Tag: africa
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In 2007, I was peering through a pinhole—literally. WAP over 2G was my only window into the world of DSLR photography. Images loaded like molasses, and websites felt like fortresses built for another world. And yet, I was enthralled. The device in my hand, as feeble as it was, had cracked open the edge of…
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Every month when my paycheck hits my bank account, I have to make several calculations on how to pay my bills. A few months ago––when the experience was still quite new––it didn’t bother me. However, I’m beginning to realise the high toll I pay for remitting bills via mobile money. Don’t get me wrong: mobile…
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Africa is not behind—it is underbuilt. For centuries, we’ve asked: What makes a nation wealthy? The conventional answers—GDP, infrastructure, natural resources—have framed the debate in terms of what a country has. But what if true wealth lies not in possession, but in potential? Not in isolated abundance, but in interconnected systems? To answer this question, we must expand our…
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