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Why the elite should stop imposing their expectations on smallholder farmers
Bankers expect smallholder farmers to repay loans at a particular interest. For economists, African smallholder farmers are supposed to master…
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How to move from ordinary to best agricultural practices
‘Best practice’ is not even a mouthful but what it means in practice remains unclear to many people who use…
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Differentiating specialization from monocultural knowledge pathways
While monoculture is mostly understood as the cultivation of a single crop on a farm, area or country, the other…
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Nine nuances that define indigenous commerce
Although many people associate commerce with modernization, it is as old as the hills. To the extent, commerce refers to…
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Addictive tendencies associated with food and knowledge in developing countries
When consumers can no longer do without cassava, nsima/sadza, matoke, tomato, beans, peas, among other foods, it could be an…
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From number of beneficiaries to knowledge mobilization and use
In what probably signifies a new approach to achieving socio-economic development, a few policy makers and development agencies in developing…
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When will developing countries stop importing knowledge?
It is lamentable that, in spite of setting up hundreds of universities and research institutes, developing countries continue to import…
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More reasons for decolonizing banking systems in developing countries
While some developing economies are evolving rapidly, local banks are clutching onto colonial identities. For instance, in most African countries…
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Using informal markets to shape a developing country’s knowledge agenda
The world over, many resources are spent on conferences, agricultural shows and summits like the recent Forum on China-Africa Cooperation…
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Nine types of agricultural-related entrepreneurs in developing countries
eMKambo has invested time and effort in understanding and classifying different archetypes of entrepreneurs in developing countries. While this effort…
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The character-building role of African ‘informal’ economies
People who co-exist with Kombi drivers in Zimbabwe, Matatu drivers in Nairobi’s traffic jammed roads, boda-boda motorcyclists in Kampala and…
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Nudging universities in developing countries to harness community based inquiry
Contrary to prevailing formal approaches, knowledge sharing in most rural African communities is embedded in the way people work. For…
