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My Dinner with Bill Gates: Africa.com’s CEO writes about how she felt after this special invitation

Johannesburg, 8 June 2022: I was invited to dine with Bill Gates last week during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The terms of the invitation, which was extended.

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Violent Conflict and War in Europe Exposes Ethnically-Prejudiced European Terrorism in the West

Since the recent war in Europe and the attack on Ukraine by its neighbouring country Russia on the 24th of February 2022, the international community is yet again concerned with.

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Why British Leadership Remains Critical to Ending Neglected Tropical Diseases

By Ellen Agler, CEO of the END Fund Since the dawn of medicine, the UK has been a pioneer and world leader in preventative medicines like vaccines, antibiotics and neglected.

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A United America and the Implications for Africa

By Kembet Bolton The inauguration of Joe Biden yesterday marks an imminent change of leadership at the White House for the next four years. What implications does this change in.

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When The African Past Meets the Global Future

By Dr Samuel Jacobs Abbey, Executive Director, Jacobs-Abbey Global Institute for Leadership Studies The general picture of Africa in the mid-1990s is that of a region full of the enormous.

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Factors impacting the Development of Infrastructure in Africa

By Tonny Tugee, MD at SEACOM East Africa Without a doubt, Africa is one of the world’s fastest-growing economic hubs. Crucial to this rate of development is the ability to.

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Setting the Record Straight About African Migration

By Folashadé Soulé , Camilla Toulmin Cynical politicians in Europe and the United States claim, for the sake of winning votes, that immigrants are “invading” their countries, threatening to steal.

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Africa and the Myth of Industrialization

By Carlos Lopes Carefully developed backwards and forward linkages, and industrialization has the potential to diversify economies and reduce exposure to external shocks. Considering South Africa as an example –.

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Racism seeks to drive us apart, but there are rays of hope

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Today I received a message from a parent. Her nine-year-old son, Oscar, had been sitting in his living room during the Covid-19 lockdown, watching coverage.

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Racism: Rekindling Black Transnational Activism of yore 

By Kingsley Okeke The world woke to the news of the death of one of Africa’s most prominent reggae artist, Majek Fashek early June 2020, but his prophetic calls, garbed.

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