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Leader 4 Restoring Trust to knit together
a fractured world
Opinion 20 The biggest AI challenge is not African regulation, but global regulation 42 An Economic Challenge
Demanding Private-Sector-Led Inter ventions
Features 6 Inter view: Landry Signe, co-chair of the WEF regional
action group for Africa 10 AfCFTA opens new era of
possibilities for African trade 22 AI tools open up a world of
African languages 24 Inter view: Lacina Koné, CEO of Smart Africa 26 Turning data into gold:
African analytics accelerates 76 Can Africa achieve
‘digital sovereignty’ in an era of Big Tech? 80 Crypto beds down in Africa
despite global scandals
Focus on Ghana 32 Interview: Mahamudu Bawumia,
VP of Ghana 37 Ghana’s extraordinary
digitalisation makeover
Focus on Nigeria 44 Can Nigeria’s new president
revive Africa’s sleeping giant? 48 Nigeria’s finance sector faces
stormy waters
Finance and Development 52 Africa Finance Corporation -
raising finance to drive Africa’s energy transition
Event: Africa Investment Forum 60 Building a powerhouse of
investments in Africa 64 Climate-resilient infrastructure
needed to secure the future 66 Unlocking value chains is
Africa’s route to development 68 Energy projects should impact
local value chains 70 Women must own their place in
Africa’s business world
Education 72 WISE Summit: the latest
developments at the world’s largest gathering of educationalists in Qatar
Editor’s view 82 COP28 deal great news for Africa
– if it gets the support it needs
