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Sub-Saharan Africa
Refugees

Earning a living with pottery

To escape poverty, a young refugee started to sell self-made pottery in Uganda and succeeded

Infrastructure

Policy recommendations

Rural revitalisation is essential for transforming rural areas, not only in Africa

Rural development

Rurbanomics

Revitalising rural areas means improving infrastructure and boosting people’s opportunities

KfW

Cooperation with Africa has never been this exciting!

Africa has many resources and opportunities, says Helmut Gauges, head of the head of KfW’s Africa Division

Food

Re-engineering the value chain

Twiga is improving livelihoods by linking smallholder banana growers to informal urban retailers in Nairobi

Development strategy

Attitudinal change

In view of poverty, food insecurity and environmental degradation, Ethiopia urgently needs comprehensive rural reforms

Poverty

Urban food insecurity

Urban hunger is an under-rated problem, for example in Nairobi

Municipal governance

Farming in the metropolis

Low-income Nairobians mitigate hunger and malnutrition by growing their own food

Obituary

Our correspondent was found dead

We mourn the death of our Zambian colleague Humphrey Nkonde

Socialisation

Absent fathers

Why South African society tends to not prepare boys adequately for the future

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