EMMANUEL AZUBUIKE British actor and entrepreneur Idris Elba has partnered with Google to provide about 100,000 African creators with access to artificial intelligence tools worth approximately $1 million. The move is aimed at helping creatives produce high-quality content faster, reduce production costs and compete globally. According to Bloomberg, the initiative was disclosed following Google’s AI […]
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After two decades of delays, the colossal trans-Saharan gas megaproject to export Nigerian gas to Europe via Niger and Algeria is back in the spotlight with this month’s announcement that construction of the Algerian section had rebegun. The pipeline, once completed, could fundamentally reshape Europe’s energy map. David RICH/TAHAR HANI After several false starts, work […]
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NEHA BANKA It is barely noon, and a group of women sit near the beach on the outskirts of Djégbadji village, in West Africa’s Benin, sifting through mounds of salt harvested from the Gulf of Guinea’s ocean. Large concrete vats covered with black tarpaulin show traces of white salt sediment as the seawater slowly evaporates […]
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Cocoa prices reached a peak in 2024 before plummeting by nearly 75%, dealing a financial blow to millions of farmers in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. Will the crisis mark a turning point for the sector? SILJA FRÖHLICH It’s a tough choice. “If I send my children to school and can’t bring in part of the […]
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Rates of gray divorce have risen sharply over the past few decades— and experts have a few theories as to why. CATHERINE PEARSON In 2021, after more than 30 years together, Alan Hickenbottom and his wife filed for divorce — but he still believes their marriage was a success. Their early years together were fun […]
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The solution is real socio-economic change in the country, and the labor movement is best positioned to push for it. ZWELINZIMA VAVI South Africa is witnessing a dangerous escalation of anti-migrant sentiment. In recent months, vigilante groups have marched through communities, businesses have been targeted, and migrants have increasingly been blamed for crime, unemployment and […]
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How global migration changed international soccer ADAM MINTER Folarin Balogun, star striker for the United States Men’s National Team, helped to lead his country into the World Cup knockout rounds. He could just as easily have been trying to knock them out. Born in New York to Nigerian parents and raised in England, he was […]
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KATE BARTLETT Johannesburg has always been a melting pot. Traverse South Africa’s economic capital and you’ll come across Zimbabweans trained as doctors but driving Ubers, Ethiopians running bustling restaurants, and Congolese selling colorful wax print fabrics. Some of these immigrants have lived here for years. Others have recently arrived, seeking a better life in one […]
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BEL TREW It started when Amed matched with a man online on a popular dating app. He thought they had friends in common, and so, with his guard down, he agreed to meet. Amed*, who is 36, lives in Nigeria. It has some of the strictest laws against homosexuality in Africa. In the northern state […]
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