Southern Africa economic news
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Feb
(AFK Insider) Gates Foundation Pays For Contraceptive Delivery By Drone To African Women
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Madina Toure
By Dana Sanchez
Published: January 29, 2016, 3:26 pm
Drones are delivering contraceptives to hard-to-reach Ghanaian villages in...
28
Jan
Africa can no longer be called ‘poor’ overall, but poverty still an issue (CNN)
(CNN)Poverty in Africa has declined significantly in recent years, showing evidence that the past decade of economic growth has improve...
25
Jan
(News24) Young SA nuclear physicist hopes to bring new mobile charging technology to SA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNCQCLlzxE0
18 November, 01:13 PM
We speak to young South African entrepreneur Shalton Mothwa abo...
24
Jan
(The Daily Nation) African Union to push for Africa’s voice in UN
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By Aggrey Mutambo
African Union chairman President Mugabe has been strident in his consistent call for the reform of the UN, arguing...
23
Jan
The future of jobs: What will survive by 2020, what won’t and what it means for Africa (Mail & Guardian Africa)
65% of children entering primary school today will ultimately end up working in completely new job types that don’t yet exist...
02
Jan
(All Africa) 10 Things to Watch in Africa in 2016
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ANALYSIS
By Nick Branson and Jamie Hitchen
Staying Power: Referenda in the Republic of Congo and Rwanda have paved the way fo...
29
Dec
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18
Dec
Africa outperforms global economy despite downward revisions (This is Africa)
Africa continues to outperform other world regions despite falling commodity prices and rising conflict in 2015, according to revised G...
15
Dec
(The Economist) For most urban Africans, owning anything other than a slum home is out of reach
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LAGOS, the congested commercial capital of Nigeria, has a population variously estimated at anything from 12m-21m. But what is certain ...
10
Dec
(Reuters) Zuma’s firing of South African finance minister dismays investors, ANC supporters
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By Joe Brock and Ed Cropley
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 10 South African President Jacob Zuma's sacking of his respected finance minister in f...