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Africa goes digital as music lovers turn to surfing for songs

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageGlobal recording companies are casting their eye to the continent as music's digital revolution continues.Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Video did indeed kill the radio star in the 1980s, and the compact disc replaced the traditional 45 vinyl record. And while the compact disc is not yet dead, Africa has now joined the global trend of going digital to get...

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Time to allow water management to take its own course

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imageSouthern Africa has rivers, like the Zambezi, that run through a number of countries. How best to manage this is the challenge. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Southern African countries must recognise that joint management of their shared rivers will not drive regional economic integration. This will be difficult, since this approach has shaped the way...

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