Tendai Musakwa

Originally from Zimbabwe, Tendai Musakwa is a journalist who has written for China Offshore, Invest In, ChinaFile, the China Africa Project and other publications. He has a bachelor's degree in political science and Chinese from Vassar College and a master's degree in Chinese studies from Oxford University. He reports on development, finance and international relations and lives in Shanghai.

A New UN Nutrition Program Financed by Africans for Africans

Tendai Musakwa

• November 10, 2015

The first United Nations development aid program financed solely by African countries for their own benefit was announced recently at the UN headquarters in New York. Unitlife, which was presented as world leaders convened at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, will tax the sale of oil, gold and other natural resources …

Africa, Development, Education, Health and Population, Women

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The Situation for Women and Girls Around the World? Stark.

Tendai Musakwa

• September 24, 2015

As the United Nations prepares to formally accept the new Sustainable Development Goals at midday at a summit meeting on Friday, here is a close look at one of the main resources that helped inform the long debate on creating the goals — the UN Development Program’s Human Development Report for 2014. What do …

Governance, Health and Population, Latin America, Middle East, Poverty, Sustainable Development Goals, Women

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Clinging to Coal: A New Report Belabors Increasing Use by Many Nations

Tendai Musakwa

• June 29, 2015

SHANGHAI — Coal use by some of the world’s most advanced societies — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, known as the Group of 7 — has been increasing deaths and disease globally, Oxfam International, a consortium of 17 affiliates fighting poverty, found recently in a report titled “Let Them …