Author: ACSAIR

Much of the conversation about Africa’s digital future is still framed in yesterday’s language. We often hear statements about penetration rates, SIM cards, coverage maps and…

The launch of the EAC Customs Bond may sound like a technical customs reform, but in reality, it is one of the most strategic integration moves…

Africa’s climate challenge is often discussed as though it were only an agricultural issue. At ACSAIR, that framing is now too narrow. What is being disrupted…

Food waste and food loss are not only environmental concerns. They are also major economic, social and food security challenges that affect every stage of the…

Africa’s financial inclusion story is often told as a story of access meaning more accounts, more wallets, more agents, more apps. But there’s a perspective that…

Most conversations about Africa’s energy transition still start with one question: How many megawatts are being added? That metric still matters. But it is no longer…

Agriculture remains central to Africa’s economies and livelihoods. According to African Union guidance on inclusive agricultural value chains, the sector accounts for about 16% of GDP…

Africa’s e-waste conversation is often framed mainly as a problem of pollution and illegal dumping. That concern is real. But it can also obscure a more…

Africa’s food systems do not face a food production problem as much as they face a food conversion problem: how efficiently harvests are turned into affordable,…

Africa’s most consequential health innovations today are not single products. They are increasingly the building blocks of a broader health operating system. Across the continent, there…