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Children stand on a platform at their home as officials and volunteers of Code for Africa engage in the mapping of the Makoko waterfront settlement in Lagos, on October 23, 2019. Photo: Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP
Children stand on a platform at their ho […]
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Sixty years on, Africa still seeks right model for growth

As 1960 dawned, sub-Saharan Africa braced for historic change: that year, 17 of its countries were destined to gain independence from European colonial powers
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