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COVID Africa Watch
Overview
COVID-19 Africa Watch tracks major developments and policy announcements from across the c
ontinent and also offers a curated selection of analysis on how the pandemic will impact African economies and develop
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COVID-19 Africa Watch Video Collection
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COVID-19 Africa Watch Article Collection
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Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu
Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu has written over 200 articles on Africa-focused science, healthcare, tech, i
nnovation, and entrepreneurship.
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Josephine Chinele
Josephine Chinele is a Malawian multi-award winning journalist with wide investigative journalism
work experience. She has worked for Times Group and Malawi News Agency, Malawi’s biggest and oldest media houses.
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Jennifer Smout
Jennifer Smout is a feminist writer based in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Africa: Next Frontier for the Creative Economy
The digital and creative economies in Africa continue to expand. While the continent’s digital e
conomy is projected to grow six times by 2050 to over $700 billion, the creative artistic economy is especially explosive.
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What's Next for Impact Investing in Africa?
An estimated $4 trillion is needed annually from private investors to help finance development p
riorities and accelerate sustainable, inclusive growth around the world.
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Africa in the Driver’s Seat: The New Rush for Africa (Invite only)
With increasing trade and financial flows across the "global South," rising food and resource in
security in more developed markets, and the growing scramble for cobalt, lithium and other "rare earths", African countries are being courted on many sides f
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Scaling Innovation: Milken-Motsepe Prize in AgriTech Award Announcement and Reception
The Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize Program is a collaboration between the Milken Institute and
the Motsepe Foundation advancing technological progress towards the UN SDGs.
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Emerging Markets: Clearer Skies Ahead
As emerging economies in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia continue to recover from the
COVID-19 pandemic, many emerging market economies look better positioned than they were during the Global Financial Crisis.
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Strategic Philanthropy Around the World
From ubuntu in Southern Africa to sadaka enriching Swahili, to zakat and tzedaka among related t
erms for the same benefit in the cultures of the Near and Middle East, philanthropy around the world is anything but one-size-fits-all.
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