The pharmaceutical industry once sued to keep AIDS drugs from dying Africans. Now companies boast of their efforts to get medicines to the developing world. Source: NYT > Business – Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Millennials ‘Make Farming Sexy’ in Africa, Where Tilling the Soil Once Meant Shame
In Africa, farming is widely considered a synonym for poverty. But university graduates have set out to prove that farming is a future with “bling.” Source: NYT > Business – Sarah Maslin Nir
The Rapid Growth of Digital Business in Africa
What the continent’s first tech unicorn means for the future. Source: Harvard Business Review – Acha Leke
A Charity Accepts Uber Stock as Donations. Then Uses It to Pay Staff Bonuses.
Entrepreneurs who own stakes in private companies can donate some of their equity to Charity: water. The proceeds will eventually be paid out to the nonprofit’s employees. Source: NYT > Business – DAVID GELLES
Standard Chartered Fined $1.1 Billion for Violating Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Laws
The British bank reached a settlement with United States and British authorities after processing transactions from Sudan, Cuba and Iran. Source: NYT > Business – EMILY FLITTER