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Africa's future depends on jobs for the young generation: street vendor in Nairobi.

International finance institution

“Africa’s youth must be employed in Africa”

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by Akinwumi Adesina
Man Veasna, a Cambodian player, warms up at the 2007 Standing Volleyball World Cup in Cambodia.

Minorities

The power of sports

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by Christopher Minko
by Bophea Smith
Buddhist Monk in rural Cambodia

Relevant reading

Analogue limits of digital growth

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by Hans Dembowski
Many people wanted to keep a check on the election process two years ago: polling station.

Citizenship

“People are not afraid to talk online”

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by Fernanda Lobato
by Julia Jaroschewski
Eager to leave: when Saudi Arabia announced 10,000 workers would be recruited last, young men climbed over the fence of Dhaka’s Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry to register.

Human rights

“A situation of bonded labour”

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by Ridwanul Hoque
K.V. Kamath (l), first president of the New Development Bank, with China’s finance minister Lou Jiwei and Shanghai mayor Yang Xiong (r) at the inauguration ceremony of the new international financial institution in Shanghai in July 2015.

Multilateral banks

New players with handicaps

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by Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann
Tablets and smartphones are in use all over the world today – here in Ethiopia.

Development policy

Opportunities and risks

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by Julia Manske
Digitalisation permeates every aspect of life.

Inequality

Building bridges

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by Dominik Hartmann
South Sudanese journalist working in Kenya.

Mobile reporting

Opportunities of digital journalism

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by Ochan Hannington
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