Africa

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Exterior of a Puma store.
Retail

Puma bets on Africa’s wave of Gen Zers and their love for ‘casualization’ to drive growth—but analysts worry about the impact of laziness on the sportswear industry

By
February 10, 2024
South Africa should be truly non-aligned–and stop risking its vital trade ties with the West
Commentary

South Africa should be truly non-aligned–and stop risking its vital trade ties with the West

By
January 26, 2024
Meta and IBM’s new AI Alliance wants to redefine the ‘open’ debate that’s fracturing the AI community 
Newsletters

Meta and IBM’s new AI Alliance wants to redefine the ‘open’ debate that’s fracturing the AI community 

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December 5, 2023
Young woman in Africa cooks over an open flame
Commentary

Access to modern stoves could be a game-changer for Africa’s economic development–and help cut the equivalent of the carbon dioxide emitted by the world’s planes and ships

By Akinwumi Adesina and Fatih Birol
December 5, 2023
AI was at the top of the agenda at the African Union’s summit
Newsletters

AI was at the top of the agenda at the African Union’s summit

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November 28, 2023
Kendrick Lamar
Lifestyle

Kendrick Lamar will headline the first tour of the African continent for the Global Citizen Experience

By Glenn Gamboa and The Associated Press
November 3, 2023
The energy transition is under threat as the Global South lags behind
Commentary

The energy transition is under threat as the Global South lags behind

By Makhtar Diop and Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi
October 25, 2023
A Rwandan soldier walks in front of a burned truck near Palma
Features

The raid in Eastern Africa was one of the worst terror attacks of the century. Survivors say France’s biggest energy company left them to face it alone

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October 10, 2023
Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in six decades claims more than 1,000 lives
Environment

Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in six decades claims more than 1,000 lives

By Souhail Karam and Bloomberg
September 9, 2023
Kadiata Dia
Success

‘The American Dream is still available’: Immigration officials shocked as social media fuels 750% surge of Mauritanian migrants

By Jake Offenhartz, Patrick Orsagos, Renata Brito and The Associated Press
August 21, 2023
West Africa child labor
Politics

Your favorite chocolate is probably produced by West African child labor and the government doesn’t care, advocates argue in lawsuit

By Martha Mendoza and The Associated Press
August 15, 2023
Cocoa farmer
Finance

Chocolate inflation won’t quit as the wholesale cocoa cost soars to the highest level in over a decade

By Mumbi Gitau, Ekow Dontoh, Baudelaire Mieu and Bloomberg
July 29, 2023
Vladimir Putin

Prigozhin bigfoots Putin with splashy appearance in St. Petersburg, compliments for Niger coup leader

By
July 29, 2023
Russia is weaponizing global food security in its war—but agribusiness is promising to come to Ukraine’s rescue

Russia is weaponizing global food security in its war—but agribusiness is promising to come to Ukraine’s rescue

By
July 25, 2023
Vladimir Putin
Finance

The Russia-Africa summit is coming, but Putin barely invests in the continent while the mercenary Wagner Group rages across the countryside

By Joseph Siegle and The Conversation
July 24, 2023

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