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Opinion / Africa
Policy & Finance
Development economics for an age of upheaval
As the boundaries that once separated sectors become blurred, prosperity increasingly depends on how economies build the ecosystems that sustain technological progress and nurture new productive capacity.
Policy & Finance
Fossil fuel investments are a fiduciary risk
The Iran war has reminded everyone, but especially Africans, of the structural instability of fossil-fuel prices. For African trustees, directors, asset managers, and other fiduciaries, the question is not whether capital should reposition, but whether institutions will act before events compel them to do so.
Cities
Why slums persist
The standard policy response to slums has never worked. It's time to think about how to integrate slum residents into the formal economy.
As global risks rise, India and Nigeria show how energy security and growth depend on integrated, resilient, homegrown, digital, and scalable systems.
All Africa Opinion
6 March 2026
26 January 2026
31 December 2025
Food & Agriculture
War and weather show how fragile food systems are - we must act
22 December 2025
1 December 2025
15 November 2025
Policy & Finance
Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals
10 November 2025
Water
AI wants our water
29 September 2025
Food & Agriculture
Reimagining agriculture for young people
8 September 2025
Policy & Finance
What chaos at the US CDC could mean for the rest of the world
25 August 2025
Policy & Finance
Climate finance is held back by rules from the financial crash
18 August 2025
Policy & Finance
China’s lending to the Global South has been growing more commercial
11 August 2025
Food & Agriculture
Feed the world but feed it well: Why food systems must be reformed
8 August 2025
25 July 2025
Policy & Finance
The scramble for critical minerals
3 July 2025
Manufacturing
The delicate art of natural resource diplomacy
16 April 2025
Policy & Finance
Philanthropy in an era of declining development aid
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