Bridging the Gap: The Rise of Digital Lending Platforms in East Africa
Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platforms have transformed global shopping, expenditure and credit access patterns. In East Africa, the impact of these platforms is most clearly illustrated by the purchasing power they have unlocked: from financing the purchase of modern-day essentials like airtime and smartphones to enabling the acquisition of solar panels and electric bikes.
Beyond the Shoreline: Building East Africa’s Blue Finance Ecosystem
East Africa’s extensive aquatic capital, from its Indian Ocean coastline to its Great Lakes, represents a monumental opportunity to drive climate-resilient growth and socioeconomic transformation. However, this potential is constrained by a significant financing gap.
Unpacking the Demographic Dividend: Unlocking East Africa’s Potential Through Healthcare and Education
East Africa stands at a pivotal moment in its development trajectory, with its youthful population presenting both a challenge and an unprecedented opportunity to unlock a demographic dividend.
Parched Lands, Polluted Waters: East Africa’s Urgent Water Crisis
East Africa’s escalating water crisis poses a significant threat to human well-being and regional development. Since the 1970’s, East Africa has faced recurring disasters such as floods and droughts which have worsened over time with the added impact of climate change.
The Cost of Corruption: Navigating Risk and Opportunity in East Africa’s Business Landscape
East Africa is rapidly emerging as one of the continent’s most promising economic frontiers. With a young and growing population, increasing urbanization, and regional integration efforts like the East African Community (EAC), the region is attracting attention from global investors seeking growth beyond saturated markets.
Digital Public Infrastructure in East Africa: Charting a Policy Pathway to Regional Transformation
East Africa is experiencing a major wave of digital transformation. This shift is driven by the need for stronger infrastructure, better public service delivery, and deeper cross-border integration. At the heart of this progress is Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
Ethiopia’s Path to Financial Inclusion: Leveraging Digital Banking
Ethiopia has long been an outlier in the region when it comes to financial inclusion. While neighbouring countries embraced mobile money and digital banking, Ethiopia kept to its more traditional route. Yet the last decade has seen the nation begin to reroute, slowly but surely, from exclusion to inclusion, from cash to digital, and from isolation to innovation.
Diseases and Defects: The Role of Genetics in Medicine
Genetics, a vital branch of biology, focuses on how traits and diseases are transmitted across generations. In the medical context, this field encompasses hereditary conditions and congenital anomalies that arise from specific gene mutations, chromosomal rearrangements, or complex interactions between genes and environmental factors.
Rift to Revenue: Towards a Carbon-Competitive East Africa
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), once considered a peripheral strategy in global decarbonization, has regained prominence as a key mitigation pathway in the IPCC's AR6 scenario models. However, most of the current discourse is anchored in the Global North. East Africa, with its intersection of geothermal abundance, and carbon market emergence, offers an underexplored yet compelling environment for deploying carbon capture technologies.
