Today, the private sector’s role in Africa’s economies is more critical than ever. The debilitating impact of COVID-19 resulted in a growing trend of joblessness and poverty and expanded the continent’s unmet financing needs by an additional US$153 billion on top of the pre-existing annual shortfall of $200 billion, according to the African Development Bank… Continue reading Africa: Investing in the Sustainable Development Goals
Month: August 2023
A call for a lifestyle change to end plastic pollution
On a late summer morning in 1983, my dad came back from town where he worked as a veterinarian in the county government with a monthly salary of about US$20. He brought something with him – two baby blue shirts for my sister and me (10 and 8 years old, respectively) as a gift to… Continue reading A call for a lifestyle change to end plastic pollution