IT’s AFRICA’S TIME
SEASON 3
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BCI
Mozambique has more than 30% representation of women in parliament. Women were at the forefront of its struggle for independence and, even during the country’s post-independence civil war, women were on the front line.
Despite this, they are still eking out a living trading on every street corner, running most of the country’s stalls and working the majority of its fields. Yet, they are notably absent from the ranks of the country’s business leaders and entrepreneurs.
Their fortitude, resilience and innate abilities have been proven over and over again, yet they’ve had precious little access to business training and financing for their ventures and dreams. Confidence is low as the women of Mozambique continue to fill the all too familiar space of ‘hard-working supporters’, carrying the load in one of the poorest countries on earth.
BCI, one of the leading banks in Mozambique, has decided to do something about this whilst at the same time growing their business. They’ve proactively created a client segment called ‘Women Entrepreneurs’ which offers entrepreneurship training and access to a 45-day interest and collateral-free credit card. Their biggest win-win enabler, however, is a loan fund created especially for women entrepreneurs who can present a solid business plan. The fund runs into millions of US dollars.
Join our team as we travel to Maputo to meet a restaurateur, and a beauty salon owner, who have engaged with the bank’s programme. See how it’s making a difference in their lives and allowing them to expand their businesses to the next level.
Despite this, they are still eking out a living trading on every street corner, running most of the country’s stalls and working the majority of its fields. Yet, they are notably absent from the ranks of the country’s business leaders and entrepreneurs.
Their fortitude, resilience and innate abilities have been proven over and over again, yet they’ve had precious little access to business training and financing for their ventures and dreams. Confidence is low as the women of Mozambique continue to fill the all too familiar space of ‘hard-working supporters’, carrying the load in one of the poorest countries on earth.
BCI, one of the leading banks in Mozambique, has decided to do something about this whilst at the same time growing their business. They’ve proactively created a client segment called ‘Women Entrepreneurs’ which offers entrepreneurship training and access to a 45-day interest and collateral-free credit card. Their biggest win-win enabler, however, is a loan fund created especially for women entrepreneurs who can present a solid business plan. The fund runs into millions of US dollars.
Join our team as we travel to Maputo to meet a restaurateur, and a beauty salon owner, who have engaged with the bank’s programme. See how it’s making a difference in their lives and allowing them to expand their businesses to the next level.
BP ANGOLA
When multinational companies like BP have a presence in developing countries like Angola, it’s important that they promote the people of that country. In this story, we spend time with two BP funded Angolan NGOs who are helping unlock potential in the fields of professional development and agriculture. We ask: ‘What is possible when capacity is built in the lives of Angolans?’
Our first story introduces us to two up and coming twenty-something Luandans, Maria and Jose, who have benefitted from NGO Development Workshop’s professional internship programmes, helping them launch promising careers in the fields of law and medical technology. The story speaks about the impact of mentoring and support and leaves us with a sense of what is possible when focused strategic interventions are made available to young people who have not grown up with privilege but are filled with huge potential and big dreams.
Then we head south to Dombe Grande, a rural farming region in Benguela Province, where BP has funded a project run by agricultural capacity building NGO, ADRA. The project offers micro-financing and organizational support to a farming co-operative in the area and has been making great strides in the past few years. We meet maize farmer and mother of seven, Rosalia, and her community to get a firsthand account of how access to credit and an increasingly organized farming collective has transformed their lives.
When multinational companies like BP have a presence in developing countries like Angola, it’s important that they promote the people of that country. In this story, we spend time with two BP funded Angolan NGOs who are helping unlock potential in the fields of professional development and agriculture. We ask: ‘What is possible when capacity is built in the lives of Angolans?’
Our first story introduces us to two up and coming twenty-something Luandans, Maria and Jose, who have benefitted from NGO Development Workshop’s professional internship programmes, helping them launch promising careers in the fields of law and medical technology. The story speaks about the impact of mentoring and support and leaves us with a sense of what is possible when focused strategic interventions are made available to young people who have not grown up with privilege but are filled with huge potential and big dreams.
