Africa

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New cholera mapping initiative by the Africa CDC to focus on five African countries

Support offered to these countries includes identifying areas prone to cholera and developing their ability to use national and regional platforms to control and eliminate the disease
Opinion

Rising income inequality within countries underlines importance of Africa’s economic growth

Income inequality between countries has been falling since the 2000s, but income inequality within countries is on the rise
Cityscape of Luanda, Angola
Digital EconomyPolitics & Policy

How infrastructure sharing can help lower data prices in Africa

Africa has the world's most expensive internet prices and lowest data speeds; rethinking how telecom masts are sited and used could help reduce the costs of internet provision and increase accessibility
A mobile phone mast