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The Roadsides and Royals of Kampala
Africa Annals #4
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The Rise of Urban Africa
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Interview: Arthur Snell, Geopolitical Risk Expert
Arthur Snell is a former British Foreign Office diplomat with field experience in Nigeria, Yemen, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Apr 27
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The Magnificent Medical Drones of Muhanga
Africa Annals #2!
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The Emerging Solarpunk Urbanism of Kigali
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Interview: Kim Stanley Robinson, Science Fiction Maestro and Utopian
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This newsletter is going on a new reporting journey around East Africa! It’s essentially in the spirit of my previous trips around the Netherlands…
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The Weekly Anthropocene, April 22 2026
China's Great Green Wall, new electrotech records, KehatiKu orangutan-spotters, Mexican wolves, robot boar herding, a jaguar in Honduras, Fortescue, São…
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Your Monthly Dose of Climate Hope: A Conversation with Premal Shah of Renewables.org, Nonprofit Solar Microfinance Investors!
The 12th Monthly Dose of Climate Hope event took place on April 14, 2026!
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The Weekly Anthropocene, April 15 2026
10% of Earth's oceans protected, Marseille seagrass recovery, Hungary's epic victory, hot pink electric rickshaws in Nigeria, Amazon wetland trees…
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The Weekly Anthropocene Interviews: CEO Tsung Xu of Vight, Electric Flying Car Startup
Tsung Xu is a serial entrepreneur who went viral in 2025 for designing and 3D printing a custom eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) drone…
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