There is a lot to agree with in the growing argument that the aid ecosystem needs to become simpler.  ...

David Miliband’s recent article, “The Great New Inequality: Citizenship in a Functioning State”, raises an important question about one of...

A grant can fund a programme for a few years and produce measurable results. Another grant can help build an...

The humanitarian system is running out of road. Funding is shrinking, crises are lasting longer, and the familiar model of...

Last Thursday evening, I had the privilege of being the Guest Speaker at the Rotary Club of Lavington, Nairobi Kenya....

In my recent interactions with institutional actors and decision makers across the continent, I have seen firsthand what moves the...

Africa’s development debate has been shaped for years by the same tired assumptions. The continent is often spoken about as...

A few people have asked why I have become so “bullish” about Africa. My years in international aid and governance...

  Africa is moving from a narrative of aid to a narrative of investment. Not in slogans, but in the...

Yaw Nsarkoh made a remark at a PLO Lumumba Foundation event that should have travelled far beyond the virtual room....