For African food systems to truly transform, regional policy must move from the boardroom to the bottom line. Bridging the gap between theory and practice is no longer optional, it is essential. Experience across our member states suggests that the…
Every day at airports, land borders, and seaports across East, Central, and Southern Africa, a silent but powerful process takes place: data collection. At points of entry such as Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania and across borders in countries like…
Imagine a critical care unit in a regional hospital somewhere in Africa. Let's call it Country A, where five beds sit empty, not for lack of patients, but for lack of specialized nurse to man them. Meanwhile, across a shared…
The year 2014 remains a stark reminder of the cost of silence in global health. When Ebola first surfaced in West Africa, the virus spread out in communities through a vacuum of information. In a remote village, that’s where the…
For decades, the story of public health in Africa has been told in five-year chapters, which is the typical lifespan of a donor grant. In this cycle, we implement with urgency and report with diligence, but all too often, we…
