In what sounds like a Black Mirror episode, South African grant beneficiaries are having their bank accounts surveilled and millions are being unfairly rejected based on an automatic test misclassifying them as having more money than they do. My latest article here: www.context.news/digital-divi...

From South Africa to the Philippines, Ukraine to Nigeria, frontline workers are scrambling to plug gaps left by USAID funding cuts. Can these temporary measures last? Latest @contextnewsroom.bsky.social story with @jogill.bsky.social Bukola Adebayo & Mariejo Ramos www.context.news/money-power-...

The world’s richest man claims his birth nation’s Black ownership laws are preventing him from rolling out his internet service. @kimharrisberg.bsky.social has the story for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

South Africa's domestic and foreign policies have angered Trump, putting jobs, aid and trade on the line. @kimharrisberg.bsky.social explains why on @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

South Africa's new land act has angered the U.S president and divided South Africans. For @contextnewsroom.bsky.social , @kimharrisberg.bsky.social explains why. www.context.news/money-power-...

For @contextnewsroom.bsky.social , @kimharrisberg.bsky.social went to last week's African Mining #Indaba conference in Cape Town and this is what she found. www.context.news/just-transit...

Entrepreneurs, victims, or criminals? Artisanal miners could reinvent themselves as the world flocks to Africa's critical minerals @kimharrisberg.bsky.social reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/just-transit...

If you read anything today about mining/critical minerals - read this from @kimharrisberg.bsky.social www.context.news/just-transit...

As the world shifts towards renewable energy, fueling appetite for Africa's critical minerals like cobalt and lithium, will informal miners be part of the new value chain or be sidelined by bigger corporate players? www.context.news/just-transit...

Gen Z and millennials protested in Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria and Mozambique in 2024 - and some analysts expect this activism to intensify in 2025. ✍️ Nita Bhalla, Bukola Adebayo, Kim Harrisberg and Samuel Comé 🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...

New from @contextnewsroom.bsky.social - Inditex, Zara’s parent company, has hugely increased use of dirtier, more expensive airplanes to ship clothes. Air shipping uses 35 times more carbon than sea shipping and adds pressure to already-stressed workers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfrE...

Kenyan police fire teargas at protesters marching against femicide - "The protesters in Nairobi were peaceful and it was not clear why the police intervened. The national police spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment." www.reuters.com/world/africa...

President Joe Biden made a last-minute dash to Africa this week. On the agenda? Critical minerals. @kimharrisberg.bsky.social reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social from Johannesburg www.context.news/just-transit...

Biden's 11th hour visit to Angola highlights a world hungry for Africa's natural resources...and a big fight to come www.context.news/just-transit...

Serious problems in the UN’s World Food Program’s response to the Sudan crisis are hampering the organization’s ability to alleviate hunger in the war-torn country and damaging its reputation with donors, according to a recent internal report seen by Reuters reut.rs/3VjB2hy

The shocking story of the tiny children taken from their mothers in Belgium's colonies because they were mixed race. Now five women have taken the Belgian government to court, alleging crimes against humanity. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

The Corrupt are Messing with a Wrong Generation' - From Mozambique to Senegal, how 2024 became the year of demonstrations by young Africans www.context.news/socioeconomi...

If you have 10 mins this weekend, you could do worse than watch this great report from my colleague @dbaptistar.bsky.social and Rest of World's @dandiba.bsky.social looking at how #Mexico's women gig workers are pushing for more rights and protections www.context.news/big-tech/vid...

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