Africa’s private sector brings capabilities that are not available in other institutions to the figh
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Calestous Juma is Professor of the Practice of International Development and Faculty Chair of the Innovation and Economic Development Program at Harvard Kennedy School. He is author of The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa.
Africa’s private sector brings capabilities that are not available in other institutions to the figh
![An electronic information board on Ebola in Lagos, Nigeria [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014111171813277734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The rise of 3D printing could do for Africa what semiconductors did for Taiwan in the 1960s.
![Zimbabwe has the world's second largest known platinum reserves [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/201410219366127734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
African universities will become irrelevant if they don’t focus on the role of science and engineeri
![Africa's demand for higher education is rising, writes Juma [AFP/Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20149511018566734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The Ebola outbreak has exposed Africa’s poor infrastructure, limited health research and inadequate
![West African government's public health policies are still not fit to overcome the Ebola pandemic [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/201481384552260734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)