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Africa
Financing is at the heart of ensuring Africa isn't "left behind" in the COVID-19 vaccine race
Sep 30, 2020
Most African countries have joined the cooperative effort for global distribution of a future vaccine, but there are still financial and logistical questions.
African countries form new trading bloc
by
Kimberly Adams
and Christian Buckler
Jul 10, 2019
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement creates a $3.4 trillion economic bloc covering over a billion people.
Regulators in Kenya concerned about growing popularity of online gambling
May 31, 2019
Mobile phones are allowing ordinary Kenyans to try their luck on sports gambling.
Kenyan communities look to cryptocurrency for improved cash flow
Feb 25, 2019
Small communities in Kenya have started embracing cryptocurrency in the hope that it will help to solve their cash flow problems.
Congress considering measure to boost U.S. investment in international infrastructure
Sep 4, 2018
At a big investment conference in Beijing Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced his country would pump another $60 billion into investment into Africa infrastructure. Sixty billion is a popular number in the foreign investment arena these days, it seems. Legislation working its way through Congress would combine several agencies to boost U.S. development financing […]
Free trade gets a boost in Africa
by
Andy Uhler
Apr 13, 2018
Dozens of African nations signed on to a new trade deal. Some key nations still have not.
Why Western tech companies want more control over minerals in Africa
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Mar 2, 2018
Modern electronics rely heavily on one thing: lithium ion batteries. With carmakers gearing up to increase electric vehicle production, the demand for lithium ion batteries doesn’t appear to be slowing down. These batteries rely on an increasingly important supply of the metal cobalt. Most cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central […]
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Why the oil industry may be the most corrupt in the world
by
Scott Tong
Jul 31, 2017
Two cases of illegal payments and bribery came to light recently. One is against the oil services company Halliburton in Angola. The other involves a mining subsidiary of Glencore doing business in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With government heavily involved and centralizing many so-called extractive industries, drilling and mining are more prone to corruption […]
Uganda needs help to serve a growing influx of South Sudan refugees
by
Andy Uhler
Apr 4, 2017
More than 2,500 people flee war-torn South Sudan every day. By the end of this year, 400,000 are expected arrive in Uganda, its neighbor to the south. Uganda is exceptionally open to these refugees, but it needs financial and logistical help as the influx has outpaced relief efforts. Click the audio player above to hear […]
In Africa, locally produced comic books are starting to catch on
Feb 20, 2017
Many artists self-publish runs of 200 to 500 copies of their work.