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South Africa’s laws designed to protect whistleblowers need urgent reform.
People queue outside a bank in Lagos on February 22, 2023. Nigeria was hit with a scarcity of cash after the central bank began to swap old Naira notes for new bills.
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There are at least five errors that marred the currency redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, most of which could have been avoided.
The entrance to South Africa’s coal-fired Tutuka power plant operated by Eskom.
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Nothing will save Eskom in its present configuration.
Foreign aid drives development in cities such as Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa.
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Gender parity in the top echelons of donor organisations is key, given that Africa’s cities rely on international aid for development.
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Asia’s much touted low-cost, export-oriented manufacturing model increases gender discrimination.
Wine remains among South Africa’s major agricultural exports.
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South Africa’s focus should be on maintaining smooth relations with critical export markets while searching for new ones.
Women around the world have adjusted to new working realities after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The pandemic affected working women in several spheres of life.
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South Africa’s minister of finance should have used the bailout of Eskom to fast-track its split and introduce the private sector into the electricity sector.
Agriculture is still largely manual in a several parts of the continent.
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Average farm machinery use in Africa is among the lowest in the world.
A food vendor in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The rise in food prices has begun to ease in the country.
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A slowdown in price rises, combined with the shift to less aggressive rate hikes, is good news for the minister’s budget initiatives on growth.
There are fears that Kenya’s debt has been funding mostly government salaries.
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William Ruto is determined to reduce public debt by collecting more taxes to pay for what the country needs.
Women walk with their donkeys in Ethiopia’s Amhara region.
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The demand for donkey hides to produce ejiao has led to a shortage of donkeys in China and increasingly worldwide.
A woman working from home.
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Remote working policy needs to strike a balance between productivity and individual rights of employees.
Coffee harvest at a farm in Zambia.
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The findings show that Zambian agricultural policies do reduce headcount poverty and inequality.
Accra’s population has doubled over the past decade.
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Accra could keep its political role while some of its other functions are distributed around the country.
Kampala is one of the three Eastern African cities that transformed with little historical precedence.
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East Africa is one of the fastest urbanising regions in the world, but it’s still in the early phases. There’s a big opportunity to get the region’s cities right.
Ghana is trying to put together a debt restructuring programme to satisfy major stakeholders.
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Ghana’s finance ministry is struggling to build consensus on the country’s debt burden.
When directors sit on too many company boards they might become what’s referred to as ‘overboarded’.
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Directors should avoid accepting more directorships than they can handle.
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The current energy transition could herald a new copper world. But will it be a long-anticipated resource blessing or yet another global scramble for the precious metal?
Solar powered water heaters on rooftops above shacks in the Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Installing enough solar panels and battery storage to see a household through a week without sunshine isn’t yet financially possible.
Workers sew garments at a textile factory in Cape Town, South Africa.
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South Africa’s world-leading wage inequality has as much to do with what bosses are doing as it does with how educated or experienced workers are.
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Nigeria’s Lekki Deep Sea Port is also its largest, and will boost the country’s ability to process imports and exports.
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, present the redesigned banknotes in Abuja.
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For a country that aspires to reduce bureaucracy and liberalise its financial sector, currency redesign and cash withdrawal limits can only be counter-intuitive.
Volunteers from Litterbroom Project, Green Corridors and members of a local community in Durban clean up beaches after heavy rains and winds.
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Volunteering can help people gain soft skills, improving their labour market prospects.
South Africa’s agricultural sector has great potential to reduce poverty and create jobs.
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Year after year, challenges have distracted the country from its agricultural expansion goals.