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Sub-Saharan Africa

A school class in Kakuma: most classrooms in the camp are tiny.

Informal sector

“Most of us feel that teaching is our calling”

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by Alba Nakuwa
Restaurant jobs are sought after among African migrants: a waiter at a café in Dubai.

Labour migration

What it’s like to move from Africa to the Gulf States for work

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by Alba Nakuwa
by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Baker with his motorbike.

Informal sector

“On a bad day, my earnings are just enough to pay my boss”

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

Food security

Small grains and new methods bring resilience to Zimbabwean farmers

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by Farai Shawn Matiashe
Mercy Mutemi is one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers.

Content moderation

Sorting out human horror for less than two dollars an hour

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by Alba Nakuwa

Traffic

Road safety remains a major concern in Uganda

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by Mathias Galabuzi
There are also women and children working in illegal cobalt mines in the DRC. Without cobalt and other raw materials needed for hardware, there would be no AI.

Technology

How AI exploits

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by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
by Azza Mustafa Babikir Ahmed
This meme spread in Kenya following President William Ruto’s announcement to buy a machine that makes chapati – a popular flatbread – for schools. Many consider this to be superfluous compared to other problems in the country.

Internet culture

When humour and tragedy go hand in hand

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by Alba Nakuwa

Energy supply

Zambia supports $ 50 billion funding pledge to expand energy access in Africa

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by Derrick Silimina
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