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Sub-Saharan Africa

Online platforms offer new paths to entrepreneurship.

Digitalisation

How young Zambians build careers on social media

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by Derrick Silimina
Street markets in Senegal are huge and virtually unregulated: the young voters who elected the new government work predominantly in the informal sector.

West Africa

Senegal: An anchor of stability in a turbulent region

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by Jannis Düngemann
Zambian women take part in the International Women’s Day celebration in Lusaka, the country’s capital, in March 2024.

Gender equality

Promoting women’s property rights in Zambia

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by Beaulah N. Chombo
Cooking with solar energy can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Just transition

How clean cooking transforms daily life for Kenyan families

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by Joseph Maina
Tries to balance his country’s economic interests against those of foreign mining companies: Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye, pictured here in Addis Ababa in February when Burundi officially assumed the chairmanship of the African Union.

Mining economy

Burundi’s struggle for mining justice

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by Mireille Kanyange
A mining site near Rubaya in eastern DRC.

Conflict and resources

Minerals for peace – or war over minerals in the DR Congo?

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by Ezra Moïse Amisi
by Bossissi Nkuba
The port of Lobito in Angola, which gave its name to the Lobito Corridor.

Africa

Economic infrastructure alone is not enough for growth

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by Georg Schäfer
Many African communities have traditionally cared for and respected their elders, but modern pressures and economic strain have weakened support systems.

Older populations

Ageing in the shadows

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by Richard Waindi

Malnutrition

In Malawi, childhood is shaped by hunger

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
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