"Challenges faced by our sisters and mothers trading across our member states' borders are increasing the prices of goods. ECOWAS needs to address these challenges." — Hon. Taa Z. Wongbe, MP from Liberia and member of the Liberian delegation.
Lagos is positioning itself as West Africa’s digital hub, with more than 20 operational data facilities and a market valued at $374m this year, drawing global firms including Google.
Zambia must decide by April 30 if it'll provide US businesses with preferential access to its minerals, or lose support for 1.3 million people who rely on funding from Washington for HIV treatment.
Al Jazeera’s @marthevdwolf explains.
It is now the norm to go from kindergarten to PhD without reading a single word of Homer, Plato, Augustine, or Dante.
This is how you erase a culture, and it's working.
That's why we started an independent group dedicated to the study and preservation of the Western canon of literature — the books that built our civilization.
To preserve a culture, you must continually study the books and ideas that created it. If the schools and universities won't teach the great texts of Western Civilization, we will do it ourselves.
If this sounds like something you'd like to be part of, please join. We read a new classic together every month, and meet biweekly to discuss.
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Over the long term, we shouldn’t have political gerrymandering in America, just a fair fight between Republicans and Democrats based on who’s got better ideas. But since Texas is taking direction from a partisan White House and gerrymandering in the middle of a decade to try and maintain the House despite their unpopular policies, I have tremendous respect for how Governor Newsom has approached this. He’s put forward a smart, measured approach in California, designed to address a very particular problem at a very particular moment in time.
After several months of toiling in the vineyard of a historic assignment, I will be departing from my role as President & Vice-Chancellor @ASG_Africa , a new graduate-level university established to drive improvements in governance in Africa by current and future leaders.
Microsoft has built an artificial intelligence-powered medical tool it claims is four times more successful than human doctors at diagnosing complex ailments, as the tech giant unveils research it believes could speed up treatment https://t.co/ODgdcMb5C3
Africa has 60% of the world's uncultivated arable land yet imports $45B in food annually. 🌱 This contradiction represents our greatest challenge & most significant opportunity.
My vision: scaling agribusiness, financing infrastructure & implementing climate-smart practices. 🌍
I know it can feel like a different era sometimes. But fifteen years ago, I signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Now nearly 50 million people have received health care through the ACA.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the Affordable Care Act is a reminder that change is possible when we keep fighting for progress.
🇬🇭 WATCH: Afenyo-Markin apologizes unreservedly to the clerk of the Appointments Committee, her husband, children, and extended family. Watch our live broadcast here: https://t.co/Z4HZW2CxiV
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Starlink skeptics kept telling me it wouldn't provide worldwide access because it was priced for the US.
I just saw this article that compares Starlink vs competitors in a number of african nations showing it's now cheaper than local providers in many places
https://t.co/cA7ks6kzSc
Here are my favorite songs from this year! Check them out if you’re looking to shake up your playlist – and let me know if there’s a song or artist I should make sure to listen to.