The war in Ukraine could not have come at a worse time for the global economy—when the recovery from the pandemic-induced contraction had begun to falter,...
The outpouring of generosity on the African continent in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been tremendous. Not only have private donors increased...
Given that Africa’s internet economy could reach $180 billion by 2025 alone, we at International Finance Corporation (IFC) were keen to examine whether...
The world over, the popularity of telemedicine spiked during the COVID pandemic, growing 78 times in April 2020, a few months after the disease struck,...
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the opening of a global biomanufacturing hub located in South Korea to The post WHO announces international...
The world over, the popularity of telemedicine spiked during the Covid pandemic, growing 78 times in April 2020, a few months after the disease struck,...
International Women’s Day 2022 is an opportune moment to stress the importance of equality and inclusive growth and its role in our Global Sustainability...
In January 2022, the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative (AGI) released its annual Foresight Africa report, which explores top priorities for the region...
Airbnb is suspending all operations in Russia and Belarus, the company’s CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky announced on Twitter. Airbnb’s decision comes...
GEN revisits selected IMED 2021—International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance—presentations that were delivered by speakers from North...
Nearly a century ago, Joseph Schumpeter wrote, “The spirit of a people, its cultural level, its social structure…all this and more is written in its...
Africa’s challenge with the COVID-19 pandemic goes beyond the health implications that have plagued the world, as the severe impact of the pandemic on...
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By developing evidence-based national medicines policies, African member states have demonstrated that they are prioritizing universal access to essential...
New research sheds light on how Canadian researchers developed a key component of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines but failed to share it with the world
Welcome to my new weekly fintech focused column. I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast...
India and Africa’s historical links have experienced a revival in recent years, and there are strong reasons for optimism that the partnership could...
The Omicron BA.2 sub-variant of COVID-19 appears to be more infectious than the original BA.1 sub-variant, but does not cause more severe disease, the...
Passive monitoring of the virus through wastewater or more targeted and evenly spread testing would be better than our current tactics.
Passive monitoring of the virus through wastewater or more targeted and evenly spread testing would be better than our current tactics.
Women’s rights as human rights emerged as a global issue during the United Nations Decade for Women (1976-1985). Women across different geographic, cultural,...
Women’s equal participation in government is central to democracy and achieving sustainable development and egalitarian societies. While the struggle...
Top Condom Maker Expects Sales To Shoot Up As Lockdowns Ease Lockdown restrictions are being lifted worldwide, including in the U.K., South...
It's not just one spyware app exposing people's phone data, but an entire fleet of Android spyware apps that share the same security vulnerability.
Over the past two decades, the engagement of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries with Africa has been shaped largely by a narrow set of economic...
30% Of People In India Believe COVID Is A Myth If there's one thing we've learned from the pandemic, it's that everybody has a slightly different...
Given the small number of people that have been affected, the threat to the wider community is low.
The clinical research industry has long struggled with participant diversity. One study found that only 5% of Black The post Examining COVID’s impact...
Dow Inc Dow Inc. (NYSE:DOW) is a leading provider of materials science solutions for packaging, infrastructure, and consumer applications in North America...
Last month, the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative (AGI) released its annual Foresight Africa report, which explores top priorities for the region in the...