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    Andres Schipani

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    Andres Schipani is the east and central Africa bureau chief of the Financial Times based in Nairobi. He was previously Brazil correspondent and, before moving to São Paulo, he was the Andes and Caribbean correspondent based in Bogotá.

    He has also worked in the newspaper's New York bureau as a markets and emerging markets reporter. A native of Buenos Aires, he is a graduate of the universities of Oxford and Columbia.

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    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Ethiopia
      Ethiopia’s only foreign-owned finance group withdraws citing FX constraints

      Departure of Ethio Lease is a blow to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s push to attract investors

      Commuters and pedestrians use a street crossing in Addis Ababa
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Diamonds and gemstones
      Diamond certification head hits out at G7 plans to target Russian producers

      Chair of Kimberley Process says African countries view proposal as a penalty that will cause ‘irreparable harm’

      Ahmed bin Sulayem, chair of the Kimberley Process
    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      Sudan
      Sudan war escalates as paramilitary forces aim for complete control of Darfur

      UN says situation in African country is ‘catastrophic’, with 25mn people in need of humanitarian assistance

      Soldiers of the Sudanese Armed Forces escort Darfur’s governor
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      African economy
      US strikes four African countries off preferential trade list

      Uganda, Gabon, CAR and Niger penalised for human rights violations and lack of democratic progress

      Supporters of Niger’s National Concil of Sefeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) hold Niger national flags
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Peru
      Peruvian tourism steps up from trekking to luxury experiences

      The sector is setting out to attract more lucrative upmarket visitors after a pandemic low

      A man steers his straw gondola
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Peru
      Deep divide persists between ‘two Perus’

      The gulf between Lima and the poorer south remains a hurdle to national economic revival

      An Andean woman walks next to Alpacas
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Peru
      Protests threaten to dent the outlook for Peruvian copper

      Government tries to unblock investment but projects trigger a backlash in rural areas

      Demonstrators stand on a blocked road in protest of a mining project
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Peru
      How a unique recipe took Peru to the top table of global cuisine

      A wealth of ingredients and cultures made food a source of pride and ‘agent of change’

      Staff prepare dishes at restaurant Central in Lima, Peru
    • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
      The Big Read
      Ethiopia’s plan to rebuild in the wake of a ‘brutal’ war

      After a peace deal ended the conflict in Tigray, the country is on the slow road to recovery. But lingering animosity threatens progress

      Abiy Ahmed, Getachew Reda, foreground. Background: People react as captive Ethiopian soldiers walk towards Mekele Rehabilitation Center in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia, on July 2, 2021.
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Moral Money
      Investing in the world’s poorest country Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, Singapore’s central bank head calls for action on carbon pricing and blended finance

      Evariste Ndayishimiye in a crowd of people wearing Burundi’s national colours of red, white and green
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Climate change
      African leaders back global carbon tax to pay for green energy in poorer nations

      Climate summit calls for six-fold increase in renewable energy across the continent

      Delegates on stage at the Africa Climate Summit
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Moral Money
      Inside the inaugural Africa Climate Summit Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, investment plans to wean Indonesia off coal fail to materialise

      Delegates of the Africa Climate Summit outside the venue in Nairobi
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Climate legislation
      New EU climate chief to explore controversial carbon capture strategy

      Bloc countries divided on upgrading climate change targets

      Wopke Hoekstra, the Dutch nominee to be EU climate commissioner
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Climate change
      Kenya’s president calls for African debt relief to fight climate change

      Appeal to reduce financial demands on indebted nations comes as Nairobi hosts first Africa Climate Summit

      Kenyan president William Ruto speaks at the first Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi on Monday
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      DR Congo
      UN ‘alarmed’ by deaths during protest against its DRC peacekeeping force

      Human rights groups accuse military of shooting civilians during unrest that left dozens of people dead

    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Ethiopia
      ‘God wants us away from our enemies’: bitter legacy of war splits Ethiopian church

      Breakaway bishops form separate Tigray denomination in schism that risks inflaming tensions in wake of brutal conflict

      Ethiopian worshippers celebrate the Orthodox Easter at a church in the city of Lalibela
    • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
      News in-depthSafaricom Ltd
      Safaricom’s mobile money rollout in Ethiopia marks moment for ‘last frontier’

      Privatisation wave makes country of 120mn people a tempting target for digital services

      A Safaricom advert in Nairobi
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Africa
      Wagner’s lucrative African operations thrown into post-Prigozhin limbo

      Founder’s demise casts fresh doubt over Russia’s ability to maintain mercenary deployments on the continent

    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      InterviewEthiopia
      Ethiopia seeks help to find $20bn for post-conflict reconstruction

      Finance minister Ahmed Shide calls on international institutions and foreign investors to aid recovery from civil war

      A farming family in Tigray, Ethiopia
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Sudan
      More than 4mn Sudanese displaced by ‘senseless’ war, says UN

      6mn people ‘one step away’ from famine in 4-month conflict between warring generals, says refugee agency

      A Sudanese woman, who fled the conflict, in Chad
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Private equity
      CVC explores sale of troubled Kenyan tea plantation

      Kericho site in Kenya had a history of violence and sexual abuse allegations before Unilever sold it to private equity last year

      Farm workers emerge from a plantation in Kenya’s Kericho highlands
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      Uganda
      World Bank freezes new lending to Uganda over LGBT+ crackdown

      Move by Washington-based lender could spur other institutions and western nations to follow suit, say analysts

      A person draped in a flag with hands clasped in prayer
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      Tanzania
      Tanzania accused of silencing critics over port deal with Dubai

      Lawyers say intergovernmental deal over Dar es Salaam port is too generous to Emirati interests

      Dar es Salaam, shot from above
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      African politics
      Central African Republic leader wins vote to rule for third term

      Touadéra’s constitutional move cements role of mercenary Wagner group in the state

    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Saudi-hosted conference seeks to build support for Ukrainian peace plan

      Kyiv steps up efforts to engage key developing countries in isolating Moscow

      a residential building hit by a Russian missile in Dnipro, Ukraine
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