FT Africa Editor. One of Time’s 7.7bn most important people. Author: The Growth Delusion; Bending Adversity. Asia & Africa 'expert'. Speaker
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Rwanda, by making its own clothes, is doing what we pretend we want of poor nations: to wean themselves off charity
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Africa is urbanising at an extraordinary pace. Dar es Salaam’s population has grown 25-fold since 1975!
This is Africa’s opportunity: to turn population growth into industrialisation, jobs and prosperity. @davidpilling
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A remarkable piece of journalism on the explosive growth of Africa's cities. Without sentiment or overblown expectations it sheds rare light on the continent's prospects the day after tomorrow. Must read ahead of #FTAfrica summit
Our dispatch from the biggest city you've never heard of w/ @jacob_judah
Africa’s explosive growth in cities ft.com/content/5203e527-ebdd… via @ft
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Good read. Africa is experiencing rapid urbanization without the benefits. Industrialization precedes agglomeration; the reverse is the case in Africa. Most African cities are unplanned & lack the tax base and state capacity that enabled cities in China & Asia.
Our dispatch from the biggest city you've never heard of w/ @jacob_judah
Africa’s explosive growth in cities ft.com/content/5203e527-ebdd… via @ft
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Absolute banger of an essay on African cities from @Jacob_Judah @davidpilling @FT !! Thread of excerpts below ⬇️
"Cities are the crucible of modernity. Their rise in Africa will affect everything from income and economic growth to social attitudes and politics." 🌆🌆
Our dispatch from the biggest city you've never heard of w/ @jacob_judah
Africa’s explosive growth in cities ft.com/content/5203e527-ebdd… via @ft
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Essential reading.
The future well-being of ~6 billion people depends on making cities work in low-income countries.
So far we're doing meh.
Our dispatch from the biggest city you've never heard of w/ @jacob_judah
Africa’s explosive growth in cities ft.com/content/5203e527-ebdd… via @ft
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Also, @davidpilling is speaking at our New Cities Summit. You should come
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From @FT’s @davidpilling & @Jacob_Judah a closer look at #Africa’s rapid urbanization which “will affect everything from income and economic growth to social attitudes and politics. It will also have a powerful impact on Africa’s relations with the world.”
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Our dispatch from the biggest city you've never heard of w/ @jacob_judah
Africa’s explosive growth in cities ft.com/content/5203e527-ebdd… via @ft
Our dispatch from the biggest city you've never heard of w/ @jacob_judah
Africa’s explosive growth in cities ft.com/content/5203e527-ebdd… via @ft
Watching this closely … Nigeria offers fuel discount in ‘pre-election sweetener’ via @FT
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@davidpilling writes about the new map. This and more:
“And Africa is not a small appendage to the world,” Lopes added, referring to an internet meme depicting China, India, western Europe, the US and Japan all fitting snugly into the African continent."
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Fascinating obituary- Zhu Rongji, reforming Chinese premier, 1928-2026 via @FT
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So much fantastic stuff in this book.
Did you know that a secretary working at a literary agency found Catch 22 in a slush pile & made Joseph Heller (& herself) famous? Nor did I. For this & other fascinating snippets...ft.com/content/45bd25fe-d403… via @ft
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Wonderful to be back on Weekend @bbcworldservice tomorrow with @chiggi - on everything from the woes of Lebanon, Infantino and Ukraine to Freud, Scottish folk songs and yes the Odyssey, which will surely feature in all the sections - led by the indefatigable Julian Worricker
Did you know that a secretary working at a literary agency found Catch 22 in a slush pile & made Joseph Heller (& herself) famous? Nor did I. For this & other fascinating snippets...ft.com/content/45bd25fe-d403… via @ft
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Time for Charles to remind Andy that technically Charles is King of the North
Haaland is pure class - on and off the field
🚨 Erling Haaland refuses to throw Sørloth under the bus after Norway's defeat to England. 🇳🇴
🗣️ Erling Haaland:
Alexander Sørloth is a great player and, more importantly, a very good friend of mine. Football is a game of decisions, and sometimes you make the right one, sometimes you don't.
People watching from home have time to slow everything down and analyse every angle, but on the pitch you have a split second to make a decision. That's football.
I'll never blame him for that moment because we've all been in those situations. Every player has made a decision they wish they could take back.
I'm proud of what we've achieved as a team. Reaching the World Cup quarter-finals was something very few people believed we could do before the tournament started.
We gave our country something to be proud of. We fought for every badge, every shirt and every supporter who believed in us.
Losing to England wasn't because of one pass or one missed opportunity. We created chances throughout the game. We had moments where we could have scored, and they had moments where they punished us.
That's football. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but you never point fingers at one teammate. We win together, and we lose together.
I'll always stand by Alexander, just as I know he'd stand by me. That's what being teammates is all about.
We leave this tournament disappointed, but also proud. This is only the beginning for Norway, and we'll come back stronger.
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Haaland did not make these statements after the match. Sørloth addressed the incident himself in a post-match interview. vg.no/sport/i/Wv8e5K…
