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Volkswirtschaftliche Entwicklung

Svenja Schulze, Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development.

Food security

New global alliance

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by D+C / E+Z

Mobile money

Fraudsters scam mobile phone users out of their

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by Derrick Silimina
Waste pickers deserve attention – informal landfill near Dakar, Senegal.

Multilateralism

Stemming the tide of plastic waste

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by Rabson Kondowe

Business

Technology start-ups on the rise

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by Kilasa Mtambalike

Lobbying

Nairobi-based business lobby issues pre-election manifesto

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Inaugural freight train on Nairobi-Naivasha line in 2019: Kenyan transport links are excellent by African standards.

East Africa

The key to Kenya’s industrial growth

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Fewer people can afford “boda boda” rides on commercial motorcycles.

Inflation

Ugandan government sees inflation as external shock

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Natural disasters like this flood in Sudan in 2020 contribute to countries’ over-indebtedness.

National debt

Can debt relief help countries achieve climate goals?

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by Malina Stutz
Used-clothes container in Germany.

Used clothing

Nobody gains from cheap clothing

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by Thomas Fischer
by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
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