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ECOWAS, EU launch €105m projects to boost trade, institutional reform in West Africa
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), together with the European Union (EU), Germany, and Spain, has launched four major development programmes ...
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Concerns mount over weaponization of Ugandan judiciary
11 #StopEACOP activists spend two months in jail for attempting to deliver a letter to KCB Uganda. Eleven activists arrested on April 23rd ...
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Gender gap closes at fastest rate since pandemic – But full parity still over a century away
The global gender gap has closed to 68.8%, led by economic and political advances – yet progress is still behind pre-pandemic pace, with ...
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UK and US still see Africa through a lens of poverty, corruption, and nature
A new groundbreaking report reveals that everyday perceptions of Africa in the UK and the US are still largely shaped by outdated and ...
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Sidi Ould Tah elected ninth president of African Development Bank Group
Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected President of the African Development Bank Group at the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, ...
Business
South African equities face pullback risk: JSE top 40 retreats from 85K as tech surges 14%
JSE top 40 retreats from 85K as tech surges 14%; rate cut hopes linger. South African stocks showed signs of fatigue on Wednesday ...
Business
JSE top 40 plunges 2% amid global trade tensions and domestic coalition uncertainty – Can markets stabilize?
South Africa’s equity market faced another turbulent session on Wednesday, with the JSE FTSE Top 40 Index tumbling 2% to close at 75,690 ...
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11th Regional Forum on Sustainable Development to focus on driving jobs and economic growth
The Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11) is set to take place in Kampala, Uganda, from April 9 ...
Editorial
AfDB, Bank of Africa Tanzania sign $7.5m trade finance guarantee to boost SME and intra-Africa trade
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Bank of Africa Tanzania (BOAT) have signed a $7.5 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility aimed at ...
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The biggest lie in geography is about Africa—And it’s time to correct it
For centuries, the world has been misled about Africa’s true size. The Mercator map—one of the most widely used world maps—has shrunk the ...
Business
South African equities retreat as JSE Top 40 dips below 82K amid political uncertainty, US tariff jitters
South African Stocks Slump on Political Risks, US Trade Tensions; Tech Sector Defies Trend. JSE Top 40 falls 1.2% as financials, industrials reel; ...
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Djibouti hosts finance leaders to accelerate investments across Africa in new global order
The second edition of the Djibouti Forum will bring together important leaders in finance and business from over 50 countries to help kickstart ...




