Then we head south to Dombe Grande, a rural farming region in Benguela Province, where BP has funded a project run by agricultural capacity building NGO, ADRA. The project offers micro-financing and organizational support to a farming co-operative in the area and has been making great strides in the past few years. We meet maize farmer and mother of seven, Rosalia, and her community to get a firsthand account of how access to credit and an increasingly organized farming collective has transformed their lives.
Our first story introduces us to two up and coming twenty-something Luandans, Maria and Jose, who have benefitted from NGO Development Workshop’s professional internship programmes, helping them launch promising careers in the fields of law and medical technology. The story speaks about the impact of mentoring and support and leaves us with a sense of what is possible when focused strategic interventions are made available to young people who have not grown up with privilege but are filled with huge potential and big dreams.
Then we head south to Dombe Grande, a rural farming region in Benguela Province, where BP has funded a project run by agricultural capacity building NGO, ADRA. The project offers micro-financing and organizational support to a farming co-operative in the area and has been making great strides in the past few years. We meet maize farmer and mother of seven, Rosalia, and her community to get a firsthand account of how access to credit and an increasingly organized farming collective has transformed their lives.
When multinational companies like BP have a presence in developing countries like Angola, it’s important that they promote the people of that country. In this story, we spend time with two BP funded Angolan NGOs who are helping unlock potential in the fields of professional development and agriculture. We ask: ‘What is possible when capacity is built in the lives of Angolans?’
Our first story introduces us to two up and coming twenty-something Luandans, Maria and Jose, who have benefitted from NGO Development Workshop’s professional internship programmes, helping them launch promising careers in the fields of law and medical technology. The story speaks about the impact of mentoring and support and leaves us with a sense of what is possible when focused strategic interventions are made available to young people who have not grown up with privilege but are filled with huge potential and big dreams.
Then we head south to Dombe Grande, a rural farming region in Benguela Province, where BP has funded a project run by agricultural capacity building NGO, ADRA. The project offers micro-financing and organizational support to a farming co-operative in the area and has been making great strides in the past few years. We meet maize farmer and mother of seven, Rosalia, and her community to get a firsthand account of how access to credit and an increasingly organized farming collective has transformed their lives.
CITI CMC
Mobile phones are part and parcel of African life today. Despite high poverty levels, cellphone usage is extraordinarily widespread, giving telecoms access to people in the remotest of areas and replacing the need for fixed-line infrastructure in rural and even urban settings.
It’s an exciting time. Mobi-tech innovators are riding high with solutions that improve health, streamline daily-life activities and support financial inclusion and money movement. They are radically transforming people’s lives.
So what else can the continent’s bright young minds come up with through one of the world’s most exciting mobi-tech competitions? What happens when a bank like Citi decides to give young startups a platform to present new mobile phone applications with a view to potential investment, mentoring and launching their apps into the market?
The Citi Mobile Challenge is a worldwide call for innovation and disruption, drawing out young developers and startups to innovate around new applications in the financial tech space. The competition, run in cities across the globe, launched its EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) leg in Nairobi in 2015, and IT’S AFRICA’S TIME was there to check it out.
Join us in Kenya as we experience the event, and step into the crazily impressive world of one of its entrants, a fin-tech startup called Umati Capital who, in just eighteen months, has radically transformed the face of SMEs and rural farmers with their exciting cash flow and data sourcing agri-app.
It’s an exciting time. Mobi-tech innovators are riding high with solutions that improve health, streamline daily-life activities and support financial inclusion and money movement. They are radically transforming people’s lives.
So what else can the continent’s bright young minds come up with through one of the world’s most exciting mobi-tech competitions? What happens when a bank like Citi decides to give young startups a platform to present new mobile phone applications with a view to potential investment, mentoring and launching their apps into the market?
The Citi Mobile Challenge is a worldwide call for innovation and disruption, drawing out young developers and startups to innovate around new applications in the financial tech space. The competition, run in cities across the globe, launched its EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) leg in Nairobi in 2015, and IT’S AFRICA’S TIME was there to check it out.
