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Five Reasons to Be Bullish on Africa

As President Obama addresses the Young African Leaders Summit today in Washington, he's recognizing the fast-changing face of the Continent--and what it means to American business in the next decade.READ»

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Day Two at the World Economic Forum on Africa

How do information and communication technologies influence innovation in Africa? Robert Fabricant's third report from the World Economic Forum.READ»

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Zimbabwe's Diamond Mines Lead to Rape, Murder, and Thievery

Zimbabwe's newfound diamond fields could have helped lift the country from its misery. Instead, they've fueled a cycle of government-sanctioned rape, murder, and thievery -- and pushed the place still closer to collapse.READ»

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Tweaking a Dictator, With a Remarkable Ad Campaign

The Outdoor Grand Prix at Cannes went to a campaign aimed at memorializing Robert Mugabe's corruption.READ»

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Debating the Design Depression: Austerity vs Extravagance

Sure, the economy's on life support, and shelter magazines have been hung out to dry, but design is not dead yet. The tallest skyscraper on the planet is rocketing into the stratosphere over Dubai, and $600 plastic chairs are ...READ»

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Is Wolfram Alpha The Next Big Thing in Web Search?

Stephen Wolfram is a well-known figure in the sciences thanks to genius inventions like the math problem-solving software Mathematica. Now he's in the news again for a very different reason: He's trying to reinvent web search by ...READ»