Re-building township micro-economies

The lack of formal jobs in urban industrial areas has made the urban poverty even worse, as millions must eke out a living in a highly competitive unregulated and unstable informal sector. This has come with its evils of drug addiction, teen prostitution and a general decline in societal values.

By The Standard Jul. 14, 2022

Interview: Cottco CEO lays out manufacturing vision

Cottco is on an expansion drive that will see it entering the textile and oil processing markets and the move is part of a broad regional expansion drive meant to transform the state-run firm into one of Africa’s biggest cotton dealers within 10 years.

By The Standard Feb. 6, 2022

Interview: Cottco CEO lays out manufacturing vision

Cottco is on an expansion drive that will see it entering the textile and oil processing markets and the move is part of a broad regional expansion drive meant to transform the state-run firm into one of Africa’s biggest cotton dealers within 10 years.

By The Standard Feb. 6, 2022

In Cabo Delgado, displaced villagers report food aid traded for money, sex

Forty-five-year old Albertina, another occupant of the Muaja camp that holds some 300 IDPs, fled from Pangala village in Macomia late last year when the place was raided by the insurgents.

By The Standard Sep. 5, 2021

In Cabo Delgado, displaced villagers report food aid traded for money, sex

Forty-five-year old Albertina, another occupant of the Muaja camp that holds some 300 IDPs, fled from Pangala village in Macomia late last year when the place was raided by the insurgents.

By The Standard Sep. 5, 2021