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LEAP 2026: Why Africa should be looking to Riyadh

In barely five years, Saudi Arabia's LEAP has grown from a new technology conference into one of the world's largest gatherings of technology companies, investors and policymakers. For Africa, the sig...

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Les baleinières de la RD Congo, un système de transport flottant qui raconte l'histoire du pays

Les « baleinières », ces navires de transport en bois fabriqués à la main, sont de véritables microcosmes flottants de la vie en République démocratique du Congo.

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Why health is the next frontier for debt swaps

Focused debt swaps could help to boost primary healthcare facilities, medicine availability, maternal and child health and disease prevention.

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Midwives: The Workforce That Will Determine Maternal and Newborn Survival and Africa’s Future

Tonight, thousands of women across Africa will give birth. Whether they survive to see daylight will largely depend on where they live, how quickly they reach care, and whether the health system aroun...

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Solar surges in DR Congo as miners demand power

Solar panel imports have increased amid rising demand from mining companies. Can the technology prove key to connecting off-grid communities?

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ANC’s ‘purge without a plan’ may create the opposition it fears

The ANC’s last-minute decision to remove more than 350 candidate councillors before the 4 November local government elections exposes organisational weakness and risks creating covert internal resista...

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The plant ecology and fynbos recovery of Lower Tokai — an alternative view

Full restoration of pristine Cape Flats Sand Plain Fynbos in Lower Tokai might be achievable in 100 to 200 years. A more honest and achievable path is a dedicated Sand Plain Fynbos ‘garden.’

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From abundance to aridity — El Niño poses threat to SA’s summer grain crop

Following a strong harvest, South African farmers prepare for a challenging summer grain season, with rising El Niño conditions threatening severe late-season drought and heatwaves.

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South Africans need to wake up to the many crippling costs of corruption

Until ordinary citizens stop dismissing corruption as a peripheral issue, and stop voting for corrupt leaders, they won’t get a safe and stable South Africa country in their lifetimes.

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Can Johannesburg fix its books before the doom loop wins?

It has a name: fiscal fiction. Spending as though the cash were already in the bank. But increasingly, it isn’t. A new report from the Centre for Development and Enterprise shows just how far Johannes...

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Implementation stands between Africa and its critical minerals opportunity

Africa holds mineral deposits the modern world depends on, and critical minerals policies are being drafted across the continent, but the test is whether they can produce investment environments predi...

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