#África

@SecBlinken is the latest in a long string of US Secretaries of State to propagate the widely-held myth that China imports large amounts of workers to work on infrastructure projects
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Lol I live in Senegal. I’m Senegalese, my father works with the people who actually have power in this country everyday. You ask about “Akon City” here you get laughed
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A Thread to Read re the #CoronaVirusInAfrica https://twitter.com/mmnjug/status/1247745239973916678 One of the aspects that stand out to me is the Police violence @mmnjug is referring to in this Thread. It is
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One of the biggest mistakes ”we” (actually a partner made the error) have made is not to look at the future of a market and realize what will become a
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My first consulting job took me to Kano. We were housed in a guest house. The senior manager was Brazilian, the big boss was Nigerian.The senior manager was automatically housed
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The organizations I am cofounding now have to expunge the Nigerian identity. It is not because Nigeria or Nigerians are bad, it is because Nigeria and Nigerianness obfuscate everything including
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The @bbc has a very unhealthy fixation with South Africa. They did a TV news report on coronavirus in SA and it was both bizarre and embarrassing. Someone promised the
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From August 20, Online car hailing business (Uber, Bolt) must pay Lagos state NGN 10 million for every 1,000 cars. Annual renewal fee is NGN 5 million.10% of EVERY transaction
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I asked before the Corona crisis if there was any correlation between a reduction in local crimes with an increase in sports betting or otherwise. What if the loss of
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It will take more than threats to stop me from exposing criminals, especially when the state is involved. Africa Cash & Carry collapsed at the hands of former CEO, Cassem
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#COVID19 (1/3) To address uncertainties, "Is ‘the science’ – and so the advice – broad enough?" https://www.ids.ac.uk/?p=57856 . We now know that in the UK it wasn't - https://bit.ly/2znq5V0  @IDS_UK @stepscentre
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You will never understand Africa from any book, any picture. You need to feel her, experience her. As soon as you set foot on her soil, you will know that
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Yesterday someone here asked me why do we have Zulu’s in South Africa and in Zambia. IN 1816, King Shaka established the Zulu nation with such force and violence
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Today at #G20Culture: How will climate change affect the managemnt & practice of cultural heritage & what's the capacity of culture and heritage to support transformation in populations? Follow us
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Much concern in India (+elsewhere) today abt China's increasing influence & economic presence globally. Less known is that these concerns go back to the 1950s/1960s. Here's what USG called an
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#AfricanTwitterTheBestTwitter Thread We come in peace #AfricanTwitterTheBestTwitter Pt.1 #AfricanTwitterTheBestTwitter Pt.2 https://twitter.com/1Big_Tipper/status/675308470116204546/video/1 @DMV_Drummerboyy Enjoy! @tolaninaomi awon boyz- commas @ch
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