Join us in Kenya as we experience the event, and step into the crazily impressive world of one of its entrants, a fin-tech startup called Umati Capital who, in just eighteen months, has radically transformed the face of SMEs and rural farmers with their exciting cash flow and data sourcing agri-app.
COCA COLA AFRICA FOUNDATION
Water is a basic human right and a cornerstone for healthy, happy communities. Yet, millions are denied access to it and run the risk of illness and even death due to contaminated drinking and washing water.
In this story, we travel to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa to explore how the private sector is partnering with local NGOs to provide safe water to schools and previously under-serviced low-income areas.
We explore this story through the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation’s Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) which started in 2008 to improve access to clean & safe water across Africa. They aim to reach 2 million people by 2015 and 6 million by 2020.
IT’S AFRICA’S TIME visited some of their key projects to explore progress on the ground.
In this story, we travel to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa to explore how the private sector is partnering with local NGOs to provide safe water to schools and previously under-serviced low-income areas.
We explore this story through the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation’s Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) which started in 2008 to improve access to clean & safe water across Africa. They aim to reach 2 million people by 2015 and 6 million by 2020.
IT’S AFRICA’S TIME visited some of their key projects to explore progress on the ground.
ECOBANK
Rwanda is known the world over as a country with a violent and deeply troubled past. Yet, today, it is peaceful and is one of the most business-friendly countries in Africa. Everywhere you look there are signs of strong growth and free-market activity. SMEs, in partnership with financial institutions, are doing great things, as years of hard work, dogged commitment and personal sacrifice are bearing fruit.
Financial institutions like Ecobank are partnering with SMEs to reach their full potential, financing them in win-win relationships that are helping the entire business space grow.
In this story, we travel to Kigali and Butare to meet two serial entrepreneurs who are enjoying success due, in part, to the financing they have received from Ecobank. From petroleum distribution to building and agri-infrastructure development contracts, we journey with our two inspiring businessmen to find out what makes them tick, explore the challenges of their pasts and understand what’s working for them today.
Everyone has a powerful story to tell in Rwanda, and every Rwandan has been affected by the country’s past. Yet, the courage and dreams of Rwandan entrepreneurs today, enabled by the financial sector, remind us that changing Africa and taking it forward requires a mutual, shared effort. Together we are stronger than we are apart.
Financial institutions like Ecobank are partnering with SMEs to reach their full potential, financing them in win-win relationships that are helping the entire business space grow.
In this story, we travel to Kigali and Butare to meet two serial entrepreneurs who are enjoying success due, in part, to the financing they have received from Ecobank. From petroleum distribution to building and agri-infrastructure development contracts, we journey with our two inspiring businessmen to find out what makes them tick, explore the challenges of their pasts and understand what’s working for them today.
Everyone has a powerful story to tell in Rwanda, and every Rwandan has been affected by the country’s past. Yet, the courage and dreams of Rwandan entrepreneurs today, enabled by the financial sector, remind us that changing Africa and taking it forward requires a mutual, shared effort. Together we are stronger than we are apart.
FRIESLANDCAMPINA
It’s quite extraordinary that Nigeria, the largest economy in Africa and home to almost 200 million people, does not yet have a strong supply of locally sourced milk products. In 2011, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, the country’s leading dairy manufacturer, decided to change this by introducing the country’s first-ever milk producers’ up-skilling programme.
The Dairy Development Programme, formed in partnership with government and civil society, seeks to empower Fulani herdsmen to improve their livelihoods and become suppliers to FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC. They have milked for subsistence for generations but now things are changing and the results are impressive.
Of the hundreds of farmers engaged so far, many have increased their incomes by 50% as they now have a steady market for their raw milk through the company and its reach into Nigeria and neighbouring countries. Dairy production training, a free veterinary service and access to water for their cattle are also part of the mix.
Our crew visited Oyo State, a few hours drive north of Lagos, to investigate this inclusive partnership and meet the farmers and stakeholders who are making it happen.
The Dairy Development Programme, formed in partnership with government and civil society, seeks to empower Fulani herdsmen to improve their livelihoods and become suppliers to FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC. They have milked for subsistence for generations but now things are changing and the results are impressive.
