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Kenya’s $4bn railway breaks free of China

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Kenya has restarted construction of the SGR extension stalled since 2019, raising up to $4bn through revenue securitisation rather than…

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South Africa turns to Dangote for fuel

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South Africa has lost half its refining capacity and gets 75% of its fuel from the Middle East. With the…

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Botswana’s $3.7bn reserve loss forces a rethink

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Africaspoint Editorial

Botswana's foreign exchange reserves have collapsed from $7.5bn in 2017 to $3.2bn today. Diamond revenues are down 50%. GDP contracted…

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Eid al-Fitr and 1,400 years of Islam in Africa

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Africaspoint Editorial

Africa has the largest Muslim population of any continent by share of global Islam. It arrived here before it reached…

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Egypt opens Africa’s longest monorail line

President Sisi inaugurated the 56.5km East Nile Monorail on March 20, connecting Cairo Stadium in…

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Ghana’s lithium problem isn’t geology. It’s people.

Ghana's Ewoyaa lithium project is set to produce 3.6 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate over…

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From Alexandra township to running Africa’s biggest bank

Mary Vilakazi grew up in Alexandra township, sold sweets for pocket money, financed her education…

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All four SA banks are chasing Kenya

All four of South Africa's biggest banks are targeting Kenya simultaneously. Nedbank is buying NCBA.…

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Can Africa own its social media layer?

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SARS raids own employees in customs bribery probe

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Nigeria and UK sign three migration MoUs

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FIFA puts the World Cup on YouTube for Africa

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