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  • A view of Kibra, Nairobi: 75% of the OpenAI sub-contracted employees were from the informal settlement, earning a fraction of the pay for double the work. Photo courtesy: Regina Hart
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    The invisible labour of Africa in the Digital Revolution

    By Suzie Shefeni
    March 17, 2023
    Is it surprising that the unequal global division of labour that built Western capitalism is being reproduced on the world wide web?    A ...
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  • AI Africa. Image courtesy: Mahesh
    TechnologyTop story

    Peering into Africa’s AI future: A roadmap for digitisation

    By Topaz Mukulu
    March 17, 2023
    Africa can convert its rich cultural, biodiversity, and mineral resources into technological assets. But it must digitise them first.   AI is a ubiquitous topic ...
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    Society

    Africa is winning the war against Neglected Tropical Diseases

    By Monique Wasunna
    February 17, 2023
    Research is yielding better drugs, and governments and Big Pharma have been pushed into action. The elimination of once-killer diseases is in sight. As ...
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  • The British Settlers of 1820 Landing in Algoa Bay, an 1853 artwork by Thomas Baines.
    SocietySouth AfricaTop story

    Of cobblers, colonialism, and choices

    By Bridget Pitt
    February 1, 2023
    Growing up in South Africa, I was told my British colonial ancestors were a fundamentally decent lot. Researching a novel has taught me the ...
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  • Iron ore being transported across Liberia. Credit: jbdodane.
    LiberiaSociety

    The unaccountability of Liberia’s polluting miners

    By Margaret Nigba
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    The government’s reports and fines have not yet been sufficient to stop communities suffering from poisoned rivers. Last May in Grand Cape Mount County, ...
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  • A view of Lagos from on high. Credit: Tim Cocks.
    NigeriaSocietyTop story

    Lagos is unique but not in the way people think

    By Tim Cocks
    December 20, 2022
    The aspects of Lagos that are often vilified are exceptional only in their scale. When I say I’m travelling to Lagos, people only familiar ...
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  • Ghana's LGBTQ community feels increasingly fearful after an anti-gay bill was proposed in 2021.
    GhanaPoliticsSocietyTop story

    Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill sparks spike in “legally sanctioned” extortion

    By Ohotuowo Ogbeche
    November 29, 2022
    Since the law was proposed, instances of violence  – including seemingly organised crime – against Ghana’s queer community have increased. Last year, Ghana’s parliament ...
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  • Bruce felt he had no other option but to return to classroom teaching after his job of school principal came with the warning that he may succumb to poisoning by someone envious of his position. Uganda. Credit: Edna Namara/GPJ.
    GPJSocietyUganda

    “The scare is real”: Prominent Ugandans fear poisoning

    By Edna Namara & Apophia Agiresaasi
    November 25, 2022
    More than 1,800 people have died of poisoning here since 2009. Now, school principals and MPs fear accepting food or drinks as threats rise. ...
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  • A Chipatala Cha Pa Foni hotline worker giving health care advice in Malawi. Credit: Abdullah Sayidi.
    MalawiSociety

    “I did it all on a phone”: The hotline changing health outcomes in Malawi

    By Rabson Kondowe
    November 24, 2022
    Health care in Malawi faces many challenges. A free national hotline is helping address one of them. It is mid-morning in Area 23, a ...
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  • Two young fishermen repair their nets sitting on their dug out canoe. Tanga, Tanzania.
    EconomySocietyTanzaniaTop story

    “Kids tell us it’s pointless”: Tanga’s hidden histories of land and sea

    By Thembi Mutch
    November 23, 2022
    Through years of conversation, rarely heard stories of hope, regret and resilience – which destabilise typical development tropes – emerged. Speak to the people ...
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