Of the hundreds of farmers engaged so far, many have increased their incomes by 50% as they now have a steady market for their raw milk through the company and its reach into Nigeria and neighbouring countries. Dairy production training, a free veterinary service and access to water for their cattle are also part of the mix.
Our crew visited Oyo State, a few hours drive north of Lagos, to investigate this inclusive partnership and meet the farmers and stakeholders who are making it happen.
HWANGE COLLIERY
Mining is a key employer and economic boon to many African countries. In Zimbabwe, too, the extractives industry plays a significant role.
In this story, we look at efforts made by Hwange Colliery, Zimbabwe’s biggest coal mine, to develop their industry and provide facilities and infrastructure that benefit staff and local communities. The mine’s CEO, Thomas Makore, states frankly that ‘coal is a dirty business’ and that mining must be done responsibly. We visited the mine to find out more.
The colliery is located in the North-West corner of Zimbabwe, about a 45-minute drive from Victoria Falls. Its output is impressive: approximately 200,000 tons per month, set to increase sizably in the near future. It produces thermal coal used by power stations; industrial coal used by industry; and a product used in the smelting of iron and steel. The colliery is also a huge employer in the region with 3000 staff, 2800 of whom live in houses at the mining village. There is also a school, full-service hospital and homes for employees who have retired.
The discovery of coal reserves in the Hwange region over 100 years ago led to interesting developments for the area and country as a whole. Electricity generation from thermal coal became a reality; the establishment of the country’s National Railway occurred, and a huge power plant was built alongside the mine which is still in operation today powering the country. Roads, water infrastructure and an entire town have emerged.
IT’S AFRICA’S TIME tells the story of the Hwange Colliery through the eyes of those who have journeyed with it over many years. Joseph Sibanda has been chauffeur to the mine’s CEOs for over 30 years and Sister Rosemary Nekatambe, the mother of 4 and stalwart medical professional at Hwange Colliery Hospital, is another. She has worked for many decades at the mine’s hospital which offers a highly respected nursing training facility, developing professionals for Zimbabwe’s medical sector as a whole.
The mine has had its ups and downs over the years and still faces many challenges within the context of Zimbabwe’s ongoing realities and past difficulties. We take a look at the role it has to play in the lives and futures of those connected to it.
In this story, we look at efforts made by Hwange Colliery, Zimbabwe’s biggest coal mine, to develop their industry and provide facilities and infrastructure that benefit staff and local communities. The mine’s CEO, Thomas Makore, states frankly that ‘coal is a dirty business’ and that mining must be done responsibly. We visited the mine to find out more.
The colliery is located in the North-West corner of Zimbabwe, about a 45-minute drive from Victoria Falls. Its output is impressive: approximately 200,000 tons per month, set to increase sizably in the near future. It produces thermal coal used by power stations; industrial coal used by industry; and a product used in the smelting of iron and steel. The colliery is also a huge employer in the region with 3000 staff, 2800 of whom live in houses at the mining village. There is also a school, full-service hospital and homes for employees who have retired.
The discovery of coal reserves in the Hwange region over 100 years ago led to interesting developments for the area and country as a whole. Electricity generation from thermal coal became a reality; the establishment of the country’s National Railway occurred, and a huge power plant was built alongside the mine which is still in operation today powering the country. Roads, water infrastructure and an entire town have emerged.
IT’S AFRICA’S TIME tells the story of the Hwange Colliery through the eyes of those who have journeyed with it over many years. Joseph Sibanda has been chauffeur to the mine’s CEOs for over 30 years and Sister Rosemary Nekatambe, the mother of 4 and stalwart medical professional at Hwange Colliery Hospital, is another. She has worked for many decades at the mine’s hospital which offers a highly respected nursing training facility, developing professionals for Zimbabwe’s medical sector as a whole.
The mine has had its ups and downs over the years and still faces many challenges within the context of Zimbabwe’s ongoing realities and past difficulties. We take a look at the role it has to play in the lives and futures of those connected to it.
