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Editor's note
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Africa’s potential workforce is growing all the time. By 2050 it will be home to 1.25 billion people who are of working age. Where will the jobs for these people come from? One approach will be to fund entrepreneurs. To this end a number of African countries have set up entrepreneurship funds. But, cautions Aubrey Hruby. Some have worked better than others. Understanding the pitfalls is essential.
South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. This fact has been extensively discussed, analysed and studied. What’s been less examined, though, is the issue of wealth inequality and how wealth taxation could be used to reduce it. Ingrid Woolard explains.
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Top Stories
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Access to finance is consistently listed as the biggest obstacle for start-ups Africa.
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Aubrey Hruby, Georgetown University
Some entrepreneurship support models work better than others. Governance and structure is key to their success, or failure.
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Johannesburg’s economic hub, Sandton, lies right next to the sprawling and extremely poor Alexandra township.
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Ingrid Woolard, Stellenbosch University
Wealth inequality in South Africa is not only intolerably high, its also not reducing.
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Science + Technology
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Amanuel Beyin, University of Louisville; Ahmed Hamid Nassr., University of Ha'il; Parth Randhir Chauhan, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali
There's almost no place on earth that doesn't hold traces of humanity. But which routes did our ancestors follow first?
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Neelakshi Mungra, University of Cape Town; Krupa Naran, University of Cape Town; Trishana Nundalall
Most cancer research has been done in Europe, there's minimal data on African populations.
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From our international editions
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Caroline Gray, Aston University
Sánchez seeks to build alliances but not a formal coalition as the Socialists win but fall short of an absolute majority.
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Jan Rydzak, Stanford University
Internet blackouts deprive people of impartial information and crucial connections with loved ones, without delivering improved safety or stability.
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Mona Krewel, Cornell University; Sabrina Karim, Cornell University
After the Christchurch mosque shootings, New Zealand's prime minister didn't start a war on terror. She covered her head, cried, paid for funerals and passed gun control. Is it because she's a woman?
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Kathleen Cronie, University of Aberdeen
Humour can diffuse tension, foster creativity and help build a team.
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En français
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Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh, IÉSEG School of Management
De nombreuses start-up se lancent à l’assaut de la « viande in vitro », et les investisseurs se jettent dessus. Une industrie qui pourrait révolutionner le monde de la viande… mais à quel prix ?
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Aurélien Rouquet, Neoma Business School
Les arguments qui plaident en faveur de cette piste, certes un peu farfelue, ne manquent pas…
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En español
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Juan Luis Manfredi, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Desde 2015 la política española ha vivido en una montaña rusa. Cataluña, el artículo 155, la moción de censura, la irrupción de Vox... El suspense, tras nuevo escenario tras el 28A, está asegurado.
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Josep Maria Reniu Vilamala, Universitat de Barcelona
El PSOE deberá desplegar una estrategia negociadora en un contexto complejo: en menos de un mes seremos llamados otra vez a las urnas para los comicios municipales, regionales y para elegir a los representantes en el Parlamento Europeo.
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