Reachiiing fullDate time-to-read.short-label Are African Farmers really Employed?Here are some interesting findings Did you know that majority of farmers in rural Africa mainly farm for own use rather than for sale – therefore can be considered unemployed.
Reachiiing fullDate time-to-read.short-label The Impact of Corruption on Private Businesses and their Job Creation Potential High corruption hurts FORMAL businesses with high financial constraint the most.
Reachiiing fullDate time-to-read.short-label How Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) Programs are Helping to Reduce Poverty in Africa Many Africans are not enrolled in any health insurance program & this worsens poverty [many go broke anytime they or their family fall sick)
Reachiiing fullDate time-to-read.short-label How Climate Change Increases the Spread of Infectious Diseases In the last 2 decades, global carbon emissions have increased by about 50%, leading to long-term changes in the environment and human health
Reachiiing fullDate time-to-read.short-label Nigeria could be Experiencing a Learning Crisis: Here’s Why While 60% of African youths 15 -17 years old are not in school, recent research shows that those in schools may not even be learning well.
Reachiiing fullDate time-to-read.short-label How can we Re-open African Schools Safely? While we must not expose our children to the virus, it's detrimental for learning and supporting school services to cease for over 1 year.
Reachiiing fullDate time-to-read.short-label Why Low and Middle-Income Countries should be addressing Obesity Obesity is not a problem reserved for rich people or countries - 75% of the world’s obese people live in low- and middle income countries.
Reachiiing fullDate time-to-read.short-label How does Air Pollution Affect Africa's Business Productivity and Economic Growth? Air pollution is a major environmental risk to health. High pollution levels can negatively affects workers’ and business productivity.
Reachiiing fullDate time-to-read.short-label How to Identify a Poor Nigerian: Here are 3 Things You Need to Know about the New NBS Poverty Data 40.1% of Nigerians live below the national poverty line of N137,430 ($382) per year, i.e. about 82.9 million people. There's more:
Reachiiing fullDate time-to-read.short-label We Need more Jobs: What is Causing Unemployment in Africa? Interventions should focus on minimizing some of the identified constraints, to encourage entry and reduce exit of firms in Africa.
