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Beitrag vom 06.10.2021

The Africa Report

Google to invest $1bn to back Equiano cable to increase Africa’s Internet access

By David Whitehouse

Google plans to invest $1bn over five years to support digital transformation in Africa, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, said today.

The investment “will support the continent’s digital transformation,” Pichai said in a pre-recorded video released by the company. Google will also invest $50m in black-led start-ups, support non-profit organisations, and wants to partner with African governments, policymakers and businesses, he said.

Beitrag vom 04.10.2021

tagesschau.de

Die Geheimnisse der Entwicklungsbank DEG

Die Deutsche Entwicklungsgesellschaft DEG soll eigentlich den Armen in aller Welt helfen. Sie unterstützt aber auch große Banken und verschafft so deren wohlhabenden Eigentümern zusätzliche Gewinne.

Von Petra Blum und Andreas Braun, WDR

Beitrag vom 04.10.2021

Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Muslimische Predigerinnen in Niger

Vorkämpferinnen mit traditionellem Weltbild

Von Bettina Rühl

In Niger treten immer mehr muslimische Predigerinnen in Radio und TV auf. Vor 25 Jahren war das noch ungewöhnlich, konservative Männer leisteten Widerstand. Dabei predigen die Frauen keine Emanzipation – sondern die Rückkehr zu Mann und Familie.

Beitrag vom 03.10.2021

BBC News

Pandora Papers: Uhuru Kenyatta family's secret assets exposed by leak

The family of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, that has dominated the country's politics since independence, secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades, according to a huge leak of financial papers.

The Pandora Papers - 12 million files - is the biggest such leak in history.

Mr Kenyatta and six members of his family have been linked to 13 offshore companies.

They have not yet responded to requests for comment.

Beitrag vom 01.10.2021

The Africa Report

Zambia’s default recovery can weather the storm of opaque Chinese debts, analysts say

By David Whitehouse

A new report, which suggests Zambia’s debts to China are much higher than previously disclosed, is unlikely to unwind the rally in the country’s eurobonds since the election of Hakainde Hichilema as president in August, analysts say.

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