In an interview with This is Africa, Gabon’s agriculture minister explains how the government is developing its cash crop sector through international investment

There are hopes that renewable energy might help address the continent's power shortages, but scale remains an issue.

"When a child has to bend forwards to write on the ground, or perhaps balance an unstable book on their lap, their handwriting, both in terms of legibility and speed is severely affected."

Leading thinkers on confronting one of the world's foremost health challenges.

The world is at a critical point in the fight against AIDS.  After more than 30 years and 30 million lives lost to a preventable and treatable disease, scientific advancements have given us the ability to bring about the beginning of the end of AIDS.

I’ll start with the good news: less children are contracting HIV now than they were two years ago. This is due to country commitment, ownership and mobilization, political leaders breaking the conspiracy of silence and advocating for what’s best, the strategic engagement of women living with HIV and the best science.

Gender inequality is HIV’s best friend. Fortunately, the converse is also true – gender equality is HIV’s nemesis. And by fighting HIV through advancement of gender equality, we reap all kinds of additional benefits.

Thirty-four million people are living with HIV. Each year, approximately 1.4 million mothers with HIV become pregnant and deliver babies. With access to testing and treatment, mother to child transmission of HIV is almost entirely preventable.