African countries, like Nigeria and Ethiopia, increased their food production using a system-wide approach, and not the traditional reliance on isolated projects.
- Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Viewed against the odds of success in getting 55 countries to foster meaningful regional integration, Africa has made commendable progress in crafting its own creative approach.
In a remarkable extension of technological leapfrogging, Somaliland will become the first country in the world to use iris recognition in a presidential election.
Jobs are not created or lost because of a single technology, but because of the business models designed to leverage the power of it.
Import bans in Africa are a poor substitute for the creation of incentives that enable
local producers to compete favourably.
The gains reported in 2016 went hand in hand with overall growth in Africa over the last two decades.
Book on agricultural innovation has had key policy impacts at the micro and macro level.
The factors limiting poultry production are similar to those affecting the rest of the agricultural systems.
Human resistance to innovation can be an obstacle to solving major global challenges.
It’s been proved that prizes can boost cultural innovation. The same is certainly true for innovation in agriculture – which Africa desperately needs.
The downturn in the commodity boom will not automatically lead to diversification of Africa’s economies. This can only be achieved through a focus on creating learning economies driven by innovation.
The seed industry in sub-Saharan Africa suffers from many challenges. India, which has one of the biggest seed markets in the world, offers some lessons on how these challenges could be overcome.
Over the past 60 years, China has experimented extensively with policies and programmes to encourage the growth of rural enterprises. Africa could do well by following in these footsteps.
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