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Strive Masiyiwa

Strive Masiyiwa

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Strive Masiyiwa is African Union Special Envoy on COVID-19 and Head of the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team.

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  1. Bridging Africa's Health-Care Divide
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    Bridging Africa's Health-Care Divide

    Oct 29, 2021 Strive Masiyiwa & Gordon Brown call for immediate measures to deliver vaccines, followed by longer-term investments in health infrastructure.

  2. Funding Africa’s Education Revolution
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    Funding Africa’s Education Revolution

    Oct 11, 2018 Strive Masiyiwa unveils a new facility that will unlock $10 billion to help poor countries strengthen their school systems.

  3. The Power of Mini-Grids
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    The Power of Mini-Grids

    Jun 2, 2017 Strive Masiyiwa & Richard Branson propose a flexible, fast, and low-cost solution to Africa's energy challenge.

  4. Africa’s Farms of the Future
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    Africa’s Farms of the Future

    Jun 23, 2014 Strive Masiyiwa calls for agricultural policies and investments to sustain the continent's economic growth.

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    The Key to Africa’s Vaccine Sovereignty

    Nana Akufo-Addo urges donor governments to build on successful efforts to boost immunization across the continent.
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    For Developing Economies, the Finance Landscape Has Become a Wasteland

    Indermit Gill shows that current conditions give the world's poorest countries no chance to achieve sustained growth.
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    How Not to React to Donald Trump

    Andrés Velasco calls for more serious thinking by progressives and fewer knee-jerk calls to “abandon neoliberalism.”
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    The Fall and Rise of American Democracy

    Daron Acemoglu

    Over time, as American democracy has increasingly fallen short of delivering on its core promises, the Democratic Party has contributed to the problem by catering to a narrow, privileged elite. To restore its own prospects and America’s signature form of governance, it must return to its working-class roots.

    is not surprised that so many voters ignored warnings about the threat Donald Trump poses to US institutions.
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    Enrique Krauze on Baruch Spinoza, the US election, Mexican democracy, and more

    Enrique Krauze considers the responsibility of the state to guarantee freedom, heralds the demise of Mexico’s democracy, highlights flaws in higher-education systems, and more.
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    Does a Savage War of Partition Await Ukraine?

    Nina L. Khrushcheva traces the grim history of territorial divisions like the one that Donald Trump seems to be envisioning.
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    America’s Trade Deficit Is Not Afraid of Donald Trump

    Yanis Varoufakis shows why the incoming US administration can’t eliminate the negative balance – and wouldn’t even if it could.
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    Trump’s Middle East Challenge

    Daoud Kuttab highlights the changes in the region that will complicate the US president-elect's peacemaking efforts.
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    Last Chance for the SDGs?

    Kevin Watkins thinks the fate of the 2030 targets hinges on the next International Development Association replenishment.

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