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Growth of organic production faces key obstacles

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INT

The organic production system is based on a set of cultivation and production practices that prioritise sustainability throughout the supply chain while guaranteeing fair working…

China's industrial policy may hinder more than help

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CHINA

It focuses on policies to promote the advanced technologies that increasingly cause friction between China and Western countries. It reinforces Xi's industrial policy approach…

Food insecurity will persist in South Sudan

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SOUTH SUDAN

Areas of South Sudan were once predicted to become the ‘food basket’ of East Africa, making the country a net exporter of agricultural produce. However, even before independence…

Raising workers' quality is key to global productivity

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INTERNATIONAL

Total factor productivity.

Profit-making will wane as US and EU inflation driver

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INTERNATIONAL

Headline consumer price inflation is edging down in the United States and the euro-area, but companies are accused of being slow to pass lower costs to consumers. These suspicions…

Generative AI carries serious online risks

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INTERNATIONAL

These models are fed huge datasets of media content and trained to generate new content following a short thematic prompt. The most hyped -- and feared -- models include OpenAI’s…

BRICS, MINT manufacturing to face global divergences

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INTERNATIONAL

Manufacturing outlook in BRICS and MINT countries.

Intra-African investment to push service sector growth

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AFRICA

Outlook for foreign direct investment in sub-Saharan Africa.

Finance minister poses hurdles for South Africa's Zuma

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SOUTH AFRICA

The case could provide a pretext for President Jacob Zuma to dismiss Gordhan -- a move that would send markets into tailspin and likely result in a junk sovereign credit rating by…

Egypt's tech pioneers aspire to a global role

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EGYPT

These came after leading fintech firm, Fawry, achieved ‘unicorn’ status in August 2020 with a market valuation over USD1bn, and after transportation app Swvl announced plans to…