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Source: REUTERS/Luc Gnago. Participants walk during the Africa CEO Forum at the Sofitel Hotel Ivoire in Abidjan, Ivory Coast June 13, 2022.

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Media & Entertainment Law

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14 Jun 2022

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Financial Services

FNB Connect named best digital MVNO in the world

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Image: Demonstrators protest outside of an airport perimeter fence against a planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, at Gatwick Airport near Crawley, Britain, 12 June 2022. Reuters/Toby Melville

Human Rights Law

UK courts to hear last-minute appeals to stop first Rwanda deportation flight leaving

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European Investment Bank to support increased rice production in Liberia

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Converse expands retail footprint to Namibia

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Converse expands retail footprint to Namibia

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FMCG

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Banking

Standard Bank launches first-ever biannual African trade index

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Marketing

InMobi expands Microsoft partnership to Africa

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