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Digital technologies are opening up vast business opportunities in a continent where institutional failures have often held back business growth and dynamism. Addisu Lashitew explains how digital services are transforming sectors like banking, agriculture, and transportation, and outlines some policy challenges ahead.
Education was not a focal point for either party in the 2022 midterm elections, but U.S. democracy cannot survive if America fails to effectively educate its citizens. Elias Blinkoff, Molly Scott, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek argue that now is the time to reignite the issue in public discourse.
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