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Reviving Kenya’s ancient trading port

How Lamu is betting on a new deep sea port for an economic renaissance.

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Climate policy and the German election

Climate change is one of the biggest issues ahead of Germany's election on 26 September

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Where have the UK's lorry drivers gone?

The UK's suffering a huge shortage of lorry drivers, but where have 100,000 drivers gone?

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Business Weekly

Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador

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Does sustainable investing make any difference?

A former Wall Street executive on why corporate social responsibility doesn't work.

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Rethinking tourism in Africa

Safari tours aren't going away, but the industry is changing

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The future of vaccines

Breakthrough biotechnology that led to the first covid vaccine may fight more diseases

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The US and its trillion dollar infrastructure bill

Why is this bill facing such a treacherous political road ahead?

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The business of seed banks

How seed banks around the world are working together to protect our future.

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Business Weekly

How to protect teenagers' mental health online

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Lebanon in dire need

The new Lebanese government has been in place for a week

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World gas prices surge

Small energy firms are among those struggling to stay afloat

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US war on e-cigarettes

Nearly a million e-cigarettes have been rejected from the US market by the FDA

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Can Ethiopia be brought back from the brink?

It's embroiled in an internal war which has huge humanitarian and economic implications

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After Merkel: What German companies want

What do small and medium-sized German companies want from a new government?

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Business Weekly

COP 26: Should we rethink our economic priorities?

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Climate weighs on German elections

The fight to succeed popular German chancellor Angela Merkel could not be tighter

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Decentralised Finance on the rise

Regulators are taking a close look at new crypto-trading environments

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Inside an influencer house

An advertising model for the smartphone generation

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Evergrande and China's property woes

Evergrande's debt distress and what it tells us about China's economic model

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Smart cities and broken dreams

Do smart cities justify the hype? And will planned tech hubs in Africa ever be realised?

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Business Weekly

Energy crisis hits Chinese homes and businesses

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Can technology transform emergency services?

What do you do in a medical emergency if there is no 9-1-1 service where you live?

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Living in the metaverse

Are virtual online worlds the future of the internet?

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Big tech and carbon

Google pledges to be carbon free by 2030 ahead of next month's UN Climate Summit

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Life at Kenya's Dandora rubbish dump

Kenya's biggest rubbish tip could soon close but what will that mean for local residents?

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Working in your 80s: The Artist

What can octogenarians teach us about the nature of work? We ask Geraldine Robarts.

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Business Weekly

Was this Facebook’s worst ever week?

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The economics of donkeys

These beasts of burden are an economic lifeline for many. Why are they often mistreated?

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The economics of older mums

Why are many women delaying motherhood and how is technology helping?

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