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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

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

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Here are the 2018 Ai Institutional Investment, Capital Market Awards winners

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AfDB releases inaugural Africa-to-Africa (A2A) Investment Report: A First Look

AfDB releases inaugural Africa-to-Africa (A2A) Investment Report: A First Look

28 Sep 2018

AfDB-Cananda trade mission.

'Africa cannot be ignored'

27 Sep 2018

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Jonathan Houston 26 Sep 2018

AfCFTA will spur industrialisation

AfCFTA will spur industrialisation

24 Sep 2018

John Kamaro, director for Global Gaming Africa

Blockchain as a solution to Africa's challenges

Katy Micallef 21 Sep 2018

New pan-African audit body plans to restore confidence in profession

New pan-African audit body plans to restore confidence in profession

17 Sep 2018

Lionel October, director general of the dti

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Why Nigeria urgently needs to grow non-oil exports

Channing Arndt 11 Sep 2018

Nigeria's Paga raises $10m for international expansion

Nigeria's Paga raises $10m for international expansion

Tom Jackson 7 Sep 2018

SA payments startup Yoco raises $16m in funding

SA payments startup Yoco raises $16m in funding

7 Sep 2018

Nigerian WhatsApp chatbot launched for UBA bank

Nigerian WhatsApp chatbot launched for UBA bank

7 Sep 2018

Parade of world leaders court Africa

Parade of world leaders court Africa

Souhir Mzali 6 Sep 2018

Africa's insurance journalism awards open

Africa's insurance journalism awards open

5 Sep 2018

Why Tanzanian women entrepreneurs don't apply for formal loans

Why Tanzanian women entrepreneurs don't apply for formal loans

Vanessa Naegels 4 Sep 2018

Demand for affordable, cross-border payments drives innovation in Africa

Demand for affordable, cross-border payments drives innovation in Africa

3 Sep 2018

Dr Ayodele Odusola, chief economist, UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa

Investing in Africa is sound business and a sustainable corporate strategy

Ayodele Odusola 31 Aug 2018

Beijing has lent $90bn to African governments, SEOs

Beijing has lent $90bn to African governments, SEOs

Said Aboubaker & Savious Kwinika 31 Aug 2018

Dr Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General.

Africa has phenomenal potential for intra-continental trade

Zipporah Musau 30 Aug 2018

African Union chairperson and president of Rwanda Paul Kagame (from left); president of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou and African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat at the launch of AfCFTA in Kigali in March 2018. Credit: Office of President Paul Kagame.

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Kingsley Ighobor 29 Aug 2018

President João Lourenço. Photo: Angop

Angolan investment honeymoon looks to be over

23 Aug 2018

Cape Town, Western Cape launches inaugural Africa Halal Week 2018

Cape Town, Western Cape launches inaugural Africa Halal Week 2018

8 Aug 2018

Nigeria's mobile payment system, mCash relaunches

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7 Aug 2018

Paxful, Zam Zam Water make Bitcoin-funded charity in Africa a reality

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6 Aug 2018

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IFC to invest in Capria network fund to address "missing middle"

Tom Jackson 6 Aug 2018

#PIPC2018: The role of affordable payment solutions in promoting financial inclusion

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2 Aug 2018

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President Cyril Ramaphosa

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Fay Mukaddam, CEO of 4AX

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AfricaCom.

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