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We are in a billionaire economy, influenced by billionaires and designed to serve the interest of billionaires, at our expense.
Workers from the Global South provide 90% of the world's work and receive only 21% of the revenue.
We need to dismantle the billionaire economy.
More in our report.
"A timely resource for practitioners and advocates working to end poverty and hunger across the continent."
— @fatihassane.bsky.social, Africa Director, @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks ed. David Luke is out 22nd May. doi.org/10.31389/lse...
"Inequality is also deeply entrenched within sub-Saharan African countries themselves. To reduce inequality meaningfully, governments must prioritize public spendings on education, health, and social protection. They also need to adopt more progressive tax systems." - @fatihassane.bsky.social
Joining an insightful webinar marking the release of a new report co-published by the @afd-france.bsky.social and The World Bank, @fatihassane.bsky.social dived into the deep and complex inequalities affecting sub-Saharan Africa. ⬇
"Inequality is worsening worldwide, and Sub-Saharan Africa is facing the greatest impact. In 2024, billionaire wealth increased three times faster than the year before, while poverty levels have barely shifted since 1990." - @fatihassane.bsky.social, Oxfam in Africa Director
"The rich grow richer and the gap with ordinary people keeps widening. Wealth and power are becoming concentrated in the hands of a few people, a small elite that prioritizes their wealth over the well being of ordinary citizens." - @fatihassane.bsky.social
Ancestral knowledge isn't just history. When colonial systems remove Indigenous people from their land, we lose more than territory. We lose entire ecosystems, cultural practices, and ways of understanding the world.
#TakersNotMakers #MakeRichPollutersPay
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Welcome to @oxfamgb.bsky.social CEO, @halimabegum.bsky.social .
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