A different measure of poverty shows 70% of the world’s poor live in what the World Bank considers middle-income countries.
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The global poverty plot is thicker than what the World Bank would have us believe.
Private companies can provide services - like catering - for inmates.
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Turning prisons into a market opportunity could open them up to corruption.
Hunger is a daily reality across large parts of Africa.
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It’s one thing to come up with food security plans. But implementing them is tough.
Informal trading in Fordsburg, Johannesburg.
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South Africa needs to rethink the role of the informal economy as it mulls over ideas to beat joblessness.
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo and China’s President Xi Jinping at the 2018 summit in Beijing.
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Not enough credit is given to the agency African governments have in their dealings with China.
Rice fields in Madagascar. There is a project in the country to increase climate resilience in the rice sector.
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The private-sector plays an increasing role helping agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa adapt to a changing climate.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China.
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Kenya has a legal framework that protects its citizens from racism but there are challenges with its implementation
A significant number of South Africans can’t find jobs and scrounge for a living on the sidelines of the economy.
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South Africa’s jobs summit failed to acknowledge fundamental issues in the approach to development and job creation.
About nine out of ten Somalis above the age of 16 own a phone.
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Mobile money transfers have become the norm in Somalia. Transactions total as much as $2.7bn a month.
Dairy and livestock farming will not be viable over much of the subcontinent at the current rate of warming.
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Staying below 1.5°C will require urgent, deep and radical changes in almost every aspect of our lives.
Kenya needs more skilled local workers who can be employed in the oil sector.
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A major constraint that prevents Kenyans from benefiting from the oil sector includes the lack of specialised training or technical skills
The Okavango Delta in Botswana.
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For hot, dry and water-stressed countries like Botswana and Namibia, high temperatures and droughts will be more severe than the global average.
Support for land redistribution tends to be stronger among economically disadvantaged South Africans.
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A survey shows that support for land reform in South Africa differs according to race.
Cameroonian President Paul Biya votes in the presidential elections in the capital Yaounde. He has been in power for 36 years.
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President Paul Biya’s credibility and legitimacy are increasingly being tarnished, amid growing support for opposition candidates.
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African economies could benefit more from backward linkages to the mining industry than from beneficiation.
Accra’s sprawling slums.
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Research in Ghana shows that improving slum housing could be one of the alternatives to the capital’s housing crisis.
Uganda has a long history of media censorship under President Yoweri Museveni.
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Despite continual threats, the media in Uganda continues to tackle controversial issues and break big stories of corruption and abuse of power.
A man accused of raping a seven-year old child at a restaurant in South Africa makes his first court appearance.
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Social media presents new challenges in sensitive cases but media houses must stick to the law.
South Africa’s far right never had a big support base, even under apartheid.
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The South African pressure group Afriforum and its allies want to be the only voices speaking on behalf of Afrikaners.
The push to tax social media users is gaining momentum across Africa.
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Internet taxes could stifle Africa’s free and vibrant social media.