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Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump speak during the first U.S. presidential debate hosted by Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Trump and Biden kick off their first debate with contentious topics like the Supreme Court and the coronavirus pandemic suddenly joined by yet another potentially explosive question -- whether the president ducked paying his taxes. Photographer: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images

America’s inflection point: Four key things Africa must watch for

For African scholars and policymakers seeking to advance their national and regional interests in dealings with the US, the 59th presidential inauguration will also be an inflection point.

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Read more about the article Electronic banking fraud in Nigeria: How it’s done, and what can be done to stop it
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Electronic banking fraud in Nigeria: How it’s done, and what can be done to stop it

While fraudsters continue to design new ways of working on customers’ vulnerabilities, Nigerian banks need to use the Cybercrime Act to prosecute offenders as a way to boost confidence in the banking sector and deter fraud in the future.

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Read more about the article Social isolation: The Covid-19 pandemic’s hidden health risk for older adults, and how to manage it
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Social isolation: The Covid-19 pandemic’s hidden health risk for older adults, and how to manage it

Inadvertently, the Covid-19 safety guidelines to self-isolate have created new health risks by leaving many older adults even more socially isolated and inactive than before.

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Read more about the article Kenya’s internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide
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Kenya’s internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

Kenya has a wide variety of connectivity infrastructure. About 39 million Kenyans are hooked up to wireless subscriptions, mostly through mobile phones, which depend on signals from a mast. Wired subscriptions stand at about 458,000.

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