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Zain Verjee

Zain Verjee

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Zain Verjee is a former CNN anchor and US state department correspondent. Her global media advisory firm builds communications products for emerging markets

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By 2050, one in four people will be African. EPA
Investors ready for a big bounce can find it in Africa

Africans are braced for their continent to head into 'acceleration mode'

CommentSeptember 27, 2022
Zain Verjee
Burkina Faso paratroopers engage in exercises under the supervision of Dutch special forces during a US military-led annual counterterrorism training in Thies, Senegal on February 18, 2020. AP
Can Africa ever get its own West Point?

A continent-wide military academy could transform Africa's security, economy and very identity

OpinionApril 17, 2021
Zain Verjee
A health official gives a thumbs up after conducting a screening test on a traveller carrying a baby in South Africa. AFP
Africa needs its biotech space to rise to the coronavirus challenge – and now

Beset by many problems, the continent should unlock the potential of a sector that will play a key role in the coming weeks and months

CommentApril 17, 2021
Zain Verjee
Samia Suluhu Hassan is Tanzania's first female president. Reuters
Tanzania’s first female leader has steel in her veins

Samia Suluhu Hassan is set to chart a modern course for the country

CommentApril 17, 2021
Zain Verjee

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