Thinking global, living local: Voices in a globalized world

  • African Innovation Hubs Promoting Innovation & Technology on the Continent

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      Africa is a massive yet diverse continent, with diversity not only in ethnic cultures but also in geographic regions, which offer a variety of climates, vegetation and topographical arrays. However, perhaps more importantly these various regions also offer different investment and economic opportunities. In recent years certain African countries […]

  • The Move Towards Diversification: New prospects in value offer

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    This article was originally drafted by the African Center for Economic Transformation for the newsletter “West Africa Trends” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. The forecast trends for tourism on the African continent are encouraging. Over the next decade, Africa’s tourism industry is expected to […]

  • Special Report: Slum Demolition and the Urban Poor

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    This article was originally drafted by Idayat Hassan and Audu Liberty Oseni and the Centre for Democracy and Development for the newsletter “West Africa Insight” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Many inhabitants of urban slums in West African have been rendered homeless by governments that […]