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Celebrating World Statistics Day 2025: Driving Change in Africa with Quality Data

“Let us use this day to champion the power of data in advancing sustainable development for all.” — UN Secretary-General   Every five years, the world pauses on October 20.

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International Day to Protect Education from Attack: How Safe is the Future of the African Child?

9 September 2025 – The International Day to Protect Education from Attack is a reminder that the classroom must remain a place of learning, not a battleground. This year’s theme,.

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Can Africa Continue Betting on School Feeding Initiatives?

The United Nations’ Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) has consistently underscored a simple but consequential message: home-grown school-feeding is not charity; it is a strategic, high-return instrument.

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Inside Africa’s $19 Billion Sanitation Economy: Turning Waste Into Opportunity

Across the globe, the sanitation challenge continues to plague billions despite decades of international commitments and development efforts. Sanitation, one of humanity’s most fundamental needs, remains inaccessible to nearly half.

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Africa’s Reform Paradox: Bridging the Gap Between Vision and Delivery

Ambitious reforms; universal healthcare, free primary and secondary education, and inclusive social protection, are championed globally as pathways to equitable development. These ideals are rooted in foundational frameworks such as.

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Post-Conflict Recovery: Inside Africa’s Efforts to Empower Displaced Children

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), by mid-2024, over 122.6 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced due to war, persecution, and violence. Children make up more.

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Why Are Street Children Still Left Behind?

In cities across the world, a growing population of children lives on the fringes, unseen, unheard, and largely unaccounted for. These are the street children: minors surviving without consistent family.

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Why Africa’s Children Deserve a Bigger Budget

Across the world, childcare has emerged as one of the most critical yet underfunded components of national development. Economists at the World Bank and UNICEF consistently stress that early childhood.

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Redefining Social Welfare: Africa’s Push for a Continental Approach

Social welfare has reemerged as a crucial instrument in global efforts to reduce poverty, address inequality and foster inclusive development. From the Nordic countries’ comprehensive welfare systems to the United.

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Why Universal Basic Income is Important for Africa

The concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) has long been discussed as a radical yet necessary economic intervention, a solution to growing inequality, automation-driven job displacement, and economic instability. In.

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