botswana / http://backend.userland.com/rss Â鶹´«Ã½AV WebTeam In 2013, 48% in Africa expressed confidence in their judicial systems. Those with confidence in their national government are significantly more likely to report confidence in the courts (63% vs. 34%) than non-supporters. /poll/174509/less-half-africa-confident-judicial-systems.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/174509/less-half-africa-confident-judicial-systems.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:00:00 GMT Access to training and money can help overcome barriers to starting or growing a business, but fewer than one in four Africans say they have access to either. /poll/174314/training-money-barriers-starting-business-africa.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/174314/training-money-barriers-starting-business-africa.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 05 Aug 2014 14:00:00 GMT Many households in Africa send domestic remittances in cash. Mobile phone money transfers are filling this need in a few countries and prove better at reaching poor and rural residents than banks or standard money-transfer services. /poll/155693/Mobile-Money-Transfers-Popular-Kenya-Tanzania-Uganda.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/155693/Mobile-Money-Transfers-Popular-Kenya-Tanzania-Uganda.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:00:00 GMT Thirty-two percent of adults in 11 sub-Saharan African countries interviewed in 2011 received domestic remittances in the 30 days before being surveyed, compared with 4% who received international remittances. /poll/155213/Sub-Saharan-Africans-Receive-Domestic-Remittances.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/155213/Sub-Saharan-Africans-Receive-Domestic-Remittances.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:00:00 GMT Many adults in sub-Saharan Africa send or receive payments from distant counterparties with cash as the dominant form of payment, according to a new Â鶹´«Ã½AV study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. /poll/155126/Transactions-Sub-Saharan-Africa-Cash.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/155126/Transactions-Sub-Saharan-Africa-Cash.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 11 Jun 2012 06:00:00 GMT Â鶹´«Ã½AV surveys in 17 sub-Saharan countries reveal that those who report having enough clean drinking water are far more likely to report having enough food to eat in the past year. A median of 66% say water is getting harder to find. /poll/153191/Clean-Drinking-Water-Linked-Food-Security-Africa.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/153191/Clean-Drinking-Water-Linked-Food-Security-Africa.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:00:00 GMT Workers in sub-Saharan Africa whose places of employment are on the power grid report on average about three days of blackouts. But power cuts range from one day or less in South Africa, Kenya, and Botswana to about five days in the Central African Republic and Nigeria. /poll/151973/Africa-Power-Reliability-Similar-Business-Sectors.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/151973/Africa-Power-Reliability-Similar-Business-Sectors.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT In 17 sub-Saharan African countries, a median of 69% of workers say they had no electricity at work in the last seven days, ranging from 92% in Mali and Niger to 12% in South Africa. Self-employed workers and farmers are the most likely to say they work off the electric grid. /poll/151889/Sub-Saharan-Africa-Workers-Without-Electricity.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/151889/Sub-Saharan-Africa-Workers-Without-Electricity.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT While the vast majority of residents across 19 sub-Saharan African countries know how to prevent HIV/AIDS, their reported use of condoms is much lower, including in countries with high HIV rates. /poll/151016/Africans-Know-Prevent-HIV-AIDS.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/151016/Africans-Know-Prevent-HIV-AIDS.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT Fourteen percent of residents in 17 sub-Saharan African countries report both owning a mobile phone and accessing the Internet, with income being an important factor for connectivity. More than one in five adults in Botswana and Uganda report this level of connectivity compared to just 1% in Niger. /poll/150290/Sub-Saharan-Africa-Income-Key-Super-Connected.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/150290/Sub-Saharan-Africa-Income-Key-Super-Connected.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:00:00 GMT