Category Archives: Africa

Preventing child labor use for cobalt mining

Posted on October 21, 2018 by aviyer2010

An article in Fortune (September 1, 2018) titled “Blood, Sweat and Batteries” describes artisanal mining by over 10,000 children using hand tools in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the source of 67% of the world supply of cobalt. With … Continue reading →

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Shoe Manufacturing moving from China to Ethiopia as costs increase

Posted on June 1, 2017 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (June 1, 2017) titled “Chinese maker of Ivanka’s Shoes Looks for Cheaper labor”, describes the Chinese shoe manufacturer, Huajian International, moving some of their production from China to Ethiopia in response to decreased … Continue reading →

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