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Entrepreneurship

Building bridges between Zimbabwe’s diaspora and businesses at home

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu
Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin in September.

International relations

Why India and China are realigning their relations

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Further investment in education and health is needed to fully realise the potential of young people in Africa.

Growth

What can help sub-Saharan Africa grow in an inclusive way?

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by Aimé Muligo Sindayigaya
Lesotho declared an unprecedented two-year “state of national disaster” in order to reorganise its economy.

International Relations

Africa does not flinch before Trump

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
President Donald Trump announced new tariff rates for more than a hundred countries on 2 April 2025 in Washington.

World trade

US tariffs will aggravate economic crises in the Global South

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by Praveen Jha
Textile workers protest in Dhaka, demanding payment of their wages before the Eid holidays.

Sustainable supply chains

“The law would be gutted before it even came into force”

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by Armin Paasch
by Leon Kirschgens

Trade infrastructure

How the Lobito Corridor is paving the way for economic growth

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by Derrick Silimina
The private sector is crucial for development. But how can returns be generated in a sustainable manner? This article is part of a focus section on development finance accompanied by a series of AI-generated images.

Roundtable discussion

“Designing an environment where money drives meaningful change”

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by Helmy Abouleish
by Richard Rugendo
by James Shikwati
by Bruno Wenn
Eva-Maria Verfürth and Hans Dembowski.

On our own behalf

Our editor-in-chief says goodbye

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by Hans Dembowski
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