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☆ This secondhand fashion startup wants to become the Depop of Africa. Here's the 11-slide pitch deck Yaga used to raise $2.2 million.
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Estonia-based Yaga just raised $2.2 million to bring its secondhand marketplace to Africa and Asia. The startup, backed by Startup Wise Guys, wants to become the next Vinted or Depop. An Estonia-based circular economy startup that wants to become the Vinted or Depop of Africa has just raised 2.2 million euros ($2.2 million). The company operates an app and website that are currently available in South Africa, Kenya, and India. "I went to Instagram and looked at how people buy and sell secondhand in South Africa and Kenya," the founder said.
☆ China’s Xi is more powerful than ever. What does it mean for the world?
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Simone Mccarthy Nectar Gan | Simone Mccarthy | Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +9 min
That loyal inner circle has not only strengthened Xi’s hold on power – but also tightened his grip over China’s future. In the eyes of Xi, China is closer than ever to achieving its dream of “national rejuvenation” and reclaiming its rightful place in the world. What he decides to do – and how he goes about doing it – will have a profound impact on the world. Under Xi, Beijing has ramped up military pressure on Taiwan, sending warplanes and conducting military drills near the island. Xi continues to back a costly zero-Covid policy that keeps borders heavily restricted and regularly sends its cities into lockdown – dragging down China’s economic growth.
☆ 'Path to oblivion': Ukraine military gains could deepen Russia's economic problems
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +6 min
Foreign Ministry Of Uzbekistan | via ReutersUkraine's counteroffensive, which has seen vast swathes of Russian-occupied territory get recaptured, could be compounding Russia's economic troubles, as international sanctions continue to hammer its fortunes. Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg, said the recently Ukrainian military gains could hit Russia's economy hard. "Even more so than before, the Russian economy looks set to descend into a gradually deepening recession," Schmieding said in a note last week. Statistics are scarce on the true state of the Russian economy, with the Kremlin keeping its cards relatively close to its chest. She added that the Kremlin had "put Russia's economy on that path to oblivion" and vowed that sanctions were "here to stay."
☆ Meet the Ghanaian Canadian Lego sculptor building a Black universe
  + stars: | 2022-01-11 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
CNN —For 42-year-old Ghanaian Canadian artist Ekow Nimako, Lego is more than just a kids’ toy. “I started realizing that not only did I enjoy making art with Lego, but it was important that I made Black art very specifically,” he said. Nimako uses black Lego bricks specifically for three main reasons. Nimako is a futurist who used approximately 100,000 Lego pieces to construct a reimagining of the medieval kingdom of Ghana, titled "Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE." Sam EngelkingIn his “Building Black: Civilizations” series, Nimako reimagines medieval sub-Saharan African narratives.
Persons: Ekow, “, ”, It’s, it’s, there’s, Sam Engelking, they’ll, Nimako, didn’t, ’ Nimako, Africanfuturism, Kumbi Saleh, ” Nimako Organizations: CNN, Museum, Lego Locations: Ghanaian, Canada, Ghana, Toronto, West Africa
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