10 reasons why Africa must take the electric vehicle battery market by storm

By Abel Akara Ticha Africa’s natural capital puts it in pole position to drive carbon neutral development. But there’s a time-bound catch, and it must rush to cash-in on a global battery electric vehicle (BEV) industry, ballooning towards $8.8 trillion by 2025. Below are 10 reasons to get cracking. 1) Beneficiating the DRC’s gargantuan reserves … Read more

Ten sticks and a carrot – a fair proportion of the climate messaging mix

This piece is in response to Charlotte Horler’s LinkedIn post titled “We’ve got a marketing problem” [on climate change messaging]. The post can be found here: https://bit.ly/3NONsJg Your (Charlotte Horler’s) concern is founded but don’t you think mainstream media have already showcased the paucity of actions to roll back climate change? The question is: where … Read more

Lake Chad Basin: Going Beyond Military and Shortermist Development Diplomacy to Fix Water-Livelihood Stress

A POLICY BRIEF by Abel Akara Ticha This policy brief first appeared on impactnews-wire.com and kapitalafrik.com on 24 April 2022 Executive Summary To achieve lasting solutions to the Lake Chad Basin (LCB) water and security crisis, it is not enough to proffer diplomatic and military solutions sprinkled with palliative development support to the millions of … Read more