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Good News

Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

The two pieces of good news this month are about harnessing solar energy even on cloudy days and additional two paid days off for female employees experiencing menstrual pain.

by D+C / E+Z

18.03.2026

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Lobbying

Nairobi-based business lobby issues pre-election manifesto

by Alphonce Shiundu

08.05.2022

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

by Alphonce Shiundu

08.05.2022

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

Digitalisation

Marketing digital microinsurance

by Dirk Reinhard

06.05.2022

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

Finance

Inclusive insurance for everyone

by Dirk Reinhard

05.05.2022

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

Informal sector

Social protection for everyone

by Markus Loewe

04.05.2022

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

Inflation

Ugandan government sees inflation as external shock

by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

02.05.2022

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

National debt

Can debt relief help countries achieve climate goals?

by Malina Stutz

01.05.2022

Garments production

Clothing must get more value again

by Sabine Balk

28.04.2022

Used clothing

Nobody gains from cheap clothing

by Thomas Fischer

by Sabine Balk

27.04.2022

Drought in Chimanimani in eastern Zimbabwe: The region is severely affected by climate change.

World Risk Index 2021

Small island states and Africa are particularly vulnerable

by Monika Hellstern

26.04.2022