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Locked out of finance, trapped in poverty
Banking exclusion leaves low-income workers, migrants and rural communities paying more and facing greater risks
Editorial Team SDG1
Jul 107 min read
After the tremor, the question we can no longer postpone
Venezuela must turn its natural resources into reconstruction, dignity and a shared future
Editorial
Jun 276 min read
The return of local manufacturing can strengthen resilience, but only if work is decent
Shorter supply chains are gaining attention as communities seek resilience, repair skills and fairer industrial jobs
Editorial Team SDG8
Jun 206 min read
Soil as a public good is becoming a food security test
Soil degradation is no longer only a farming concern. It is a climate, hunger and civic resilience issue
Editorial Team SDG2
Jun 176 min read
The hidden cost of cheap food
Low prices can conceal weak wages, soil damage and wasteful supply chains behind supermarket abundance
Editorial Team SDG12
Jun 165 min read
Girls’ Clubs, the rise of global society
Young women in Uganda are reshaping leadership, identity and community impact through collective action
Editorial
Jun 103 min read
Green infrastructure emerges as a new weapon against climate change
Renewable energy is strengthening Kenya’s climate resilience, but coastal communities warn that clean growth must not come at the expense of marine ecosystems
Clare Ochieng
May 304 min read
From the strait of Hormuz to the streets of Nairobi: How global conflict is reshaping east Africa’s economic stability
Middle East tensions are driving fuel prices higher across East Africa, exposing fragile economies and deepening unrest
Edwin Ochola
May 264 min read
Why startup ecosystems could define the future of the global south
The Nairobi Startup Summit 2026 reflects a growing shift toward startup collaboration, resilience, and inclusive growth in Africa
Edwin Ochola
May 254 min read
Diplomacy over confrontation
Trump-Xi talks highlight the urgent need for diplomacy, cooperation and stronger institutions amid rising global tensions
Kiran Rana
May 242 min read
Crop diversification and forgotten seeds emerge as practical answers to fragile food systems
Agricultural biodiversity is gaining attention as hunger, malnutrition and climate stress expose the risks of uniform food systems
Editorial Team SDG2
May 236 min read
Nature finance boom raises questions over conservation, sovereignty and who benefits
Across Africa, ecosystem protection deals are expanding as scrutiny grows over transparency, control and local returns
Editorial Team SDG15
May 226 min read
The creator economy
Africa’s creator economy is opening new paths to decent work, while exposing gaps in income stability and support.
Richard Nutakor
May 173 min read
Wadhwani Foundation push to turn research into public value
A non-profit is backing innovation hubs that aim to move Indian research from laboratories into usable technologies
Editorial Team SDG8
May 96 min read
Critical minerals are reshaping the clean energy transition and global power
Rising demand for transition minerals is exposing new tensions over mining, sovereignty and fairer economic returns
Editorial Team SDG12
May 76 min read
ETC Group and the politics of the bioeconomy
A civil society watchdog tracks how the bioeconomy could reshape power, land, food systems and democratic oversight
Editorial Team SDG2
May 65 min read
Infrastructure, power, and people: inside Africa’s shift from ambition to execution
Insights from the Africa We Build Summit 2026 on Africa’s infrastructure shift, capital, and regional integration
Edwin Ochola
May 23 min read
How Europe’s debt architecture is draining public budgets in the global south
Rising repayments to creditors linked to London and other European financial centres are squeezing health, schools and climate action
Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 136 min read
Fragile countries are paying for crises they did not cause
Drought, hunger, inflation, aid cuts and geopolitical shocks are colliding across the world’s most vulnerable states
Editorial Team SDG10
Apr 96 min read
External shocks still shape economic futures more than domestic planning alone
War, fuel prices and fertiliser costs still outweigh national plans across Africa, despite reforms and stronger policy ambitions
Editorial Team SDG2
Apr 86 min read
Methane leaks are a fast climate target, but only if governments and industry act on what is already visible
Methane warms fast, leaks can often be fixed cheaply, and new monitoring is making inaction harder to hide
Editorial Team SDG7
Apr 66 min read
Just transition, how to cut emissions without deepening inequality
Climate policy can move faster when governments protect household budgets, workers and the regions most exposed to change
Editorial Team SDG7
Apr 56 min read
Grid connection has become Europe’s main energy transition bottleneck
Clean power can be built quickly, but grid links, permits and court challenges often take far longer
Editorial Team SDG7
Apr 46 min read
How long-duration energy storage works, what it costs, and why it matters for renewable grids
Long-duration energy storage could help power systems absorb more wind and solar, but cost, siting and policy still decide its future
Editorial Team SDG7
Apr 36 min read
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