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Mary Kimani
Keeping the lights on in Africa
Expanding the supply of electricity is critical for Africa’s continued economic growth and a major priority of the continent’s development blueprint.
North Africa: A decade of progress for women’s rights
Women in Islamic North Africa have quietly and steadily overcome tradition and law to advance their rights.
Better health at the click of a button
Medical records and other health information can now be easily shared via cellhone and other modern technologies. Such information and communication technologies are an important…
A bank in every African pocket?
With most formal banks inaccessible to many Africans, the service of cellphone banking is expanding to the poor on the continent. Mary Kimani examines how financial institutions…
How to reduce maternal deaths in Africa
In 2002, the World Health Organisation warned that if nothing was done to improve access to maternal care in Africa, 2,5-million women would die before the end of the decade, and…
Activists work to curb violence against women in Africa
When Mrs Akinyi filed for divorce in Kenya after her husband tried to kill her, she had to borrow money to pay her legal fees. ”I have already spent KS35Â 000 [],” Akinyi says.…