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Playing chess in Marottichal.

Drugs and communities

When an Indian village chose chess over alcohol

Once known for illicit liquor production and alcoholism, Marottichal has transformed into India’s “Chess Village”, writing a story of hope, change and the spirit of sport.

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by Roli Mahajan

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Lesson in the Glory Future Model School in Dhaka.

Primary education

School for slum children

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by Tom Frenzel
by Svetla Dimitrov
by Till Voigts
A woman casting her vote in panchayat elections in Assam on 6 February.

Rural democracy

Living in the villages

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by Ipsita Sapra
“Acleda currently has ­234 branch offices.”

Institutions

From NGO to commercial bank

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by Anja Strautz
South Africa’s new rand bills first came into circulation in November last year.

Editorial

Specific business models

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by Hans Dembowski
African innovation: money transfer by mobile phone.

Finance

Moving forward

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by Geoffrey Muzigiti
by Oliver Schmidt
“Many people think that the Muslim Brothers were the last to get to the revolutionary train – and the first to jump off”: young revolutionaries on Tahrir Square before the fall of Mubarak.

Arab spring

“Jobs are hard to find”

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by Yasser Alwan
Credit cards matter to retailers and their customers – shopping for electronic goods in Accra.

Financial sector

Aspiring to be a continental beacon

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by Horatius Egua
Women must not work only in the informal sector: selling snacks in a market in the north of Cameroon.

Private Sector

Untapped business potential

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by Marie Pardey
Remote sensing lab at the Uiversity of Ghana

Education

“Out of touch”

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by Floreana Miesen
African nations are ageing too.

Comment

Ageing societies

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by Michael Bünte