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The seismic shift getting little attention
A seismic shift in where people live and work is quietly taking place, with little fanfare. It will reshape the way the world works in ways both big and small. That includes where goods get made and consumed, where fashion and music trends...
Africa Has the Fertiliser Inputs It Needs. So Why Is It Still Vulnerable?
The Strait of Hormuz carries up to 30% of internationally traded fertilisers — and since conflict escalated in late February 2026, exports through the strait have collapsed to less than 5% of pre-conflict levels, sending prices for key inpu...
Africa's massive energy potential
Will Africa be the world’s energy powerhouse of the future? James Mwangi thinks so. Given Africa’s enormous, mostly untapped, renewable energy potential, he may be right.
He has several reasons to be optimistic. And as an investor, he’s pu...
The G7's retreat from Africa
Leaky lifeboat
The pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the Iran War. All of these are crises that Africa didn’t create, but got hit hard by nonetheless. Countries already struggling with high levels of poverty and debt have had their problem...
New study: Aid cuts and conflict
Aid and conflict
There’s a longstanding debate in the scholarly literature on whether international aid reduces or increases conflict, with studies landing on both sides. As any social scientist will be quick to tell you, studying huma...
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