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David Pilling

Africa Editor

David Pilling is the Africa editor and a columnist at the Financial Times. He covers business, politics and development on the continent and writes a regular column on topics from Africa. Before that he was the Asia editor and assistant editor. Previous roles include Tokyo bureau chief, pharmaceuticals correspondent, deputy features editor and correspondent in Buenos Aires and Santiago.

He is the author of two books - The Growth Delusion (2018), shortlisted for the Orwell Prize, and the highly acclaimed Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival (2016).

He is a regular moderator and speaker both for the FT and for organisations including the World Bank, OECD and ADB. In 2023 he briefed a G7 meeting in Kamakura, Japan on the ideas behind his book, The Growth Delusion.

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  • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
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    Scale of crisis created by Sudan’s ‘hidden’ war alarms refugee chief

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  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Senegal
    Senegal cast into turmoil by ‘shockwave’ constitutional crisis

    One of Africa’s most stable democracies reels after postponement of vote to replace President Macky Sall

    Police officers in Senegal stand on a road blocked with burning barricades
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
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    Ramaphosa kicks off pivotal South Africa election campaign

    President promises land for poor and action on infrastructure in State of Nation set piece ahead of expected close-fought race

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  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    African politics
    Senegal’s ‘constitutional coup’ is part of a global democratic backsliding

    No shots were fired but the west African country missing its election has repercussions beyond its borders

    Protesters gesture after police fired teargas at them outside the General Assembly in Plateau, Dakar
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
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    Namibia’s veteran president Hage Geingob dies aged 82

    Successor pays tribute to politician who helped secure independence from South Africa in 1990

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  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
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  • Friday, 19 January, 2024
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    Maverick businessman Nana Kwame Bediako says his headline-grabbing election strategy is anything but a gimmick

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  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
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    Fears of a new ‘scramble’ for influence in the continent are, in part, tempered by features of its economic and demographic promise

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  • Saturday, 13 January, 2024
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  • Sunday, 7 January, 2024
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    Africa’s richest man drawn into probe investigating favourable exchange rates offered by ex-central bank governor

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  • Sunday, 31 December, 2023
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  • Sunday, 31 December, 2023
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  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    Opec
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    Africa’s second-biggest oil producer exits cartel amid row over production targets

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  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
    DR Congo
    Congo election hit by voting delays as opposition seeks to oust Tshisekedi

    Incumbent president vies for second term in mineral-rich country plagued by decades of armed insurgency

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  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
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    The state power company is battling a legacy of neglect, mismanagement and state capture

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  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
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  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
    Somalia
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    IMF deal is ‘major milestone’ in the revival of one of the world’s most troubled nations

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  • Sunday, 10 December, 2023
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    South Africa’s Secunda plant has higher emissions than Portugal but investors are piling on pressure for change

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  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    African National Congress
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    Prospects of change are widening the political spectrum

    A street vendor holds a big scarf with Cyril Ramaphosa’s face printed on it
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    Special ReportManaging Climate Change
    African nations unite on Nairobi Declaration

    Leaders across the continent say a rethink on financing from developed nations would speed up the move to net zero

    Mo Ibrahim speaks during a news conference in London
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    Special ReportManaging Climate Change
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    Without working carbon markets, the ability of climate-related companies to develop affordable technologies is at risk

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  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    Special ReportManaging Climate Change
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  • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
    Energy Source
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  • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
    Dangote Group
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    Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote faces accusations of unfair practices and a struggle to secure crude supplies

    A montage of Aliko Dangote with with refining pipework at the Dangote Industries Ltd. oil refinery and fertilizer plant site in the background
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