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“Bitcoin accepted” – in some restaurants in cities such as Kampala, customers can pay with Bitcoin.

Digital payment

How Bitcoin can be used to drive development

Bitcoin has a problematic reputation, particularly amongst people who oppose the use of technology for excessive personal gain, as well as those who believe that cryptocurrencies cannot do any good. But is this judgement justified?

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by Christoph Schneider-Yattara

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Progress has been made in the fight against leprosy and malaria.

Good News

Chile eliminates leprosy, vaccinations help fight malaria

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by D+C / E+Z
For farming communities in Uganda, failed seasons can quickly become debt crises.

Climate change

When failed harvests turn into debt in Uganda

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by Cinderella Ayebare

Development assistance

Malawi’s health sector has seen good progress – now it’s falling apart

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
An anti-corruption demonstration in Abuja in 2016. Ten years on, the situation has not improved significantly.

Corruption

Protecting the people who know where the money went

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by Obongodu Paul Unanam
A child undergoing a blood test in the context of the major HIV outbreak in Ratodero, Pakistan, in 2019.

Children’s health

In Pakistan, some hospitals have become places of infection

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by Aqsa Younas
The body of a Kenyan domestic worker who died under unclear circumstances in Saudi Arabia is carried out of a hearse in Kenya in 2023.

Migration

For many Kenyans, seeking work abroad still comes at a high price

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by Joseph Maina
Terminology relating to the start-up world can be confusing.

Glossary

Key terms to know when talking about start-ups

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by Sarah Heinz

Economy

How Malawi’s forex crisis disrupts everyday life

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by Benson Kunchezera
Biclaire Shukrani trains young people in tailoring at the Kakuma refugee camp.

Refugees

How a tailor makes a difference where the aid system fails

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by Rey Bulambo

Drug trafficking

Fishermen pay the price for South Africa’s drug crackdown

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by Winile Ximba