Gates Foundation Report Calls for Targeted Global Health Spending to Save Millions of Children from Malnutrition and Disease

In its eighth annual Goalkeepers report released today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation urged world leaders to increase global health spending where it is needed most in order to boost children’s health and nutrition, especially in the face of the global climate crisis. The Goalkeepers report, “A Race to Nourish a Warming World,” projects that without immediate global action, climate change will condemn an additional 40 million […]

September 17, 2024 12

Africa

From humble beginnings to Africa’s development partner of choice: Former and current staff reflect on the African Development Bank’s transformation

The African Development Bank has kicked off activities to celebrate 60 years of its transformative impact on Africa's development. Since September 1964 when representatives of 25 African countries gathered in Khartoum, Sudan, to agree on the vision for a bank to drive economic development across Africa, it has been a journey of resilience and passion, including a fair share of bumps and bruises. Georges Rigobert Aithnard, the Bank's […]

September 11, 2024 21

Health / Medical

Surviving breast cancer: Nigerian women share their stories

By Candi Nwakasi, University of Connecticut “I believe I will still beat it again.” These are the words of a Nigerian woman, Didi, who feared a recurrence of her cancer – but saw herself as a survivor. Her attitude is becoming more common everywhere as more people are living after a cancer diagnosis. Though populations are growing and ageing, and cancer incidence […]

July 9, 2024 13

Namibia

Parolees shine at Women at Work Training centre graduation

https://youtu.be/YT9f6BdWCss By Ketemba Tjipepa via News on One In a celebration of determination and resilience, the Women at Work Training Centre in Windhoek witnessed a milestone as seven students, including three inmates on parole from the Windhoek Correctional Facility, graduated from their three-month dress-making and pattern-designing course today. The graduation ceremony, themed "New Beginnings," marked a significant step forward for individuals often forgotten and neglected by society. […]

April 29, 2024 12

Environment

Advancing the rights of girls and women promotes justice and is also effective climate action

By Grace M. Jaramillo, University of British Columbia Across the world, climate change disproportionately impacts the lives of girls, yet children are often forgotten in climate policy. I recently led a team of student researchers from the University of British Columbia to better understand why this is the case during field research in the Dominican Republic. Our team talked to 45 people, including key policy decision-makers on social […]

April 17, 2024 25

Africa

Children born of rape: the devastating legacy of sexual violence in post-genocide Rwanda

By Myriam Denov, McGill University Trigger warning: this article contains accounts of sexual violence. The 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi led to the murder of more than 800,000 people, an estimated 70% of the country’s Tutsi population. The unprecedented violence and mass killings of Tutsi and non-extremist Hutu were carried out over 100 days between April and July 1994. An estimated 250,000–500,000 women and girls were […]

April 9, 2024 6

Business / Economics

Everyday Resilience: Navigating Life’s Challenges with Grace and Grit

By Bianca Strauss, Intermediate Human Capital Consultant, Old Mutual Namibia In a world where life's uncertainties often leave us feeling overwhelmed, it's our everyday resilience that becomes the guiding light, helping us navigate through the highs and lows with grace and grit. This resilience isn't about always having it together or never feeling the weight of our struggles. It's about acknowledging our vulnerabilities, embracing our imperfections, and finding strength […]

April 8, 2024 7

Africa

Why is Ghana so hot this year? An expert explains

By Yaw Agyeman Boafo, University of Ghana Ghana’s meteorological agency and the state’s health service have issued warnings about a period of very high temperatures expected in the first half of 2024 around the country. Ghana’s experience is part of a global phenomenon: record temperatures were recorded in 2023. Yaw Agyeman Boafo, the programmes coordinator and a senior research fellow at the University of Ghana’s Centre for […]

April 8, 2024 36

Local

Perseverance drives real estate in the coast

While celebrating their achievements and rewards for 2023 in the real estate industry at the annual Bank Windhoek Coastal Estate Agent Awards, estate agents said hard work and perseverance are essential for their business. The award ceremony took place on Friday, 5 April 2024, in Swakopmund. Estate agents and agencies received recognition from Bank Windhoek and its conveyancing partners, Dr. Werder Kauta and Hoveka CC. The estate agents’ […]

April 8, 2024 12

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