Author: Laura Yuen, The Minnesota Star Tribune

As a kid, Kristen Mueller spent her summers playing baseball with friends at a park a couple of blocks away. In high school, she was a three-sport varsity athlete andRead More

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South Africa’s 10-year government bond yield edged up to around 8.83%, as investors reassessed the outlook for interest rates amid a widening Middle East conflict.Locally, the focus shifted to next week’s inflation data and the South African Reserve Bank’s policy decision.The SARB faces another del…Read More

Two months ago in Lilongwe, 42 African governments and the African Union committed to ending the continent’s learning crisis by 2035. I am encouraged by that declaration. I am also impatient to see it translate into action at scale, the kind that produces better learning outcomes in classrooms across Africa. The commitment matters because it […]Read More

Africa faces a profound and evolving dual electricity challenge . For decades, the narrative surrounding African energy has been singular: connecting the unconnected .Read More