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Mel Bailey is an independent multimedia journalist based in Dakar Senegal covering gender, culture, education, and the environment. Portfolio: melhbailey.com
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Nandi Mobile CEO Anne Amuzu: Standing Up for Women Owned Startups
Anne Amuzu, CEO of Nandi Mobile, shares her experiences as a female entrepreneur in the tech industry, where she has faced challenges due to gender biases. Despite these obstacles, she has successfully co-founded Nandi Mobile with partners Michael Dakwa and Edward Amartey-Tagoe. The company's first application, Infoline, was developed after extensive customer feedback and refinements. Amuzu has also been involved in the #ILookLikeanEngineer campaign to highlight gender disparity in tech. In addition to her CEO role, she is committed to teaching coding to young Ghanaians and believes in the startup potential within everyone.
Searching for Rare Earth Minerals in Abidjan’s Cellphone Recycling Markets
The article explores the cellphone recycling industry in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, where entrepreneurs like Adama Tesoubi buy old phones, extract valuable chips containing rare earth minerals, and sell them to foreign buyers. The piece highlights the environmental and economic aspects of the trade, with insights from Tesoubi and Asim Poisséis of the Ivoirienne NGO M.E.S.A.D., which has partnered with French telecom company Orange for a phone recycling project. The article also touches on the global competition for rare earth minerals, with China being a major producer, and the increasing interest from other countries in mining and recycling these valuable resources.
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