Finance is the driver of economic activities and serves as a medium of exchange in today’s world. Samasi Anderson, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Bayelsa State, Nigeria, looks at options for creating a robust financial system in Africa. A society that provides equitable socio-economic opportunity is built on a viable financial system, because the system provides the …

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Africa’s aspirations for socio-economic transformation over the next 50 years are captured in Africa Agenda 2063. But how should these and other development goals be financed? Enitan Damilola Temidayo, 23, a Correspondent from Nigeria now studying in Moscow, explores some of the options he believes are available to the African continent.  According to Suzy Ross, “Transformation …

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Trinidad and Tobago’s oil refinery Petrotrin closed  its operations just over a week ago, leaving thousands of workers out of a job. Aura Whittier, 18, a Correspondent from San Juan, Trinidad questions whether the decision to close the oil refinery is the right one. “Trinidad and Tobago, even though small in size, is a significant …

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Unpredictable weather, price volatility and post-harvest losses could be a thing of the past, writes Michael Gyekye, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Ghana, who believes data and AI are the future of farming. A wealth of information is hidden in daily figures on farming activities, local environmental conditions and global market activity. What if this …

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