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Kenya sells $1.6bn Safaricom stake to Vodacom

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya's parliament approved a $1.6bn sale of a 15% Safaricom stake to South Africa's Vodacom, raising Vodacom's control to 55%…

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Africa climate fund hits $52m close for clean tech startups

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Africaspoint Editorial

Persistent launched the $70m Africa Climate Venture Fund with a $52m first close, one of the largest for a dedicated…

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South Africa manufacturing contracts for fourth straight month

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Africaspoint Editorial

South Africa's manufacturing output fell 2.8% year-on-year in February 2026, the fourth consecutive monthly contraction and worst since April 2025,…

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Palantir co-founder bets $11.8m on Nigerian drone maker

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Africaspoint Editorial

Nigerian defence startup Terra Industries raised $11.8m from Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale's 8VC and Anduril backers to expand autonomous drone…

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DStv sets World Cup streaming record

DStv Stream recorded over 900,000 concurrent viewers for South Africa's opening World Cup 2026 match…

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Nigeria slams the IMF’s tax prescriptions

A Nigerian think tank, the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics, has criticised the IMF's…

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Stop checking passports, SA minister warns

South Africa's Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi warned at an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration briefing on…

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Dangote’s petrol unit is down 34%

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been running its main petrol-producing RFCCU unit at 34% below…

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FirstRand dumps UK bank after $993m car loan hit

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Vodacom takes control of Safaricom in $1.6bn deal

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African sovereigns to raise $155bn in 2026

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Middle East war sends crude buyers rushing to Africa

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