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Ethiopia launches $10,000 ten-year golden visa

Ethiopia's Council of Ministers has approved a 10-year golden investor visa priced at $10,000, doubling the previous maximum residency period…

East Africa’s banks face the fintech reckoning

Fintechs and mobile money operators are structurally eroding the core business of East African banks, squeezing fee income, deposits, and…

$50m fund bets on Africa’s film industry

Akunna Cook's Next Narrative Africa Fund is deploying $50 million into African film and TV, with a first slate of…

Malawi bans raw mineral exports, freezes licences

President Mutharika has suspended all new mining licences, ordered a full audit of the licensing registry, and banned raw mineral…