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File photo: Customers walk inside the Carrefour hypermarket at the Two Rivers Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, 8 April 2019. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Carrefour's Kenya franchisee says it will appeal $7.2m penalty

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Toys 'R' Us packs up its playroom in the US

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Cross-border e-commerce offers boundless growth opportunity for African business

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#SeamlessAfrica: An Afrocentric approach to store design

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The Crazy Store expands footprint in Botswana

The Crazy Store expands footprint in Botswana

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#BizTrends2018: What does the travel store of the future look like?

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#ECMA2018: Adopt a humanistic approach to AI

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Cross-border e-commerce offers boundless growth opportunity for African business

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#SeamlessAfrica: An Afrocentric approach to store design

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