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Improving Access to Health: Small and Simple Wins

September 02, 2014
When you think of transformative advances in medical technology, big and complex probably comes to mind — MRI machines that take up entire rooms or robotic arms that can assist in tricky surgeries.
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Why Less is More for the Health of Africa's Hospitals

August 13, 2014

The rural health clinic in Kimalamisale, Tanzania, sits at the end of a rutted sandy road some 160 miles from the nearest large town. Although the brightly colored concrete structure serves thousands of villagers living in the surrounding savannah, it has no electricity and its main healthcare equipment consists of a stethoscope, weighing scales and a blood pressure machine.

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Lorenzo Simonelli: Fostering a More Sustainable Africa

Lorenzo Simonelli GE
August 12, 2014
Following the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit last week, all eyes are turned to Africa, one of the world’s fastest-growing regions. As economic reports predict acceleration in growth, the sustainability of this growth is becoming an increasingly pressing issue.
 
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Lorraine Bolsinger: Overcoming Africa’s Power Challenges…Together

Lorraine Bolsinger GE
August 11, 2014
Africa is home to 12 of the 20 fastest-growing economies; its strong manufacturing, services and technology sectors are fueling economies around the globe. Africa is achieving these successes without being able to make full use of all its resources because access to electricity is still lacking in many areas.
 
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Todd Moss and Beth Schwanke: Closing Africa’s Energy Poverty Gap

Todd Moss Center For Global Development
Beth Schwanke Center For Global Development
August 08, 2014
Two out of three people in Sub-Saharan Africa—that’s nearly 600 million people—live today without access to electricity. As incomes and economies grow in Africa, and they are both growing quickly, this will generate massive demand for power access. This is a huge opportunity for Africans to pull themselves out of poverty and a substantial business opportunity that the United States can’t afford to ignore. And right now is the moment to do something about it.
 
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America’s Tentative Embrace of Africa as Investment Partner

August 07, 2014
Africa is ascendant, but when will America recognize it?
 

Africa’s economic outlook as a whole presents one of the most promising growth stories of anywhere in the world, yet the U.S. remains under-invested in the continent relative to other regions. When you read a headline about Africa in the paper, it’s still more likely to talk about conflict or disease than opportunity.
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Shari Berenbach: Bringing Energy to Africa’s Rural Underserved

Shari Berenbach U S African Development Foundation
August 07, 2014
For many of us, it’s difficult to imagine life without access to electricity — and harder still to consider the many ways that energy transforms our daily lives.
 
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Powering Africa: Q&A with Andrew M. Herscowitz

Andrew M Herscowitz Power Africa
August 06, 2014
A little over a year after President Obama announced the initiative to help “plug Africa into the grid of the global economy” by doubling the number of people on the continent with access to electricity, Power Africa is already a high-voltage operation.
 
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Bobby J. Pittman: Investing Without Borders in Africa

Bobby J Pittman Kupanda Capital
August 06, 2014
In Nemba, on the border between Rwanda and Burundi, is a one-stop border post backed by both governments and funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB).
 

From a historical perspective, this border is relatively new. It was put in by Europeans and divides two major urban areas, Kigali and Bujumbura, which are only about 100 miles apart.
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John Dineen: A Healthier Africa is Emerging

John Dineen GE
August 05, 2014
Delivering high-quality healthcare in Africa is one of the most pressing challenges facing the continent today. Across many parts of Africa, access to appropriate healthcare facilities (hospitals and clinics) and qualified healthcare expertise (doctors, nurses and skilled healthcare workers) is limited.
 

The numbers are sobering: While only 15 percent of the world’s population lives in Africa, a quarter of the world’s disease burden — a metric used to assess the impact of diseases — rests on the shoulders of the continent.
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