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Empowerment

How small savings spark big change for women in Kenya

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by Jacob Opara
Argentina’s President Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump drill into the world: activists in costumes during COP30.

Right-wing populism

“The Sustainable Development Goals are seen as the enemy”

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by Imme Scholz
by Eva-Maria Verfürth

Mental health

Hope and healing for Malawi’s forgotten female sex workers

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by Benson Kunchezera

Poverty

Nigeria’s forgotten Almajiri children

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by Sarafadeen Olalekan Oyeleke
A waste collector in Johannesburg. South Africa is one of the countries with the greatest wealth inequality.

Inequality in numbers

Rich and poor – the extreme distribution of income and wealth worldwide

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by D+C / E+Z

Entrepreneurship

Building bridges between Zimbabwe’s diaspora and businesses at home

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu
A farm that was destroyed by a cyclone in southern Malawi.

Food security

Malawi’s increasingly difficult battle against hunger

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by Brenard Mwanza
by Matthias Scharpf
Investments in companies that supply underserved populations with essential goods such as food are a form of impact investing.

Impact investing

How to convince rich people to use their money for good

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by Nico Blaauw
Illustration by Dadi Prayoga from Indonesia.

Our view

The power of the billions

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth
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