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A Malawian farmer in her groundnut plot. Photo: <ahref:http://www.flickr.com/photos/44760652@N05/7337617292/">CIMMYT (Flickr)</a>.

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Farm growth fights poverty twice as fast as other growth

The most equitable way a country can stimulate a post-conflict economy is to invest in agriculture, an African nonprofit says.

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The mobile phone is the bank of choice in Africa

A new Gallup Poll from Sub-Saharan Africa shows that the mobile phone is the most popular way to transfer money in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Women in Sierra Leone are gaining business acumen and entrepreneurial skills. Photo: UNIFEM.

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Innovation challenge! Sierra Leone women compete for business funding

In Sierra Leone, an NGO sponsors a business plan contest that strives to change the gender makeup of the country’s entrepreneurs.

U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon says green energy is central to economic growth. Photo: <a href="United Nations Information Service - Geneva">United Nations Information Service - Geneva(flickr)</a>

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U.N. on electricity: Green growth needs a good grid

What can the world’s poorest hope to achieve without energy access? Not much, according to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.

Within a few years, cheap sorghum-based beer might be the newest gift of the Nile to drinkers and farmers alike. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tattoodjay/3499979468/in/photostream/">Photo: Tattooed JJ (Flickr)</a>

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Will sorghum beer become Africa's first macrobrew?

With barley beer priced out of reach and homebrewed banana beer sending people to the hospital, SABMiller is testing a new ingredient for its African alcohol: sorghum.

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Research Shows Africa's Crops in Danger of Global Warming

Watch out for blanket statements about all of Africa - it's a huge continent and we've recently written quite a bit about sub-Saharan Africa being a potential breadbasket.

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It's children like these girls that may never recieve the free medicine from aid groups like Unicef, because of the thriving black market. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/travlr/83146114/">Travlr (flickr)</a>

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Hidden Camera Exposes Corruption

BBC investigative reporter Sorious Samura uses a hidden camera to confront pharmacists selling Unicef-provided drugs distributed by Unicef in Sierra Leone. The drugs were intended to be distributed free of charge.

Future leaders of Sierra Leone. Photo: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/mission/2092571341/">Mike North (flickr)</a>

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From Rags Toward Riches: Rebuilding Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is OK now. A newly-elected government is in power and day-to-day activities of the administration are ongoing.

—Olusegun Ogundeji, Concord Times of Freetown.

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Sierra Leone - Mining Inspires Hope, Poses Challenges

Mining offers an economic opportunity for Sierra Leone, but at what cost?

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Farm growth fights poverty twice as fast as other growth

The mobile phone is the bank of choice in Africa

Innovation challenge! Sierra Leone women compete for business funding

U.N. on electricity: Green growth needs a good grid

Will sorghum beer become Africa's first macrobrew?

Research Shows Africa's Crops in Danger of Global Warming

Hidden Camera Exposes Corruption

From Rags Toward Riches: Rebuilding Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone - Mining Inspires Hope, Poses Challenges

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