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Twenty-five African countries now track innovation using borrowed metrics that miss grassroots breakthroughs transforming communities. Researchers say it's time to measure what truly drives progress across the continent.
The Democratic Republic of Congo just launched a groundbreaking program to help 1,500 young people transition from unstable work to secure jobs with social protections. In a country where 86% of jobs are informal and only 5% have safety nets, this partnership between the UN and World Bank could change everything.
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Ethiopian migrants have transformed a supposedly "declining" Johannesburg neighborhood into a thriving $1.3 billion trading hub that outearns South Africa's largest mall. Their self-organized network now supports hundreds of thousands across southern Africa.
A fintech company just helped one million Nigerians access their first smartphones and loans worth ₦231 billion. For informal workers long ignored by banks, it's changing how they earn a living.