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Africa Cannot Build A Clean-Tech Future On Disposable Products
From solar systems to everyday electronics, repairability must become an industrial priority – not an afterthought.  By Abdelbadia Remani  CEO & Founder, I2PS Engineering Africa’s clean-energy and digital ambitions depend on products that remain useful after their first fault. This article argues that repairability, diagnostics, spare-parts access, modular design, technicia...

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Africa’s Unfinished Journey To Integrate NCDs Into Routine Care
By Isaac Ntwiga, Programme Director, Partnership for Education of Health Professionals, Amref Health Africa For decades, African health systems were built to fight infectious diseases, and rightly so. Those investments have saved millions of lives and transformed the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. But the continent’s disease burden has changed. Today, non-communica...

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An Africa AI Strategy Is a Means. Competitive Advantage Is the Goal
By Roger Jantio The first in a three-part series, this article argues that the first generation of African AI policies focused on readiness. The second must focus on productive adoption and competitive advantage. Africa no longer faces an artificial intelligence awareness problem. Governments across the continent are publishing national strategies, creating advisory bodies, draf...

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The Top National Parks Keeping Nature Affordable for Locals
National parks are among the world’s great shared spaces, but the cost of entering them can vary dramatically depending on who is visiting. To identify where residents receive the strongest price protection, safari specialists Mahlatini Luxury Travel compared domestic and international access costs, including mandatory entry-related fees, across 155 national parks. Parks were ra...

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America’s Visa Bond Becomes Permanent on August 3. Africa Will Feel It Most
On August 3, the United States will make its Visa Bond Program permanent. Under the State Department’s final rule, otherwise qualified applicants for B-1 business and B-2 tourist visas from designated countries must place $10,000, $15,000 or $20,000 with the U.S. government before their visas can be issued. This is not merely an American immigration […]

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