IHS NIGERIA
IHS Towers is Africa’s leading independent mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider currently owning and operating over 23,000 towers in Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia and Rwanda. The company’s infrastructure and tower sharing model is crucial to telecoms accessibility for millions of Africans and has huge knock-on benefits to SMEs and emerging businesses in the telecoms space.
Our team visited IHS’s operations in Nigeria to see how telecommunications is promoting economic growth. We meet 3 Nigerians: A dress designer, a cellphone recharge card seller and a photographer to explore the tangible connection between infrastructure, everyday life and amazing opportunities to grow.
Then we take things a step further, asking how renewable energy solutions can be a part of the picture. We explore IHS Towers’ commitment to sustainable energy solutions through solar-powered towers and diesel reduction protocols and we meet the executives who are making this happen.
Our team visited IHS’s operations in Nigeria to see how telecommunications is promoting economic growth. We meet 3 Nigerians: A dress designer, a cellphone recharge card seller and a photographer to explore the tangible connection between infrastructure, everyday life and amazing opportunities to grow.
Then we take things a step further, asking how renewable energy solutions can be a part of the picture. We explore IHS Towers’ commitment to sustainable energy solutions through solar-powered towers and diesel reduction protocols and we meet the executives who are making this happen.
MAERSK ANGOLA
International powerhouse Maersk has a long history of developing human capital, but what is it doing in Angola within its varied operations to create a sustainable employee base for itself and to offer opportunities to young Angolans? How is Maersk fostering up-skilling, professional advancement and the provision of opportunities for locals?
To find out, we spent time in Cape Town and Luanda with cadets from Maersk Supply Service who are training to become vessel captains, supplying food and equipment to oil rigs and other marine operations on the high seas. It’s exciting times for 21-year-old Luandan cadet, Dario Timoteo, and his best friend, Mac, who are set to take on the world under the tutelage of Maersk.
Then we travel north to Soyo, Angola, to learn about seafarers employed at Maersk’s Svitzer tug-boat base. After months of training on a tall-sail vessel off the shores of Europe, the Soyo seafarers are now back in Angola and putting their skills to the test in local waters. How are they doing and what are their dreams for the future?
Finally, we explore Maersk’s MITAS post-graduate professional development programme which mentors young professionals. Luzana Costa is a 26-year-old scarily smart Angolan geologist working for Maersk Oil in Luanda and, we think, set to become Secretary-General of the United Nations one day. Stand back world, Luzana has arrived.
This youthful story is about identifying and developing potential on land and at sea. It illustrates what’s possible when determination, talent and corporate partnership combine for a mutually beneficial sustainable future.
To find out, we spent time in Cape Town and Luanda with cadets from Maersk Supply Service who are training to become vessel captains, supplying food and equipment to oil rigs and other marine operations on the high seas. It’s exciting times for 21-year-old Luandan cadet, Dario Timoteo, and his best friend, Mac, who are set to take on the world under the tutelage of Maersk.
Then we travel north to Soyo, Angola, to learn about seafarers employed at Maersk’s Svitzer tug-boat base. After months of training on a tall-sail vessel off the shores of Europe, the Soyo seafarers are now back in Angola and putting their skills to the test in local waters. How are they doing and what are their dreams for the future?
Finally, we explore Maersk’s MITAS post-graduate professional development programme which mentors young professionals. Luzana Costa is a 26-year-old scarily smart Angolan geologist working for Maersk Oil in Luanda and, we think, set to become Secretary-General of the United Nations one day. Stand back world, Luzana has arrived.
This youthful story is about identifying and developing potential on land and at sea. It illustrates what’s possible when determination, talent and corporate partnership combine for a mutually beneficial sustainable future.
MOTA-ENGIL ANGOLA
World-renowned civil engineering and construction company, Mota-Engil, has returned to a key project it was forced to abandon in the 1970s due to the Angolan civil war. In the process, it is not only rebuilding a hugely important and strategic infrastructure point but also changing lives for good.
