With aid channels dismantled and AGOA’s renewal in doubt, experts at a Devex Pro Briefing assessed the United States’s bid to center Africa policy around trade, weighing the Lobito Corridor as a model.
An open letter to world leaders from Julius Bio, the president of Sierra Leone.
In her first months as president, Ruhweza talks mobilizing private capital, centering sustainability, and why GMO decisions should be left to national governments.
A year after its prime minister was ousted by a popular uprising, NGOs are disappointed in the country's lack of progress toward allowing them to do their work.
Experts left FfD4 feeling more hopeful about debt reform, regional self-reliance, and the role of private capital in development — but warned that without sustained political will, Sevilla’s vision could remain words on paper.
The initiative is being supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Gates Foundation. The latter plans to open an office in Singapore, while Singapore itself has ambitions of becoming a regional philanthropy hub in Asia.
The EU’s "Global Gateway" is getting traction. Here's what development partners need to know to engage with this €300 billion initiative focused on infrastructure, energy, health, and digital systems worldwide.
“I think we're still in a really dynamic phase where there's a bunch of ideas floating around," says Neil Buddy Shah, CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative.
“At this point, we’re closing up, and there’s not really a whole lot of back-and-forth on what we can do," one senior USAID official told Devex.
An open letter to world leaders from Julius Bio, the president of Sierra Leone.
