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Cocoa Prices Fall Sharply as The Festive Season Approaches

Paris, 11 December 2025 – The fall in cocoa prices has accelerated, with a 45% drop since the beginning of the year. This decline in prices began in January. Key figures : 45% = fall in cocoa prices since January 2025 $5,000 = current price of a ton of cocoa 60% = share of Ivory Coast […]

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Looking Back To Move Forward – Lessons From 2025 And Ambitions For 2026

By Ray Langa, Group Chief Executive – Leagas Delaney South Africa and Dark Arts Studio As the year edges to a close, this piece offers a sharp reflection on how 2025 reshaped Leagas Delaney South Africa and Dark Arts Studio, from creative breakthroughs to global expansion, and sets the stage for the ambitions guiding 2026. It explores the […]

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Ending TB

Ending TB: A Global Responsibility We Cannot Ignore

by Nina Helen Hallstrom, Senior Partnership Officer, ADPP Mozambique What if tuberculosis (TB) were no longer a global health threat, because we finally treated it as a shared responsibility? As we look ahead to the World Conference on Lung Health (WCLH), I believe it’s time to turn a shared risk into a shared investment, and […]

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Six Women Redefining Digital Health In Africa: African Women In Digital Health (AWiDH) Announce Their Mentorship Program Winners

The  African  Women  in  Digital  Health  (AWiDH)  initiative  announces the six winners of their annual Mentorship Program. The winners made it through a competitive  selection  process  involving  337  applications  from  over  33  African  countries.  By  showing  how  they  meaningfully  contribute  to  strengthening  health  systems  and  tackling  public  health  challenges.  From  product  innovation,  by  increasing  safe  […]

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“We Can’t Stop at Almost”: Mark Suzman Warns of a Turning Point in Global Health Funding

Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman says cuts in health funding are driving a preventable rise in child deaths and calls for renewed global investment alongside stronger African leadership. In an in-depth conversation with Teresa Clarke, Executive Editor at Africa.com, Mark Suzman, CEO of the Gates Foundation, issued a clear warning that global health is entering […]

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The Challenges of Rural Financial Inclusion in Africa Today, and How to Overcome Them

Across Africa, agriculture contributes 32% to Africa’s GDP and employs 65% of the labour force on the continent, according to the World Bank. That notwithstanding, the people who drive the sector, smallholder farmers, rural entrepreneurs, and cooperatives, are part of the most financially excluded communities on the continent. Data from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) shows […]

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Diabetes In Kenya

Diabetes In Kenya – Why Kenyans Need To Know About Early Diagnosis

By Taofik Oloruko-Oba, Country Manager, Kenya and Head of East Africa Network at Roche Diagnostics Each November, World Diabetes Day raises global awareness about a condition that affects people of all ages — children, working adults and older people alike.1 In Kenya, diabetes is emerging as a major health priority, with an estimated 813,000 adults living […]

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Africa’s Climate Finance

Time To Deliver On Africa’s Climate Finance Promises

By Ademola Ajagbe, Regional Managing Director Africa, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Climate finance is on trial this November in Belém, Brazil. World leaders and climate advocates attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) must decide whether the long-discussed plan for funding efforts against climate change can finally deliver for the people and places that […]

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