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Viewpoint: Zero Tariffs Won’t Fix Ghana’s Real China Trade Problem
Ghana’s fundamental trade challenge with China, the massive imbalance between what each country sells to the other, will persist largely unchanged.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Courts Don’t Know What to Do About AI Crimes
Increasing adoption of AI is transforming Latin America’s justice system by helping tackle case backlogs and improve access to justice for victims. But it is also exposing deep vulnerabilities through its rampant misuse, bias, and weak oversight as regulators struggle to keep up with the pace of innovation.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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India Reduces GST on Renewable Energy Devices to Accelerate Clean Energy Transition
The tax rate rationalisation is expected to lower the costs of clean energy projects, directly benefiting domestic households, farmers, industries, and developers.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Nigeria Rakes in ₦600B VAT from Netflix, Facebook
The ₦600 billion haul is only part of the bigger plan, one that ties revenues to visible projects, simplifies compliance, and makes foreign firms pay their fair share.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Starlink Hits Capacity in Nigeria’s Largest Cities, Raising Questions About Musk’s Africa Ambitions
Starlink’s satellite internet service has reached capacity in Nigeria’s largest cities, forcing the company to halt new sign-ups and pushing would-be customers onto a waitlist.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Elon Musk’s xAI Secretly Dropped Its Benefit Corporation Status While Fighting OpenAI
While xAI, and its supplier, Solaris Energy Infrastructure, initially promised to use pollution controls with the turbines, those haven’t yet materialized.
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- Technology
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- North America
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Africa REN Commissions Senegal’s First Solar-Plus-Storage Plant
The facility is designed to improve grid reliability by supporting frequency regulation, providing energy during peak demand hours, and offering backup capacity during outages.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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No Agreement in Sight as UN Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Enter Final Day
Widely rejected draft text does not limit plastic production or address chemicals used in plastic products.
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- WASH
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- Global