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Good corporate governance practices: constantly developing
Corporate governance appeared in the 1970s and has become a core component of the functioning of the private sector. It is both a process and a conceptual and organizational framework and is based on...
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“I’m hopeful about emerging companies entering the world of venture capitalbacked start-ups”
Twiga Foods is a B2B marketplace platform that sources produce – initially only bananas – from farmers at above-market prices and delivers them to retailers at below-market prices, accomplished throug...
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From the dream of a cashless Africa to a constantly expanding start-up: the Zoona story
Founded in 2009, the Zambian start-up Zoona is now in full expansion. Like all venture capital-backed start-ups, Zoona has been through its fair share of ups and downs. Its founder Mike Quinn gives us...
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Supporting start-ups in Africa: Schneider Electric’s approach
In Africa, Schneider Electric implements a strategy based on supporting innovation, by taking a commercial approach tailored to people’s needs, managing two specialized impact funds which focus on soc...
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Why and how does Orange finance innovation in Africa?
Africa, which has already experienced some entrepreneurial success stories, is powering up and seeing the emergence of a new generation of entrepreneurs in innovation. However, digital Africa still fo...
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Supporting digital innovation ecosystems: what role for DFIs?
When it is properly supported, digital innovation can act as a powerful catalyst for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). Innovation dynamics are very important in Africa and play a key rol...
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What role can DFIs play in promoting the development of the African venture capital ecosystem?
Over the past few years, a number of DFIs have announced the launch of venture capital investment programmes for Africa – initiatives that should help promote start-up activity across the continent, a...
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Start-ups and digital innovation: fertile ground for social transformation in Africa
Social innovation in Africa is currently closely bound up with the digital revolution. To generate economic development that benefits as many people as possible, the digital sector must conserve all o...
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Why are there so few unicorns in Africa and what are the key factors for success to help them emerge?
VC-backed African companies have just completed their first life cycle. The prospect of Africa generating unicorns is optimistic but achievable: it offers giant underserved markets, its companies and...
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Venture capital in Africa: the long-term opportunity for investors
With a high population growth rate and a significantly rising GDP between 2007 and 2016, Africa undoubtedly represents a strong potential for investors. And despite some gaps, the venture capital mark...
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(Français) Hôtellerie en Afrique subsaharienne : quels impacts sur le développement durable ?
Il semble essentiel d’accompagner le secteur hôtelier en Afrique subsaharienne au regard de son attractivité. Ce secteur particulièrement dynamique en Afrique présente de nombreux impacts en matière d...
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The impacts of digital credit in Africa: beware of negative externalities
Demand for credit in Africa exceeds supply, despite the rise in mobile money. Yet start-ups, growing daily in number, are at risk of accelerating over-indebtedness, by supplying credit to clients with...
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Counterfeit drugs – a global public health scourge
Along with Asia and Latin America, Africa is currently one of the regions most affected by the trade in counterfeit drugs which account for almost one-third of pharmaceutical products on sale in these...
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Local production of medicine and accessibility challenges: the example of Pharmivoire Nouvelle
Pharmivoire Nouvelle is a pioneering manufacturer of medical intravenous solutions in Côte d’Ivoire. Its 25 years’ experience are proof that locally-based production of pharma products is a realistic,...
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Quality medicines in Africa: the importance of good knowledge of the supply chain and synergy between regulato...
Pharmaceutical production grew globally over the last decades: active ingredients and finished products are manufactured across different regions, and circulate through multiple distribution channels....
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Patent pooling mechanism: promote innovation and improve access to medicines in Africa
"Public health" oriented licenses and patent pooling in Africa promotes research and production of affordable, high quality generic treatments for AIDS, hepatitis C and tuberculosis.
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Regulating African pharmaceutical markets in order to structure and develop the local economy more effectively
The market for medicine is one of the world’s most closely regulated: each country has its own system for vetting new products and in Europe for example, certain accreditations can open the door to th...
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From Warehouse to Patient: mPharma’s Approach to increasing the Accessibility of Medicines in Africa
Since 2013, the start-up mPharma has been trying to build an infrastructure and a drug monitoring system to connect patients, hospitals and pharmacies. The objective is to enable doctors to know the e...
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The essential transformation of supply chains in the sub-Saharan pharmaceutical sector
In Sub-Saharan Africa, integrated technology-enabled distribution networks can increase access, enhance quality and lower the prices of medicines.
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Helping the pharmaceutical industry meet health challenges in Africa
With 13% of the world’s population and 24% of the global burden of disease – but 6% of health expenditure and only 3% of the world’s pharmaceutical output, Africa faces the challenge of access to qual...
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