Ahead of Nigeria elections, residents stock-up on food, essentials
Kano, Nigeria Reuters At a market in Nigeria’s northern Kano state customers stocked up on Friday on food and essentials, uncertain of the outcome of Saturday’s election to choose a new president and lawmakers, in a country where voting has sometimes been followed by violence. Shortages of cash and fuel and the highest inflation rate […]
Essay: COVID-19 shouldn’t kill cash
As Black Friday sales take place around the world, London-based social commentator and futurist MAL FLETCHER, in an indepth article, looks at the implications of a cash-free society…
Cash isn’t king: vulnerable short-changed by virus
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Getting groceries in the coronavirus crisis has been tricky for many people, but for Eric Jones – an 89-year-old Briton who lives alone and relies on cash – it has proved particularly perplexing. Before lockdown, a volunteer drove Jones to a supermarket near his home in southern England to pick up […]