Tag: africa
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First, there was Mali; then came Burkina Faso. Today, in the epic saga that is the anti-Western revolt sweeping across the Sahel, it is the turn of Niger to play… more ›
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2020 brought unparalleled challenges and historical change to the global economy. https://www.gsma.com/sotir/ more ›
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Journalists in 50+ countries explore developments in global commerce from every perspective. For Premium subscribers, we offer our dedicated ‘FT Free Trade’ newsletter every Tuesday and Thursday. https://www.ft.com/content/754adf6b-ff5f-4932-8b45-8403a948a6da#myft:my-news:rss more ›
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All over North America and Europe, universities, businesses and other organisations are investigating their historical connections to slavery. Some of these institutions once owned plantations or enslaved people. https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/mar/31/more-than-money-the-logic-of-slavery-reparations more ›
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So the game is on, once again. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/19/rwanda-deportation-scheme-legal-shameful-britain-asylum-seekers more ›
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The Malian discovery was vivid evidence for what a small group of scientists, studying hints from seeps, mines, and abandoned wells, had been saying for years: Contrary to conventional wisdom,… more ›
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As Amazon-type e-commerce—personified in Jumia—flounders, African entrepreneurs are finding ways to sell online that combine how people shop in malls with the convenience of retail corner shops, the shops that… more ›
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I have some cottages near the edge of the Aberdare Mountain Range in Kenya. It’s a peaceful place of tea growing, sparkling rivers full of rainbow trout, and a nice… more ›
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Conflict minerals have fueled and continue to help sustain armed violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo), linking them to the deadliest conflict globally since World War II. The… more ›
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Sub-Saharan Africa is the most developed market for mobile money, accounting for two-thirds of global mobile money transactions in 2020. There is a huge opportunity to leverage this growing popularity to… more ›