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Kenya: China faces a critical test in train debt

Kenya’s difficulties in servicing its debts for the newly-built, Chinese-financed Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is nearing a breaking ... point.

Tuesday, 29 September 2020

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It’s time for Africa’s maternal mortality battle to go digital

It is wholly unacceptable that a mother in sub-Saharan Africa is over 100 times more likely to die during pregnancy and childbirth than a woman ... in Western Europe in an age when having a mobile phone and access to the internet alone can greatly enhance their life chances.

Climate change activists protest in Khayelitsha township

can't have one without the other

The fight against Covid-19 and climate change are a united battle

History has taught us that the advent of a global pandemic is correlated to climatic change. And in the case of COVID-19, it has been a human-induced ... change.

Monday, 28 September 2020

French robot Pepper that detects non-masked faces helps enforce mask-wearing

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Unlocking Africa’s digital future

Before Africa can reach the uplands of digitization -- the robotics and the AI -- it must first do the hard slog of reforming telecoms markets ... and opening up to competition, argues the outgoing head of the IFC.

PART 2

Greener Africa: Women – The face of a digital and green revolution?

In this second part of our series, we look at the indispensable role Africa's digital revolution plays in attaining a greener continent, but ... women remain the missing ingredient in maximising this technology.

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Friday, 25 September 2020

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Global GDP could rise by 3% if gender disparity gap is closed

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) estimates that approximately 80% of women-owned businesses with credit needs in low-income countries ... are either unserved or underserved.

Thursday, 24 September 2020

Nigeria at 60

Nigeria: Gas/solar diversification needed to escape power shortages

Nigeria’s chronic power shortages have been a defining feature of the country’s path to sustainable economic development. ...

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US/Africa policy must have voices of ordinary people from across the continent

Regardless of who wins the US elections in November, analysts have argued that a process of updating and revitalising US policy towards Africa ... is overdue.

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Nigeria’s Benin Bronzes: ‘It’s not the place of the British to decide their fate’

Being a Britgerian I often find myself torn by the fact I’ve been brought up in Britain and I’m of Nigerian descent. ...

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

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AU to the rescue

How the African Union is rallying to combat COVID – Phumla Williams

Africa’s battle against COVID-19 is not only a picture of death, suffering and economic devastation. picture of partnership, the sharing of ... strategies and resources and resilience and innovation

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