Via New African, a look at Ghana’s extraordinary digitalization makeover: For decades, the haphazard system of property addresses in Ghana verged on the ridiculous. Despite several attempts to have a formalised structure in place, finding directions often required using local landmarks or specific vendors. Thus, the joke went, if the woman selling waakye (a local delicacy) had […]
Read more »Courtesy of Stratfor RANE’s Worldview, analysis of the drivers and risks of Ethiopia’s historic pact with Somaliland: Ethiopia’s historical deal with Somaliland granting it commercial and military access to the port of Berbera is part of Addis Ababa’s ambition to reestablish a green-water navy, but the deal’s implementation will likely reshape the politics of the […]
Read more »Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at how China has spent more than double the cost of the Three Gorges Dam on building a futuristic megacity. But will people come? In 1979, Deng Xiaoping drew a circle on the map around China’s southern coast and created Shenzhen, an experiment in capitalism, according to a popular ode to the […]
Read more »Via Impact Alpha, commentary on the importance of financing power transmission—not just generation—to meet Africa’s climate goals: Renewable energy generation and storage opportunities were a key focus at last week’s Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, culminating in $26 billion in new funding commitments to climate projects. A large but overlooked energy investment opportunity: power transmission. Transmission […]
Read more »Via Eco Business, a look at how Indonesia – as it recovers from a pandemic-induced slump – is trying to diversify its economy beyond tourism and attract green business: The lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in June 2023 brought a tsunami of visitors back to Bali, Indonesia’s “island of the Gods”. Many of the more than 4 million foreign visitors […]
Read more »Via The Diplomat, a report that – despite much talk of a slowdown – there is reason to believe that Chinese loans to African countries will increase in 2024: Throughout both the COVID-19 pandemic and much of 2023, there was been an abundance of reporting on a slowdown in Chinese lending to Africa, and projections that this […]
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