Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. With support from the Mastercard Foundation, The African Century provides a unique platform for debate about the vital issues shaping African societies.
Jun 12, 2019 & call on governments and digital platforms to offer portable benefits to the continent’s freelance workers.
Jun 7, 2019 calls for action from the international community, following a military crackdown on peaceful protesters.
Jun 6, 2019 argues that supporting rural farmers is the key to ending global food insecurity by 2030.
Jun 5, 2019 touts the potential of innovative products like green bonds to attract private capital to green projects.
May 30, 2019 & ask why the ratio of African incomes to those in advanced economies has fallen since the early 1980s.
May 29, 2019 advocates an innovative new financing method to reverse the decline in annual international education aid.
For months, the world looked on as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attempted to reverse the outcome of the city's municipal election. But now that Erdoğan's party has been defeated once again (and massively so this time around), his fundamental weakness has been exposed – as has that of populist authoritarians everywhere.
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