Ⓜ️ohamed Abshir
@mabshirmohamed.bsky.social
Development Professional, focusing on private sector development and climate change policy
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Africa: Foreign investment hit record high in 2024
Foreign investment in Africa surged by 75% to reach an all-time high of $97 billion in 2024, bolstered by liberalization and facilitation efforts across the continent.
Full story ▶️ unctad.org/news/africa-...
Foreign investment in Africa surged by 75% to reach an all-time high of $97 billion in 2024, bolstered by liberalization and facilitation efforts across the continent.
Full story ▶️ unctad.org/news/africa-...
June 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Africa: Foreign investment hit record high in 2024
Foreign investment in Africa surged by 75% to reach an all-time high of $97 billion in 2024, bolstered by liberalization and facilitation efforts across the continent.
Full story ▶️ unctad.org/news/africa-...
Foreign investment in Africa surged by 75% to reach an all-time high of $97 billion in 2024, bolstered by liberalization and facilitation efforts across the continent.
Full story ▶️ unctad.org/news/africa-...
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🆕 AI & development economics: Early evidence + how to keep up
I have compiled what I've been reading, watching & listening to in one place, including early evidence on the impacts of AI, what development organisations are working on & how to stay up to date.
Read ⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/ai-and...
I have compiled what I've been reading, watching & listening to in one place, including early evidence on the impacts of AI, what development organisations are working on & how to stay up to date.
Read ⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/ai-and...
AI and development economics: Early evidence and how to keep up
I have been (trying) to keep track of the latest AI-related thinking and research that is relevant to low- and middle-income countries. It is hard to know where to look and what to trust, here are the...
voxdev.org
June 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🆕 AI & development economics: Early evidence + how to keep up
I have compiled what I've been reading, watching & listening to in one place, including early evidence on the impacts of AI, what development organisations are working on & how to stay up to date.
Read ⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/ai-and...
I have compiled what I've been reading, watching & listening to in one place, including early evidence on the impacts of AI, what development organisations are working on & how to stay up to date.
Read ⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/ai-and...
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How might irrigation affect farmers’ profits?
Maria Jones, Florence Kondylis, John Loeser, and J-PAL affiliate Jeremy Magruder explore the impacts of irrigation access in Rwanda: buff.ly/WbnmXtd
Maria Jones, Florence Kondylis, John Loeser, and J-PAL affiliate Jeremy Magruder explore the impacts of irrigation access in Rwanda: buff.ly/WbnmXtd
June 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
How might irrigation affect farmers’ profits?
Maria Jones, Florence Kondylis, John Loeser, and J-PAL affiliate Jeremy Magruder explore the impacts of irrigation access in Rwanda: buff.ly/WbnmXtd
Maria Jones, Florence Kondylis, John Loeser, and J-PAL affiliate Jeremy Magruder explore the impacts of irrigation access in Rwanda: buff.ly/WbnmXtd
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Breaking News: The Senate passed a cryptocurrency bill, putting the once-fringe industry on the brink of a major policy breakthrough.
Senate Passes Cryptocurrency and Stablecoin Rules Bill
The bill was a significant step toward giving the cryptocurrency industry the credibility and legitimacy it has sought, without limitations it has worked to head off.
trib.al
June 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Breaking News: The Senate passed a cryptocurrency bill, putting the once-fringe industry on the brink of a major policy breakthrough.
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Amid Sudan’s ongoing civil war, Bellingcat in partnership with Kenya’s Daily Nation was able to identify Kenyan-labelled ammunition crates in a suspected Rapid Support Forces (RSF) depot near the capital Khartoum. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/06...
Kenyan Weapons Linked to Sudan’s Civil War - bellingcat
Bellingcat and our partners at Kenya’s Daily Nation have identified Kenyan-labelled crates of ammunition inside an alleged RSF depot close to the recently recaptured Sudanese capital Khartoum. Althoug...
www.bellingcat.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Amid Sudan’s ongoing civil war, Bellingcat in partnership with Kenya’s Daily Nation was able to identify Kenyan-labelled ammunition crates in a suspected Rapid Support Forces (RSF) depot near the capital Khartoum. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/06...
