The Group of Twenty (G20) emerged from the financial turmoil that followed the collapse of the Thai currency in 1997, which rapidly spread financial instability from Thailand to the rest of Asia. At that time, the finance ministers and central bank governors convened to forge a strategy to stabilise the global economy and prevent future…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS In five years, a Nairobi-based glass recycling business has grown from 60 to 140 employees and an annual revenue of $800,000. The business received a $36,000 grant from the World Bank-funded Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities Project (KYEOP). Through the KYEOP’s MbeleNaBiz Initiative, 750 young Kenyans received grants of $9,000 or $36,000 to…
Silicon Valley loves to talk about disruption. However, some of the most significant educational disruptions happening right now aren’t coming from San Francisco; they are coming out of Johannesburg, Nairobi and Lagos. In a quiet yet powerful shift, African-founded education platforms are beginning to address real-world problems. They do so in ways that Western models…
With two billion monthly users in 200 countries, Google’s AI Overviews can claim to be the most popular generative artificial intelligence product yet released to the public. The short summaries generated by the company’s Gemini AI model have turned Google from search engine to answer engine, settling the nerves of investors who were worried that…
At 39, Aziza Rabbah delivered a defensive masterclass to steer Morocco past Senegal in their final Group A match, claiming the coveted Player of the Match award and reaffirming her timeless value to the Atlas Lionesses. No longer just a veteran, Rabbah is an institution in Moroccan women’s football. The long-serving AS FAR centre-back rolled…
New York — I’ve spent much of my life in the machinery of international development, navigating acronyms, crises, and committee rooms with stale coffee. Through it all–amid war zones, climate summits, and remote island consultations–one institution has remained constant: the United Nations. Revered, ridiculed, relied upon. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: the UN, in its…
