Month: June 2025

Poor policies give birth to several faces of informality-lessons from African cities

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Street markets and informal settlements that are part of many African cities do not mean that Africans just enjoy disobeying authority and disregarding rules. In fact, politeness and respect are a fundamental part of Ubuntu and other values ingrained in Africans from birth. Such people-oriented values are extended to how people conduct their businesses and Read more about <strong>Poor policies give birth to several faces of informality-lessons from African cities</strong>[…]

Using sweet potatoes and stories to demystify nutrition, science

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Using sweet potatoes and stories to demystify nutrition, science Had African policy makers, development agencies and nutritionists succeeded in embedding nutrition messages with the social fabric, malnutrition wouldn’t be high in African communities that are blessed with abundant and diverse food systems. By treating nutrition activities as sporadic news, the media has failed to make Read more about Using sweet potatoes and stories to demystify nutrition, science[…]

Continued innovation is difficult to sustain without consistent production

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Fragmented production makes it difficult to sustain continuous innovation. When pumpkins are out of season, enterprises that make pumpkin juice and pumpkin-flavoured ice cream have to look for substitutes that may be more expensive. That is why every harvest requires tracking of supplies and prices in different markets. Such details can inform investment in food Read more about Continued innovation is difficult to sustain without consistent production[…]