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💡New research:
🇲🇼 In Malawi, women avoid trying unfamiliar products—not due to skepticism, but to protect their household reputation.
EGC Postdoc Nina Buchmann, Pascaline Dupas @princetonecon.bsky.social & Roberta Ziparo (AMSE) in @voxdev.bsky.social:
voxdev.org/topic/techno...
🇲🇼 In Malawi, women avoid trying unfamiliar products—not due to skepticism, but to protect their household reputation.
EGC Postdoc Nina Buchmann, Pascaline Dupas @princetonecon.bsky.social & Roberta Ziparo (AMSE) in @voxdev.bsky.social:
voxdev.org/topic/techno...
Saving face or saving money? How household dynamics hold back women
Experimental evidence from rural Malawi shows that women's reputation concerns within households can lead to underinvestment in new technologies and persistence with bad ones. Engaging both spouses an...
voxdev.org
June 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
💡New research:
🇲🇼 In Malawi, women avoid trying unfamiliar products—not due to skepticism, but to protect their household reputation.
EGC Postdoc Nina Buchmann, Pascaline Dupas @princetonecon.bsky.social & Roberta Ziparo (AMSE) in @voxdev.bsky.social:
voxdev.org/topic/techno...
🇲🇼 In Malawi, women avoid trying unfamiliar products—not due to skepticism, but to protect their household reputation.
EGC Postdoc Nina Buchmann, Pascaline Dupas @princetonecon.bsky.social & Roberta Ziparo (AMSE) in @voxdev.bsky.social:
voxdev.org/topic/techno...
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Situation Report: US refuses financial support to AUSSOM; Civilians killed in attacks in Sudan; Fire at the SPLM headquarters in South Sudan
👉 Read today's Situation Report at: www.eepa.be//wp-content/...
👉 Read today's Situation Report at: www.eepa.be//wp-content/...
May 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Situation Report: US refuses financial support to AUSSOM; Civilians killed in attacks in Sudan; Fire at the SPLM headquarters in South Sudan
👉 Read today's Situation Report at: www.eepa.be//wp-content/...
👉 Read today's Situation Report at: www.eepa.be//wp-content/...
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Alex de Waal, who witnessed the politicised use of hunger in the Horn of Africa, on starvation in Gaza. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Alex de Waal | Starvation in Gaza
Twice already during this war, the people of Gaza have pulled back from the brink of categorical famine – both times...
www.lrb.co.uk
May 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Alex de Waal, who witnessed the politicised use of hunger in the Horn of Africa, on starvation in Gaza. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
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1.5C is no longer a distant threat — it’s a near-term possibility, forecasters warn.
Global warming may top 1.5C during 2025-2029 , experts predict
The World Meteorological Organisation forecast a 70% chance of global warming over 1.5C above 1850-1990 during these five years
buff.ly
May 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
1.5C is no longer a distant threat — it’s a near-term possibility, forecasters warn.
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Climate change could be fueling cancer deaths in women, new study says. Increasing heat in the Middle East and North Africa has made breast, ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers more common and more deadly.
Climate change could be fueling cancer deaths in women
Higher temperatures spurred by climate change could be increasing women’s risk of cancer, a new study says.
www.miamiherald.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Climate change could be fueling cancer deaths in women, new study says. Increasing heat in the Middle East and North Africa has made breast, ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers more common and more deadly.
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#Kenya How very much he will be missed www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87
Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#Kenya How very much he will be missed www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia's healthcare sector is severely impacted by austerity measures and public sector cuts. A survey indicated that 95% of health workers in Ethiopia reported significant budget shortages for equipment and medicines, and 90% highlighted challenges in maternal health.
