Latest Articles
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Sustainable trade finance and African trade
Giving an African voice to the evolving standards on sustainable finance and trade
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DeFi and African trade – blockchain’s killer app?
Decentralised finance (DeFi) promises to revolutionise financial services and deliver financial inclusion for all
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Seven things I learned about global supply chains and commodity trade
Key takeaways from Scipion Capital’s outlook for markets, commodities and the global supply chain in 2022
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Fanfare: Opening night of the Crucible Theatre
On 6 November 1971 the Crucible Theatre opened to the public with an evening of entertainment that kicked off half a century of theatrical experimentation.
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Six things I learnt about fintech in Africa
The digital economy is growing across Africa, but there is a shortage of digital skills and support for start-ups
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Six things I learned about interoperability and the off-grid solar market
Insights from working on GOGLA’s Connect Initiative White Paper
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Six things I learned about Naturetech
How new tech is transforming our insight into the commodity value chain
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Remembering the last night at the Sheffield Playhouse
Controversial production brings down the curtain at one of Sheffield’s most loved theatres
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Tyrone Guthrie and the Crucible Theatre
Inspiration, mentor and ally in the battle to build Sheffield’s thrust stage
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Five things I learned about Edtech in Africa
How tech is helping deliver educational content across the continent
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Five things I learned about mHealth in Africa
Digital medicine is breaking through barriers to delivering health services in developing markets
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Five things I learnt about agritech in Africa
How the combination of old and new tech, and the power of cloud computing, is transforming African agribusiness
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The mischievous genius of Thomas Chatterton
Genius, poet and fraud
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Embedding tradetech in Africa’s commodity value chains
Covid-19 is dramatically speeding up the digitalisation of Africa’s commodity value chains
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Solar Fintech & COVID-19
COVID-19 is accelerating Africa’s digital transformation beyond the point of no return
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Coronavirus and the digital divide
By forcing the gig economy on the world, the coronavirus is exposing the digital divide
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Catalyst Fund-DIT workshop
Summary of findings from the roundtable discussion on partnerships
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The grid won’t connect Africa, but solar can
The pairing of the next generation of solar and financial technology is changing the game
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How tech can transform Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa chain
Better management of data can bring real benefits for Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa farmers
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GTR Africa London 2019
My key takeaways from the conference
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Why is so little value added in Africa’s soft commodity value chain?
Fostering local demand could transform the balance of power for Africa’s soft commodities
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US risks handing Africa’s e-commerce sector to China
America’s tech giants could lose out in the battle with Huawei