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Poverty

On this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, or #EndPoverty Day, I want to draw attention to the urgency of improving living standards in Africa.

According to the World Bank, the region will experience the fastest increase in the working-age population of all regions, with a projected net increase of 740 million people by 2050 over the next three decades.

U.S. adults are prioritizing short-term spending over their long-term savings. However, if inflation continues unabated, costs spiral higher, and a white-collar job market “richsession” continues to play out, the ebullient mode won’t be sustainable and may end in a hard landing.

In its October 2023 Africa Pulse Report, the Bretton Wood institution said growth will be held back by high and persistent inflation, lower credit as a result of elevated interest rates, and weakness in the energy sector. These drivers will operate through a slowdown in the growth of household consumption and investment.

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The World Bank says rising instability, weak growth in the region’s largest economies, and lingering uncertainty in the global economy are dragging down growth prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa(SSA). | Pulse Nigeria

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The Rugby World Cup is kicking off this month and is set to be one of the most interesting and least predictable tournaments in its history. France and Ireland have a chance to claim the prize for the first time while South Africa looks the strongest from the Southern Hemisphere. The England team are well off the

Almost every organization freely admits that people are the biggest risk to their security and are most vulnerable when using email. While the outbound risk of an employee accidentally or intentionally leaking data is very clearly categorized as an insider risk, even a phishing attack that originates from outside the organization requires an insider to, essentially, open the door.