Infrastructure, power, and people: inside Africa’s shift from ambition to execution
Insights from the Africa We Build Summit 2026 on Africa’s infrastructure shift, capital, and regional integration
Edwin Ochola
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Infrastructure, power, and people: inside Africa’s shift from ambition to execution
Insights from the Africa We Build Summit 2026 on Africa’s infrastructure shift, capital, and regional integration
Edwin Ochola
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Editorial Team SDG16
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The long-term impact of war on children is written in broken schools, dry taps and vanishing safety nets
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Editorial Team SDG16
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Prevention programmes that reduce future costs in health systems
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Post-harvest waste in middle-income countries, the simple fixes that can save food fast
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