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Bloomberg
27-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
New Head at Top African Development Bank Faces Funding Squeeze
By and Antony Sguazzin Save Welcome to Next Africa, a twice-weekly newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it's headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email. The next leader of the African Development Bank faces a formidable task: pivoting the continent's biggest multilateral lender away from its reliance on the US and Europe, and securing billions of dollars of funding from other sources.
Bloomberg
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Ex-Banker Thiam Is Wild Card in Ivory Coast Election
By and Antony Sguazzin Save Welcome to Next Africa, a twice-weekly newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it's headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email. Tidjane Thiam's resignation as the head of Ivory Coast's main opposition party seemingly signals an end to his ambition of leading the West African nation.
Bloomberg
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Is Russia Recruiting Young African Women To Make Drones?
With glossy influencer ads and high-profile campaigns, Russia's global outreach programme is operating across Africa, offering young women work-study opportunities in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone. Fliers and promotional materials for the programme feature images of smiling young African women working as technicians and waitresses. However, reports in international media suggest that the reality of working in Alabuga is far grimmer than the version being marketed. On this week's episode, Senior Reporter Antony Sguazzin joins Jennifer Zabasajja to explore whether the scheme's claims hold up under scrutiny and how Interpol is investigating allegations that the programme amounts to human trafficking. Instead of providing genuine job opportunities, it may be placing young African women at risk in a war zone.
Bloomberg
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Is Russia Recruiting African Women To Make Drones?
With glossy influencer ads and high-profile campaigns, Russia's global outreach programme is operating across Africa, offering young women work-study opportunities in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone. Fliers and promotional materials for the programme feature images of smiling young African women working as technicians and waitresses. However, reports in international media suggest that the reality of working in Alabuga is far grimmer than the version being marketed. On this week's episode, Senior Reporter Antony Sguazzin joins Jennifer Zabasajja to explore whether the scheme's claims hold up under scrutiny and how Interpol is investigating allegations that the programme amounts to human trafficking. Instead of providing genuine job opportunities, it may be placing young African women at risk in a war zone.
