As the globe gathers for COP28’s first-ever Global Stocktake, Africa demands that the world’s biggest polluters to fund the fallout of their actions. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | African nations are intensifying their push for substantial climate finance from the world’s biggest polluters as the 28th edition of the …
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Lagos, Nigeria | THE INDPENDENT | With $6.2 trillion worth of natural resources, 65 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land, and a vibrant youth population, Africa has no excuse to be poor, African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said . He said the continent must look inward urgently …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa 5G Summit, a prominent event within the sixth Southern Africa Mobile Broadband (MBB) VIP Salon, underscored the pivotal role of 5G in shaping Africa’s business landscape. Hosted by Huawei and held during AfricaCom, the continent’s largest technology conference, the summit convened industry leaders, government …
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Exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, show how cultural cross-pollination thrived across centuries and continents under Byzantine rule ART | AGENCIES | While trans-continental interventions on the African continent began with the 15th-century arrival of the Portuguese, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Africa & Byzantium exhibition demonstrates how …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Public-private partnerships are crucial to closing the financing gap for infrastructure development in Africa, and governments and the private sector should work together to create effective PPPs, said Dr Robert Lisinge, Acting Director of the Private Sector Development and Finance Division at the UN Economic …
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Trainee doctors are (barely) holding healthcare together ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | As the Global North poaches African doctors, healthcare falls to overworked and unmentored interns, some of whom learn medical procedures from YouTube. Fifteen of the world’s (fiscally) richest countries have over 55,000 African doctors in their health systems, a new …
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Why Uganda was not on the list for worst roads COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | A new report on the state of roads attributed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently left Ugandans agitated for a surprising reason; that their country was not named among the top 10 with …
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Why Kenya and Rwanda, by opening up their borders for other Africans, have taken a step in the right direction COMMENT | ALAN HIRSCH | President William Ruto of Kenya recently announced that Kenya’s borders would be open to visitors from the entirety of Africa, with no visas required, by the …
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Experts have called for implementing regional and continental land policies and conventions to address unfolding cross-border conflicts involving dwindling pastoral resources in Africa. The call was made on Thursday at the 2023 Conference on Land Policy in Africa at the African Union (AU) headquarters …
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ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s city ecosystem is attracting billions of dollars in new projects, making them home to some of the world’s glitziest and tallest buildings. 1. The Iconic Tower, Egypt With its towering height of 385m (The Uganda Revenue Authority headquarter building is 100m tall), the Iconic Tower …
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