The U.S. is financing nearly $100 million for Africell to buy American and allied telecom technology. But shifting suppliers does not answer Africa’s larger question: who will own more of the…
Africa won overwhelming UN support for maps that better reflect its true geographic scale. But changing the map raises a bigger question: who controls the information systems that decide how…
A Brazilian court halted operations at Sigma Lithium’s only producing mine after a challenge involving a nearby Quilombola community. The bigger economic question is what happens when…
Africa is producing more solar equipment, but much of the higher-value technology and component supply still comes from China. The bigger question is whether the continent can turn rising…