Tag: supply chains

• The Lobito Corridor: Washington’s Answer to Belt and Road in Africa

  October 14, 2024

  The ascent of China’s economic influence in Africa is undeniable, with China surpassing the United States as the continent’s largest trade partner in 2009 and more recently quadrupling the US-Africa… more ›

• The Lobito Corridor: Building Africa’s Most Important Railway

  October 14, 2024

  On February 8, the Lobito Corridor Private Sector Investment Forum in Zambia concluded with great optimism. https://www.uschamber.com/international/the-lobito-corridor-building-africas-most-important-railway more ›

• If your AI seems smarter​, it’s thanks to smarter human trainers

  September 29, 2024

  STOCKHOLM/SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 28 (Reuters) – In the early years, getting AI models like ChatGPT or its rival Cohere to spit out human-like responses required vast teams of low-cost workers… more ›

• Alibaba.com’s U.S. expansion hinges on wooing mom-and-pop shops

  September 14, 2024

  E-commerce giant AlibabaiAlibabaAlibaba, founded in 1999 by Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma, is one of the most prominent global e-commerce companies that operates platforms like AliExpress, Taobao, and Tmall.READ MORE.com is… more ›

• The lightbulb of the 21st century: The battery revolution illuminates a new era

  September 1, 2024

  Increasingly affordable and more sophisticated, batteries are the key to generating a paradigm shift in global energy and economics Thomas Alva Edison took all the credit in 1879, but the… more ›

• Netherlands: The children of a country held hostage by drug trafficking

  July 28, 2024

  On the edges of society, adolescents navigate the mafias that recruit them and the efforts of police officers, social workers and the few politicians who try to keep them on… more ›

• July 4, 2024

  https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/tech-industry-wants-to-lock-up-nuclear-power-for-ai-6cb75316?st=4veonavgxgld02p&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink more ›

• Mapping Amazon

  June 28, 2024

  State and local governments in the United States have already awarded almost $3 billion (and more that is hidden) in economic development subsidies to Amazon. While some of those subsidies,… more ›

• June 17, 2024

  https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/kenya-content-moderators/?s=09 more ›

• The New Scramble for Africa: Land Acquisitions, Modern Imperialism, and the Role of the UAE

  June 9, 2024

  When I visited my home country, Sudan, back in 2011, I began to notice a massive shift. https://medium.com/@taisalih/the-new-scramble-for-africa-land-acquisitions-modern-imperialism-and-the-role-of-the-uae-d8e4505f5fd6 more ›