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The life-threatening tropical disease malaria is transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito.

Good News

Success in the fight against malaria

The good news this month is about the successful fight against malaria in various countries.

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by D+C / E+Z

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Waste pickers deserve attention – informal landfill near Dakar, Senegal.

Multilateralism

Stemming the tide of plastic waste

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by Rabson Kondowe

Business

Technology start-ups on the rise

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by Kilasa Mtambalike

Lobbying

Nairobi-based business lobby issues pre-election manifesto

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Inaugural freight train on Nairobi-Naivasha line in 2019: Kenyan transport links are excellent by African standards.

East Africa

The key to Kenya’s industrial growth

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Staff of agricultural insurer Pula update details of a farmer in Kenya, 2021.

Digitalisation

Marketing digital microinsurance

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by Dirk Reinhard
Farmers need protection against climate risks: Harvesting rice in Bangladesh.

Finance

Inclusive insurance for everyone

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by Dirk Reinhard
A pastoralist stands among goats and sheep that presumably died of exposure to extreme weather in Kenya, 2022.

Informal sector

Social protection for everyone

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Fewer people can afford “boda boda” rides on commercial motorcycles.

Inflation

Ugandan government sees inflation as external shock

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Natural disasters like this flood in Sudan in 2020 contribute to countries’ over-indebtedness.

National debt

Can debt relief help countries achieve climate goals?

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by Malina Stutz
Garment workers in a factory in Dhaka.

Garments production

Clothing must get more value again

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk