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Mauritius' former central bank governor released on bailVillen Anganan

Source: Supplied. AfricArena celebrated 100 years of innovation with @totalenergies_za for the 100 Startupper of the Year Challenge at the AfricArena Cape Town Grand Summit 2024.

Global cities compete to host AfricArena innovation summits in 2025

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AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

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Bassel Khatoun 5 Jul 2018

"Never been a better time to launch a startup as a female founder"

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28 Jun 2018

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Andy Walker 28 Jun 2018

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This is why Silicon Valley is decamping to Algiers

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#MFGIndaba: An uncomfortable world

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Addis Ababa. © Ilona Sapozhnikova via

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Africa's economic growth rising despite challenges

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20 Jun 2018

Truecaller eyes out sub-Saharan Africa's mobile payment space

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19 Jun 2018

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Investing in your customers yields returns

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From pineapple juice to agtech: Investors hungry for a piece of Africa's food industry

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14 Jun 2018

Make-IT in Africa launches Kenya, Nigeria investment guides

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Tom Jackson 7 Jun 2018

Global digital commerce spend forecast to reach $14.7tn by 2022

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6 Jun 2018

Orange, Google to co-invest in EMEA startups

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Gabriella Mulligan 5 Jun 2018

Why foreign investment is no easy fix for Africa's energy needs

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Philipp Trotter and Sabah Abdullah 4 Jun 2018

Kora is the blockchain platform empowering social change in rural Africa.

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Bassel Khatoun, managing director, director of portfolio management, frontier and Mena, Franklin Templeton emerging markets equity

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Tim Hutchinson, head of digital for financial markets, Standard Bank

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African bank wins digital strategy award

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21 May 2018

Creating business communities for African unity

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