Elections are important, but unless there are independent institutions, liberty will be eroded fast

Comparatively small economies need open trade to drive growth

COMESA, a regional economic community with 21 member states, is promoting intra-regional trade in Africa and helping at a time when the world faces immense disruptions

IMF policies did not solve Sri Lanka’s problems but made them worse, claims a sociologist who assesses the country’s ongoing debt crisis

In Malawi, a new app helps farmers to organise their finances and ensures that they have funds available when they are most needed – during planting season

In Zambia, workers can now withdraw up to 20 % of their pension savings allowing to reinvest the money

Purple Innovation supports women having faced domestic violence to launch businesses and become financially independent

Credible elections would help to sort out the mess, but can leaders in Islamabad make them happen?

The Zambia National Farmers Union encourages farmers to use new tools and technologies to improve their yields

Due to underpayment and overload, thousands of trained health workers are leaving Nigeria to find employment abroad