In the early 1970s, the company began construction of the Calueque Dam on the Cunene River in Angola’s southern Cunene Province. Civil war forced them and many residents to abandon the area as Angola’s MPLA and Namibia’s SWAPO forces battled the South African army aligned to Jonas Savimbi’s UNITA Movement. A complex and protracted war also involving Cuba, Russia and the CIA lasted decades, leaving thousands dead, the area depopulated and the dam itself badly damaged by missile fire and continuous bombardment.
More than 40 years later the telltale signs of the war are visible as our crew visited the area to explore Mota-Engil’s return to the Calueque Dam project. Bullet-ridden houses and burned out military vehicles are easily seen. Yet, since peace was declared people have returned to Calueque, as has Mota-Engil with a 200 million dollar contract awarded to it in 2011 to provide water infrastructure, jobs and hope to the people of the region and beyond.
Join us as we explore the rebuilding of the Calueque Dam. This is an extraordinary story about water, engineering, people and progress – a second-time-around journey that reminds us of the power of infrastructure to change people’s lives for good.
In the early 1970s, the company began construction of the Calueque Dam on the Cunene River in Angola’s southern Cunene Province. Civil war forced them and many residents to abandon the area as Angola’s MPLA and Namibia’s SWAPO forces battled the South African army aligned to Jonas Savimbi’s UNITA Movement. A complex and protracted war also involving Cuba, Russia and the CIA lasted decades, leaving thousands dead, the area depopulated and the dam itself badly damaged by missile fire and continuous bombardment.
More than 40 years later the telltale signs of the war are visible as our crew visited the area to explore Mota-Engil’s return to the Calueque Dam project. Bullet-ridden houses and burned out military vehicles are easily seen. Yet, since peace was declared people have returned to Calueque, as has Mota-Engil with a 200 million dollar contract awarded to it in 2011 to provide water infrastructure, jobs and hope to the people of the region and beyond.
Join us as we explore the rebuilding of the Calueque Dam. This is an extraordinary story about water, engineering, people and progress – a second-time-around journey that reminds us of the power of infrastructure to change people’s lives for good.
NOVARTIS
In this episode, we travel to Nigeria and Kenya to explore how a leading healthcare company is supporting access to healthcare. This story demonstrates what’s possible when public and private sectors combine with the shared goal of improving lives through access to quality care.
Prohibitive costs, geographic isolation and a lack of basic information result in illness, disability and death for far too many Africans but medical intervention programmes supported by the private sector mean that millions stand the chance of enjoying healthy, productive lives.
To see these programmes in action we travelled to Nigeria to visit the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, a few hours’ drive north of Lagos, where a Novartis supported oncology access programme has already saved hundreds of lives through screening, early detection and treatment. Then we journeyed to Kirinyaga County in Kenya to find out about the Familia Nawiri community screening and education programme. We completed our trip at Kenya’s Nairobi Hospital where we met and interviewed medical specialists and those benefiting from corporate supported programmes focused on access to quality, life-saving healthcare.
Lives are being changed through shared effort. That‘s what IT’S AFRICA’S TIME is all about.
Prohibitive costs, geographic isolation and a lack of basic information result in illness, disability and death for far too many Africans but medical intervention programmes supported by the private sector mean that millions stand the chance of enjoying healthy, productive lives.
To see these programmes in action we travelled to Nigeria to visit the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, a few hours’ drive north of Lagos, where a Novartis supported oncology access programme has already saved hundreds of lives through screening, early detection and treatment. Then we journeyed to Kirinyaga County in Kenya to find out about the Familia Nawiri community screening and education programme. We completed our trip at Kenya’s Nairobi Hospital where we met and interviewed medical specialists and those benefiting from corporate supported programmes focused on access to quality, life-saving healthcare.
Lives are being changed through shared effort. That‘s what IT’S AFRICA’S TIME is all about.
SHALINA GROUP
‘If the people of Africa don’t have access to affordable healthcare, there’s no point in promoting a broader development agenda on the continent’…wise words from a delegate at a recent conference on Africa’s future.
In this story, IT’S AFRICA’S TIME travels to Angola to explore how the private sector can do great business while transforming the healthcare landscape of a nation through the sustainable provision of affordable medicines.
