Tanzania: Building bridges through education and small businesses
Stevan Lee, Senior World Bank Economist, is co-author of this post.Attracted by the prospects of large unexploited natural gas reserves in the south of Tanzania, big players are in town. The British...
View Article2012 Social Media as a Tool for Citizen Feedback
More often than not, “we” criticize the “system” for being corrupt; yet it is simply a reflection of what we make of it. For example, what would happen if “we” decided never to collect bribes from...
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The Nairobi Mini World Cup
Imagine you are a poor child from Kibera, Kenya’s largest slum, and have a dream to become a soccer star. Some young players come close to this dream when the International School (ISK) in Nairobi...
View ArticleWomen of action in Sudan
Working in development, there are some faces you never forget because they come back to you at the end of a long day, time and again. As we recognize International Day of Action for Women, I’ve been...
View ArticleGoing to school in Om AlBadry
Mid-morning in the little village of Om Albadry in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, and it is market day. But a curiously dull market, eerily silent but for the occasional sounds of livestock. In a few...
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The University of Felix Houphouet Boigny is now open for classes...again!
Never mind that it is drizzling throughout the opening ceremony, forcing many people under a undulating roof of red, green, blue, and pink umbrellas. The re-opening of Cote d’Ivoire’s leading...
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Optimiste pour la Guinee
At a fishing enclave called Baie des Anges on Guinea Conakry's Atlantic coast, the country's development challenges are laid bare. In this make-shift settlement shrouded with blue tarpaulins and...
View ArticleCatching up on schooling in South Sudan
Video PlatformVideo ManagementVideo SolutionsVideo PlayerAs we drive along the semi-paved roads leading out of Juba, I wonder somewhat despondently how this one-year-old country that has been so deeply...
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Let’s Turn the Lights on Across Africa
I’m in Tokyo this week for the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings and on Friday I will open the Bank’s global conference to look more closely at the serious energy challenge facing Africa.Consider this...
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The Case for Sharing Africa’s New Minerals Wealth With All Africans
In country after country in Sub-Saharan Africa, new discoveries of oil, natural gas and mineral deposits have been making headlines every other week it seems. When Ghana’s Jubilee oil field hits peak...
View ArticleWorking to Meet Africa’s Skyrocketing Demand for Higher Education
Makhtar Diop delivers plenary remarks at the Association of African Universities Conference, Libreville, Gabon Video PlatformVideo ManagementVideo SolutionsVideo Player The Association of African...
View ArticleWorld Bank Fellowships for Young Africans and Diasporans
World Bank Group Fellowship Program for Ph.D. Students of African Descent The World Bank is launching its Africa Fellowship Program and offering 6-month fellowships to young Africans and African...
View ArticlePreparing African youth for high-paying engineering jobs
Training Young Engineers to Transform Africa At the 2013 Global Social Venture Competition held at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, two African students, Moctar Dembele and Gérard Niyondiko, won...
View ArticleWhere are the jobs for Africa’s youth?
I want to be... an entrepreneur ) Over the next 10 years, Africa will have created about 122 million new jobs, says the World Bank Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa Report. Although this is a...
View ArticleWomen and girls are the answer to innovation in Africa
4 Will You Take On... Take On Extreme Poverty 2:11 / 2:11 Poverty and Hardship in the PacificWorld Bank1:02:02 Rwanda: A Model for Building Strong Safety NetsWorld Bank4:32 My New Life: Primary...
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Youth changing Africa: One man’s quest to transform higher education in Nigeria
The library on the campus of Enugu State University, now occupied by the Institute of Management Technology, Enugu. Photo by: Kingsley Ubani, Enugu State University Alumnus
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Are tablets the best way to increase digital literacy in African countries?
Credit: Arne Hoel A good number of African governments have shown how technologically-forward thinking they are by announcing one-tablet-per-child initiatives in their countries. President John...
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From the farm to the classroom, and beyond: improving prospects for Togo’s...
In Togo, many students from rural agricultural households struggle to find employment later down the line. Erick Kaglan/World Bank Last week, I wrote about my field visit in October to the agriculture...
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Leave no Ethiopian behind by involving as many citizens as possible, and by...
In 2016, World Bank Ethiopia launched a Blog4Dev contest inviting students to share their ideas for how Ethiopia can reach middle-income country status without leaving anyone behind. This is the second...
View Article10 Knowledge Products from Sub-Saharan Africa You Don’t Want to Miss
Examine, evaluate, analyze, and explore… The World Bank Group’s comprehensive research, reports, and knowledge products do just that, providing policy makers and stakeholders from all sectors across...
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