Not adding up Only 15% of Angola and Somalia’s populations are financially literate – one of the lowest statistics in the world. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services Global Financial Literacy Survey – which… Read more
Birth of a new era There is now a mobile app that can assist Ethiopian mothers-to-be to safely deliver their babies. The Safe Delivery App, created by Danish organisation the Maternity Foundation, provides women in developing countries… Read more
Bridging the gap Rwanda is one of only two countries in the world that have more female representatives in parliament than male (the other is Bolivia). What’s more, the East African country is also among the… Read more
Power play In a US$200 million project, Rwanda plans to use methane gas from Lake Kivu to generate electricity. The highly explosive gas has been seeping into the lake’s waters as a… Read more
As the wheel turns Ethiopia has opened Bishoftu Automative Industry at a military base north of its capital, Addis Ababa. It is the East African nation’s first vehicle manufacturing and assembly factory. The engine… Read more