Crippling budget cuts have left Africa’s public sector workers underpaid, overworked and struggling to make ends meet, study finds - ActionAid USA News
Teachers across Africa are buckling under the weight of brutal austerity measures, losing up to half of their income over five years Nearly
www.actionaidusa.org
May 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's healthcare sector is severely impacted by austerity measures and public sector cuts. A survey indicated that 95% of health workers in Ethiopia reported significant budget shortages for equipment and medicines, and 90% highlighted challenges in maternal health.
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The recent MoU between Raila’s and Ruto’s parties follows a long tradition of intractable enemies coming together to get rich, block reform and survive in Kenyan politics.
— writes Patrick Gathara for #AJOpinion ⤵️
— writes Patrick Gathara for #AJOpinion ⤵️
Kenya’s handshake politics: Elite self-preservation disguised as compromise
The recent MoU between William Ruto’s and Raila Odinga’s parties is part of an honoured Kenyan tradition.
aje.io
March 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The recent MoU between Raila’s and Ruto’s parties follows a long tradition of intractable enemies coming together to get rich, block reform and survive in Kenyan politics.
— writes Patrick Gathara for #AJOpinion ⤵️
— writes Patrick Gathara for #AJOpinion ⤵️
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💸 Mafalda Duarte, head of the Green Climate Fund, warns that climate finance isn’t charity—it’s an investment in global stability, security, and economic growth. “No country, not even the richest ones, can afford to treat climate change solely as a domestic matter.”
After US cuts funds, UN’s biggest climate fund urges others to help
As the US announces cuts to climate funds, the head of the Green Climate Fund stresses the importance of helping developing countries
buff.ly
February 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
💸 Mafalda Duarte, head of the Green Climate Fund, warns that climate finance isn’t charity—it’s an investment in global stability, security, and economic growth. “No country, not even the richest ones, can afford to treat climate change solely as a domestic matter.”
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Shukri Osman Muse, Somalia's first woman equestrian, turns heads. She only rode a horse for the first time last year, but now aspires to join its equestrian federation to represent her country in front of the world.
New rider in town: Somalia's first woman equestrian turns heads
A strange sight appears on the streets of Mogadishu: a figure dressed all in black, including a cowboy hat, riding a horse through the beeping traffic of tuk-tuks and motorbikes.
www.rfi.fr
January 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Shukri Osman Muse, Somalia's first woman equestrian, turns heads. She only rode a horse for the first time last year, but now aspires to join its equestrian federation to represent her country in front of the world.
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*And* it’s the sum of all single digit numbers cubed:
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
💕 pure mathematical joy 💕
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
💕 pure mathematical joy 💕
Happy 2025 = 45², the first “square” year since 1936, the next being 2116. Its digit sum is also a square: 2+0+2+5 = 9 = 3². This last happened in 1681 and next occurs in 2304. And not since 900 has the year divided by the digit sum been a square too: 900/9=100 = 10² & 2025/9=225 = 15² QED. 👀🎉😁
January 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
*And* it’s the sum of all single digit numbers cubed:
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
💕 pure mathematical joy 💕
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
💕 pure mathematical joy 💕
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It’s wild how the same people who engage in endless debates about the real state of the world in data-rich contexts like the U.S. also somehow believe that policy in data-poor low-income countries can be crafted on the basis of just one or two well-designed studies.
November 27, 2024 at 12:41 AM
It’s wild how the same people who engage in endless debates about the real state of the world in data-rich contexts like the U.S. also somehow believe that policy in data-poor low-income countries can be crafted on the basis of just one or two well-designed studies.
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someone needs to put this in a development economics lecture
November 20, 2024 at 1:04 PM
someone needs to put this in a development economics lecture
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November 19, 2024 at 12:40 PM
📚🌍 Interested in development economics?
Looking for newsletters, articles, podcasts, & videos to stay updated?
Managing Editor @olihanney.bsky.social has collected useful links in this thread - a one-stop shop for free accessible resources in development economics 🧵
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Managing Editor @olihanney.bsky.social has collected useful links in this thread - a one-stop shop for free accessible resources in development economics 🧵