We need to start feeding poop to insects. Animals create vast amounts of excrement, so why aren’t we feeding it to insects, the least fussy eaters out there? This is, after all, what many insect larvae actually feed on in the wild. Read the full story here. Published in Wired on 22 January 2021. Continue reading Poop for critters
Thanks to its super-fast internet, excellent French and cheap labour, Madagascar has become a business outsourcing hotspot for Francophone companies. Read the full story here. Published in Quartz Africa, 10 January 2019. Photo ©Vivetic. Continue reading Allô Madagascar?
Weeks after expropriating Veolia from its concession with water and electricity utility SEEG, the governement is already looking for a new private operator. Read the full story here. Published in Global Water Intelligence, March 2018. Continue reading Gabon: Veolia expropriated from water and electricity concession
A downturn in the fortune of large-scale mining may give artisanal and small-scale mining a chance to come out of the shadows in Madagascar. Read the full story here. Published in The Guardian Sustainable Business, 15 November 2016. Photo ©Global Environment Facility, on Flickr. Continue reading Pulling artisanal mining out of the shadows in Madagascar
In Burkina Faso, South Africa and Kenya, water utilities are finding innovative ways to reach the worse-off and remain financially sustainable. Read the full story here. Published in The Guardian on 4 October 2016. Photo courtesy of ONEA. Continue reading The African utilities serving the poor and staying afloat
Rising interest in the origins of chocolate is helping cocoa producers gain a bigger slice of the sector’s mega profits. Read the full story here. Published in The Guardian, 4 September 2016. Continue reading Rise of the purists: is chocolate the new coffee?
Once dimissed as an unlikely success story, this island nation has built a thriving, diverse economy on solid policies. Read the full story here. Published in Issue 38 of Africa in Fact, July 2016. Photo ©Miwok on Flickr. Continue reading Good job: How Mauritius became the place to do business in Africa
Water utilities in sub-Saharan Africa have lagged behind when it comes to seeing the benefits of mobile technology, but the market is catching up fast. Read the full story here. Published in the March 2016 issue of Global Water Intelligence. Photo by Rachel Strohm on Flickr. Continue reading African water utilities go mobile
Despite the return to political legitimacy, the country’s precarious stability has kept investors at bay. Read the full article here. Published in the May/June 2016 edition of Africa in Fact. Continue reading Madagascar: FDI and politics out of sync
Africans must invest in Africa – just like Japan or China did on their path to development. This is what progressive African business leaders think – and how they have successfully done it. Read the full article here. Cover story of the March 2016 edition of The Africa Report. Photo by ©BBC World Service on Flickr. Continue reading Africans investing in Africa
