David Pilling
Africa Editor at Financial Times
FT Africa Editor. One of Time’s 7.7bn most important people. Author: The Growth Delusion; Bending Adversity. Asia & Africa 'expert'. Speaker
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2 weeks ago |
ft.com | Aanu Adeoye |David Pilling
Ken Ofori-Atta has worn many hats in his long career as an investment banker, entrepreneur and until last year Ghana’s Davos-pleasing...
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2 weeks ago |
aspectsofhistory.com | David Pilling
David, congratulations on the new book. What’s the plot of the new series? The new series follows the adventures of John Page, a real-life English soldier who served in Normandy during the reign of Henry V (1413-22). He misses the battle of Agincourt, but is outlawed and runs away in time to join Henry’s expedition to Normandy in 1417-1418. After witnessing all kinds of horrors, including the massacres at Caen and Rouen, Page deserts the English army and flees east, all the way to Bohemia.
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aspectsofhistory.com | David Pilling
A Death in Berlin isthethird instalment of Simon Scarrow’s excellent Berlin Noir series featuring Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke. A former racing car driver turned police detective. It’s May 1940, the Second World War is less than a year old and its all quiet on the Western Front, with a “Phoney War”. However, the effects of wartime rationing are starting to be felt in Germany, creating a highly lucrative market in forged ration coupons.
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3 weeks ago |
ft.com | David Pilling
The chief executive of Herholdt’s Group, a South African solar equipment supplier ranked 25th in this year’s FT-Statista rankings of...
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3 weeks ago |
ft.com | David Pilling
When Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire businessman, medical researcher and owner of the Los Angeles Times, opened a $250mn vaccine...
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Bill Gates is giving away $200bn. Can his plans survive in the Trump era? https://t.co/rn0muRxQFg via @financialtimes - here's a longer piece from the same interview
Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘killing’ children with USAID cuts https://t.co/UxyVhBP0Ov via @ft
Our young colleague Joe Salcedo has died at the tragically young age of 29. His family in the Philippines is heartbroken and the FT is raising money to help with arrangements. Here is a link to the page https://t.co/9b6dfmlm6z