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Africa Tech Festival 2024 saw some pushback against the traditional beliefs around affordable connectivity.

#ATF24: Solving Africa's smartphone cost struggleLindsey Schutters

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Social impact innovations awarded at 2024 Orange Social Venture Prize

13 hours

New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

World Bank approves $500m to expand social security in Egypt - ministry

23 Dec 2022

Climate-conscious design: The Cool House in Bharuch, Gujarat

Architecture & Design

Climate-conscious design: The Cool House in Bharuch, Gujarat

23 Dec 2022

Is the global housing market about to crash?

Residential Property

Is the global housing market about to crash?

Ari Birnbaum and Mohamad Hassan Shahrour 23 Dec 2022

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Covid-19

African Development Bank unveils the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation

23 Dec 2022

Source © Southern Africa Resource Watch Investing in African Mining Indaba is returning to Cape Town in February 2023

Mining

Investing in African Mining Indaba returns to Cape Town

23 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

IMF and Uganda reach agreement for $240m in financing

22 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Medical Law

Gambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

22 Dec 2022

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Enabling Africa to be a global green hydrogen powerhouse

22 Dec 2022

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Emergency Medicine

BioNTech ready to ship first mRNA vaccine factory kit to Africa

22 Dec 2022

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HIV/AIDS

Injectable HIV treatment offers hope to Ugandan patients

22 Dec 2022

Source: © AV
The National Assembly in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Mining

Burkina Faso denies paying mercenaries with mine rights

21 Dec 2022

CAR delays crypto token listing, cites 'market conditions'

Fintech

CAR delays crypto token listing, cites 'market conditions'

Rachel Savage and Elizabeth Howcroft 20 Dec 2022

Edtech can power Africa's growing education market

Education

Edtech can power Africa's growing education market

Julien Deconinck 20 Dec 2022

Zimbabwe proposes incentives for $1bn solar projects

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Zimbabwe proposes incentives for $1bn solar projects

Nelson Banya 20 Dec 2022

Ghana to default on most external debt as economic crisis worsens

Economy

Ghana to default on most external debt as economic crisis worsens

Christian Akorlie and Cooper Inveen 20 Dec 2022

TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa - what went wrong?

Tuberculosis

TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa - what went wrong?

Tom Nyirenda 20 Dec 2022

Africa's ports race is hyped as 'development' but also creates pathways for plunder

Shipping

Africa's ports race is hyped as 'development' but also creates pathways for plunder

Ricardo Reboredo and Elisa Gambino 20 Dec 2022

Radisson opens first Zambian resort

Hospitality

Radisson opens first Zambian resort

20 Dec 2022

Image supplied. Felix Abely (L) and Joseph Sandu (R), Best Fintech Journalists of the Year

Education

First African journalists graduate from fintech-focused journalism programme

19 Dec 2022

World Bank's IFC sees 'huge' potential to boost investment in Africa

Markets & Investment

World Bank's IFC sees 'huge' potential to boost investment in Africa

Andrea Shalal 19 Dec 2022

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E-commerce

Senegal's Kwely launches made-in-Africa wholesale marketplace

19 Dec 2022

Sales

Egypt announces committee to set 'fair price' for basic goods

Ahmed Tolba 19 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied. Alice Tomdio, chief financial officer at Yellow Card Financial.

Fintech

Paving the way for women in crypto

Katja Hamilton 15 Dec 2022

Nigeria's female-led startups winning investors in fight to close cash gap

Funding

Nigeria's female-led startups winning investors in fight to close cash gap

15 Dec 2022

Source: © Oleksandr Pidvalnyi The digital switchover process from analogue to digital TV has marooned in Africa

TV

Analogue to digital switchover in Africa process marooned

15 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Banking

Visa to invest $1bn in Africa over 5 years to cash in on e-payments boom

15 Dec 2022

Luisa Ortega named new president of Cola-Cola's Africa business

FMCG

Luisa Ortega named new president of Cola-Cola's Africa business

14 Dec 2022

Grocery delivery service Yassir Express launches in Gauteng

E-commerce

Grocery delivery service Yassir Express launches in Gauteng

13 Dec 2022

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Fintech

Swiss financial centre tests trading and settlement of tokenised investment products

13 Dec 2022

When it comes to entrepreneurship, money isn't everything

Entrepreneurship

When it comes to entrepreneurship, money isn't everything

Adam Molai 13 Dec 2022