Kim Harrisberg
Journalist with www.context.news
Covering (mainly) climate change, tech and inequality in Southern Africa
Proud Joburger, mama, aspiring luddite
- In what sounds like a Black Mirror episode, South African grant beneficiaries are having their bank accounts surveilled and millions are being unfairly rejected based on an automatic test misclassifying them as having more money than they do. My latest article here: www.context.news/digital-divi...
- From South Africa to the Philippines, Ukraine to Nigeria, frontline workers are scrambling to plug gaps left by USAID funding cuts. Can these temporary measures last? Latest @contextnewsroom.bsky.social story with @jogill.bsky.social Bukola Adebayo & Mariejo Ramos www.context.news/money-power-...
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- As the world shifts towards renewable energy, fueling appetite for Africa's critical minerals like cobalt and lithium, will informal miners be part of the new value chain or be sidelined by bigger corporate players? www.context.news/just-transit...
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- Kenyan police fire teargas at protesters marching against femicide - "The protesters in Nairobi were peaceful and it was not clear why the police intervened. The national police spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment." www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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- Biden's 11th hour visit to Angola highlights a world hungry for Africa's natural resources...and a big fight to come www.context.news/just-transit...
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- The Corrupt are Messing with a Wrong Generation' - From Mozambique to Senegal, how 2024 became the year of demonstrations by young Africans www.context.news/socioeconomi...
