Everyone seems to have an Africa Strategy, except the people in charge of African countries.
African leaders complain about being summoned by a single country but they keep showing up.
At the Russia-Africa summit, Putin literally handed out ice cream, criticized former colonizers, and called out "active attempts by Western countries" to keep the continent in debt
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@oliverwkim Yeah refurbished DCA is great. And boy do I hate those Dulles space pods after a transatlantic flight.
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Tanzania has discovered 223 billion cubic feet of natural gas in the Mnazi Bay Block, its first reported new gas discovery in more than a decade.
thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/…
thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/…
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Breaking News: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Flávio Bolsonaro to stay president of Brazil, halting the right’s march in Latin America. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4iFMwIg
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I’m confused here. Why is it a problem that Chinese companies are investing in manufacturing entities and infrastructure in African countries that create jobs to employ Africans (and ultimately reduce the flow of economic migrants to Europe and North America)?
Good @FT article about Chinese companies opening factories in Africa to serve the US market, generally tariff-free b/w AGOA and most African countries not facing Trump 301 tariffs.
US needs to rethink rules of origin—low tariff US-Africa trade should not benefit China….
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Chaser: In Africa, Russia is playing the West like a fiddle: africanistperspective.com/p/in-africa-ru…
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Shot: Russia is escalating its information war in Africa economist.com/middle-east-an… via @TheEconomist
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Still, I’d like to see more people of African descent tackle economics and economic development topics. There are so few of us writing, publishing, analyzing, etc.
and it’s not easy
Some spaces are shrinking and new ones are opening
The glass is at once half full and empty
and it’s not easy
Some spaces are shrinking and new ones are opening
The glass is at once half full and empty
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One of the best decisions I made was to ensure my book is available in Nigeria…
…and Nigerians are reading it.
It gladdens my heart when I get that random email, every couple of weeks, that says “you changed my perspective… the way I see things”
…and that matters
…and Nigerians are reading it.
It gladdens my heart when I get that random email, every couple of weeks, that says “you changed my perspective… the way I see things”
…and that matters
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It sucks to be governed by a bunch of two-bit roving bandits.
This is the craziest Trump admin drama happening imo. @AlinaHabba accused @RichardGrenell of stealing millions from her husband. But it turns out the check was from the Congolese govt and her husband is an advisor to the president & owns mines in Congo!?! Shadiest shit possible.
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Tourist Hotspot Mauritius Hit by Worst Unrest Since 1999
Mauritius protests that erupted last week over water shortages and living costs escalate after the police shot and injured a 27-year-old woman on Oct. 9 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Mauritius protests that erupted last week over water shortages and living costs escalate after the police shot and injured a 27-year-old woman on Oct. 9 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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War as Business.
Former Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila says he's starting a new rebel group that will fold in the M23 movement that now occupies part of the country’s east, posing a fresh challenge to President Felix Tshisekedi bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.”
#NobelPrize
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.”
#NobelPrize
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