One of my impressions from all the discussions I had about my book #Eurowhiteness in the second half of last year was how reluctant (continental) Europeans are to discuss race and how they often seek to change the subject. I encountered 3 distinct versions of this denialism: 1/5

Digital technologies are opening the door to new financing models and improving the effectiveness of more established models for start-ups and SMEs 💵 This blog explores the emergence of receivables financing for #climate tech ventures in LMICs 👉 bit.ly/4b5GZ7J
#UKAid

📣New report release! 'Making Circularity Work: How digital innovation enables circular economy approaches in waste management'.
Read the report for insights: ow.ly/1Lti50Rqtna #UKAid

What a legend

Kenya: Jambojet eyes tenfold dollar earnings via regional expansion theafricareport.com/343428/kenya-j…

Ingredients for Accelerating Universal Electricity Access: Lessons from Rwanda worldbank.org/en/news/featur… via World Bank

Key takeaways from launching the Co-Designing Urban Futures workshop last month in Nairobi | A partnership between UN-Habitat, Connected Places Catapult & GSMA that supports smaller cities to solve their urban & climate challenges by working with #tech #innovators .

gsma.com/solutions-and-…

Debuting in select theatres this weekend is #Omen from director BALOJI. The film is the #InternationalFeature submission from Belgium about a young Congolese man who returns to his birthplace to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.

UTOPIA

📣🏢Just published: 'Key takeaways from the co-designing #urban futures workshop' written by brian®️ and George Kibala from GSMA's #DigitalUtilities programme #UKAid #Innovation #cities : ow.ly/V1Tm50Rc7g9

In my post, I go into greater detail on Hirschman’s ideas, and their relation to modern development economics. His approach of “petite idées”, informed by empirical observation, seems the model for a clear-eyed way of thinking about development.

global-developments.org/p/the-real-dev…

Happy birthday to Albert Hirschman, who would be 109 today.

Hirschman—anti-fascist, resistance hero, later a development economist—may be the most interesting person to ever take up the profession.

🧵 and blog post on his remarkable life and work.

While much noise is made on deforestation in the Amazon, the Congo Basin--the second largest rainforest & #1 carbon sink--is rapidly being logged. This amazing 4-part investigation is a must read, exploring how timber supply chains snake through DRC roadblocks and Ugandan elites

Dawn Staley is emotional after leading the South Carolina Gamecocks to their third National Championship in school history 🥹

SOUTH CAROLINA FINISHES 38-0 AND IS YOUR 2024 NATIONAL CHAMPION 🤩

END 3Q | USC 68, IOWA 59

The rookie steps up to lead us with 15 💪

10. MORE. MINUTES FAMS!!

If you don’t rock with Caitlin Clark game you’re just a FLAT OUT HATER!!!!! Stay far away from them people!! PLEASE

Today marks the start of #Kwibuka30 , the 30th commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. May we always remember the victims, stand in solidarity with the survivors, & renew our commitment to never forget this tragedy and to build a more just, compassionate world.

A friend's brother is missing and the family is asking for the public's help in finding him. Sémy is Black, mid-teens, 5'7, and ~110 pounds. If you have any helpful info, please call 911 or contact info crime Montréal. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated!

#DISPARITION
Sémy Habarurema, 15 ans, a été vu pour la dernière fois dans l'arrondissement de RDP-PAT. Celui-ci pourrait se trouver à Toronto. Les enquêteurs et ses proches ont des raisons de craindre pour sa santé et sa sécurité. Merci de partager.
#SPVM ^RM

Great interview with FTC commissioner Lina Khan on anti-trust, market power, firm conduct, and big tech