Jessica Loudis

Jan 16, 2025 | bloomberg.com | Khuleko Siwele |thembile Cele |Jessica Loudis

On South Africa’s busiest freight corridor, men and a handful of women decked out in blue overalls, hard hats and reflector jackets transform the landscape. As workers dodge cement mixers and construction site scaffolding, bulldozers widen the road linking the province of Gauteng to the eastern port city of Durban. Similar scenes are playing out across the country, as investors pour money into the country’s construction sector.

Aug 9, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Jessica Loudis

Welcome to Next Africa, a twice-weekly newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it’s headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email. National identity systems are taken for granted in most parts of the world. That’s not the case in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a population register and ID cards simply don’t exist.

May 26, 2024 | portside.org | Jeremy Diamond |Hayley Warren |Jessica Loudis |Neil Munshi

ANC, and SA Election – Apartheid’s Long Shadows: Two Articles Published May 26, 2024 ANC at a Crossroads as South Africa Goes to the Polls Steve Bloomfield in Johannesburg The Guardian May 26, 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/26/anc-at-a-crossroads-as-south-africa-goes-to-polls-election It was supposed to be a show of strength, a packed crowd of 83,000 ANC supporters showing South Africa that despite the country’s myriad problems, the ruling party was still confident of...

Aug 2, 2023 | bloomberg.com | Feargus O'Sullivan |Jessica Loudis

A tourist wheels luggage in the Barceloneta district in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Photographer: Angel Garcia/BloombergAs tourists flood back, cities have responded with a flurry of new rules on short-term rentals. But policing this housing sector remains a challenge. August 2, 2023, 12:00 PM UTCShare this articleBloomberg subscribers can gift up to 5 articles a month for anyone to read, even non-subscribers! Learn moreIt’s been almost 15 years since the launch of Airbnb Inc.