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Jonathan Rosenthal

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As seen in: The Economist, 1843, Radio-Canada, insideARM, Joe the MN Movie Man
Covers:  Africa, politics, economics, security, defence, geopolitics
International correspondent @TheEconomist Previously International Editor, Africa Editor and Banking Editor.
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Chained but untamed

Chained but untamed

The Economist — The world's banking industry faces massive upheaval as post-crisis reforms start to bite. They may make it only a little safer but much less profitable, says Jonathan Rosenthal THE NEAR-COLLAPSE of the world's banking system two-and-a-half years ago has prompted a fundamental reassessment of the industry.
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What technology can do for Africa

What technology can do for Africa

The Economist — Technology in Africa is making huge advances, says Jonathan Rosenthal. But its full benefits will be reaped only once basics like power supplies and communications are widely available TO FLY NORTH from Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), is to look down on a country that has become hell.
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Retail renaissance

Retail renaissance

The Economist — The internet and mobile phones are at long last turning boring old retail banking into an exciting industry, says Jonathan Rosenthal "IF YOUR BANK could start over, this is what it would be," trumpeted the marketing campaign for the launch in 1999 of Wingspan, an internet bank.
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Twilight of the gods

Twilight of the gods

The Economist — Investment banking faces a leaner, humbler future, says Jonathan Rosenthal, though a select few banks will emerge from the financial crisis even larger and more powerful FIFTY YEARS AGO this newspaper said that British banks were "the world's most respectable declining industry" and asked: "Has banking a future?"
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Opportunity knocks

Opportunity knocks

The Economist — Having consistently failed to live up to its huge potential, Nigeria now has a rare chance to turn itself round. Jonathan Rosenthal assesses its prospects "CHANGE". THE ELECTION-CAMPAIGN slogans of the All Progressives Congress (APC) emblazoned on large billboards across Nigeria in March were light on policy prescriptions.
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Africa is changing so rapidly, it is becoming hard to ignore

Africa is changing so rapidly, it is becoming hard to ignore

The Economist — S OMETIMES BRIDGING the gap between success and failure, between finishing high school or dropping out, requires a lot of determination and the cost of a cow. Jack Oyugi grew up as the oldest of 14 children to parents tilling an acre of ground in western Kenya.
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Britain's lonely high-flier

Britain's lonely high-flier

The Economist — Editor's note HIGH above the Pacific, passengers doze on a long flight from Asia to America. Suddenly a bolt of lightning cleaves the air. Those startled by the flash and bang soon settle back into their dreams. But on the other side of the world, in Derby, in the English Midlands, engineers at Rolls-Royce get busy.
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Fresh, but far from easy

Fresh, but far from easy

The Economist — A FORLORN shop facing a dusty car park in one of the poorest parts of Phoenix, Arizona, is an inauspicious place to start a closely watched experiment in global retailing. Yet this is where Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket group, will seek to establish its beachhead in the world's richest grocery market.
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Zap, crackle and pop

Zap, crackle and pop

The Economist — Military technology: Energy weapons are finally moving from the laboratory to the real world. But they are hardly the super-weapons of science fiction FOR a weapons test, it was a strangely quiet affair. A motorboat, of just the sort that might be used by pirates or suicide-bombers trying to attack a warship, bobbed on the Pacific swell.
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Thirty years after Rwanda, genocide is still a problem from hell

Thirty years after Rwanda, genocide is still a problem from hell

The Economist — Mass killings are at their highest level in two decades | International
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The world is ignoring war, genocide and famine in Sudan

The world is ignoring war, genocide and famine in Sudan

The Economist — America is distracted, the UN is not interested | Leaders
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Russia's friends are a motley-and shrinking-crew

Russia's friends are a motley-and shrinking-crew

The Economist — They are a coalition of the failing; the Soviet Remembrance Society; and a gang of opportunists | International
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Russia's friends are a motley-and shrinking-crew

Russia's friends are a motley-and shrinking-crew

The Economist — They are a coalition of the failing; the Soviet Remembrance Society; and a gang of opportunists | International
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