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Europe’s Sewers Need Space Technology (Repost from 2022)

In 2022, I spent months reporting on toilet innovation but the story never came to see the light. So, today, for International Toilet Day, I am posting…

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October 2025

Why UAE Has Become Africa’s Largest Investor

UAE is Africa's largest investor and has the historical connection to influence a continent.

Oct 6 • 

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Africans Are Living Past Day Zeros, Unlike Cape Town

In many African cities, the idea of a “Day Zero” is not a future threat but a present reality. While Cape Town’s water crisis in 2018 brought global…

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Africa’s Energy Bet Needs to Put Jobs First

Invest in industry before rural electrification, experts say

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May 2025

EXTRA: I Followed Her Abroad — and Reinvented Myself Along the Way

From Coffee Mornings to Comedy Nights: How I Found Myself as a male Trailing Spouse.

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EXTRA: Where Tech Meets the Watchmen

A colony gate in New Delhi reveals more about India’s economy than most headlines: technology is here—but so are three guards managing a sensor that…

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Making the Case for Emancipatory Development in Africa

Africa’s slow development is rooted in colonial extraction, crippling debt, and growth-stifling austerity. How can the continent take back agency, move…

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April 2025

Why Africa Should Turn to Local Currency External Debt & Dodge Dollar Dangers

It's not about eliminating risk, it's about shifting who bears the unfair burden. Western borrowers have had access to these currency tools and it…

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How Africa's Agriculture Failed a Population

Billions directed toward industrial agriculture have yet to secure food security. Instead, policies rooted in colonial legacies and one-size-fits-all…

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April 2024

IMF Yet to Reach Deal With Ethiopia as Economic Stability Hangs in Balance

No deal yet between IMF and Ethiopia, imperiling debt restructuring and economic stability. Without an IMF backing, Ethiopia faces liquidity crisis…

Apr 3, 2024 • 

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January 2024