Shalina Healthcare is a producer of high quality, generic World Health Organisation accredited affordable medicines. Currently manufacturing in India, their distribution outlets In Africa include Congo and Angola, with plans to manufacture in-country in the near future. Their business model and impact is centred on the sustainable availability of high-quality affordable medicines delivered to hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and NGOs through an expanding network of locally based depots.
In Angola, where our story is based, much still needs to be done to rebuild medical infrastructure and to supply much needed, non-counterfeit, affordable medicines to its people. So how is Shalina Healthcare a part of this picture and how is it helping to expand a robust, compliant, responsible healthcare and pharmaceutical industry in that country?
Join us as we meet a leading Angolan doctor and medical thought leader, a young mother, a nun at a mission clinic, a Shalina employee and Shalina executives to see how WHO standard affordable medicines are impacting each of their lives, the communities around them and the country as a whole.
In this story, IT’S AFRICA’S TIME travels to Angola to explore how the private sector can do great business while transforming the healthcare landscape of a nation through the sustainable provision of affordable medicines.
Shalina Healthcare is a producer of high quality, generic World Health Organisation accredited affordable medicines. Currently manufacturing in India, their distribution outlets In Africa include Congo and Angola, with plans to manufacture in-country in the near future. Their business model and impact is centred on the sustainable availability of high-quality affordable medicines delivered to hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and NGOs through an expanding network of locally based depots.
In Angola, where our story is based, much still needs to be done to rebuild medical infrastructure and to supply much needed, non-counterfeit, affordable medicines to its people. So how is Shalina Healthcare a part of this picture and how is it helping to expand a robust, compliant, responsible healthcare and pharmaceutical industry in that country?
Join us as we meet a leading Angolan doctor and medical thought leader, a young mother, a nun at a mission clinic, a Shalina employee and Shalina executives to see how WHO standard affordable medicines are impacting each of their lives, the communities around them and the country as a whole.
YARA TANZANIA
This agriculture-based story explores innovative solutions to farming in Tanzania. Solutions that have scalability and relevance for the rest of Africa and the world, and have seen an exciting partnership between the private sector, academics and farmers in their fields to come up with best practices that can ensure a brighter future for all. What is the link between profit and responsibility and how can the two work hand in hand for a better overall result? Join us and find out.
IT’S AFRICA’S TIME was invited to the Morogoro district in eastern Tanzania and to a maize farming region in the south-west to explore a pilot programme focusing on the sustainable intensification of farming, done in an environmentally responsible way. The idea was to help farmers farm more effectively to ensure a significant improvement in yields with a win-win benefit to the environment through better use of farmland and agricultural inputs (known to non-agri pundits as products used to protect crops and feed the soil).
From 2011 – 2014, Yara, a world leader in sustainable agri-solutions, helped create a pilot project called The ECCAg – The Environment and Climate Compatible Agriculture Project. It brought together the private sector, academia and farmers, producing skill-sets and invaluable data never collected before. It showed conclusively that intensification of agriculture through improved agronomic protocols are compatible with environmental sustainability, while at the same time improving productivity and profitability at the farm level. Good news indeed!
Join us and meet the farmers, the agronomists and the academics who took part in the programme and see for yourself what a difference this approach can truly make.
IT’S AFRICA’S TIME was invited to the Morogoro district in eastern Tanzania and to a maize farming region in the south-west to explore a pilot programme focusing on the sustainable intensification of farming, done in an environmentally responsible way. The idea was to help farmers farm more effectively to ensure a significant improvement in yields with a win-win benefit to the environment through better use of farmland and agricultural inputs (known to non-agri pundits as products used to protect crops and feed the soil).
From 2011 – 2014, Yara, a world leader in sustainable agri-solutions, helped create a pilot project called The ECCAg – The Environment and Climate Compatible Agriculture Project. It brought together the private sector, academia and farmers, producing skill-sets and invaluable data never collected before. It showed conclusively that intensification of agriculture through improved agronomic protocols are compatible with environmental sustainability, while at the same time improving productivity and profitability at the farm level. Good news indeed!
Join us and meet the farmers, the agronomists and the academics who took part in the programme and see for yourself what a difference this approach can truly make.