Social Justice
As Islamist Siege in Mozambique Drags On, Natural Gas Project Scrambles to Evacuate
French energy giant Total SE and international contractors were scrambling to evacuate staff from a $20 billion natural-gas project in northern Mozambique on Saturday, security officials and analysts said, as a deadly attack by Islamic State-linked insurgents on a nearby town entered its fourth day. The siege on the coastal…
Read More
Uganda investigates vanished ivory haul
Global stocks edged lower Tuesday, signaling that major indexes may take a breather after signs of a rapid economic recovery powered them to record highs.…
Why Mastercard just made a $100 million bet on Africa’s mobile money market
The $100 million investment from global payments giant Mastercard in the mobile money business arm of Airtel Africa announced this week is a sign of…
Uganda’s Ivory Pipeline: Connecting DR Congo’s Poaching Epidemic to Asia’s Demand
Overall, despite what has been by many accounts a difficult year, startups received 42% more funding in 2020 than they did in 2019. That said,…
Is the UPE program breeding learning inequalities?
Africa has attracted significant investments and has received an estimated $20 billion in direct investment from Japan between 2016-2018. According to a recent survey by…