Africa’s Assisted Reproductive Technology Boom Needs Public Governance, Not Just Private Investment

Across Africa, assisted reproductive technology (ART) is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Fertility clinics are opening in countries where, until recently, couples had little choice but to travel abroad, often to Europe, India, or within the continent South Africa—to access in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and related treatments. The costs of travel alone made this a prohibitive option for the vast majority of Africans, before the costs of treatment itself were even considered. This…