partnership

Domestic violence

Taking cover

Zimbabwean women are experiencing a wave of domestic violence

Sex education

Keeping girls in school

Burundi is bringing into schools a traditional method of sex-education counseling for teenagers, with good early results

Informal sector

Devastated businesses

Zambia’s informal sector has been hit hard by Covid-19 lockdown

Mobile phones

Ringing up sales

Little-known Chinese brands are taking over the smartphone market in Zambia

Environment

Running dry

Zimbabwe’s drought drags on, causing severe hardships across the population and with no end in sight

Change of power in Mali

Civil society sees political awakening

Mali’s military takeover creates opportunities to meet the needs of the people

Governance

Suppressing dissenters during lockdown

Western embassies urge Zimbabwe’s government not to use Covid-19 as a cover for breaching human rights

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