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Karooooo Billionaire Calisto Moves Into Car Insurance

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Africaspoint Editorial

South Africa's Competition Commission has backed Karooooo billionaire Zak Calisto's bid to buy into King Price insurer via two acquiring…

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Spotify’s Africa Data Reveals a Stubborn Gender Gap

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Africaspoint Editorial

Spotify Africa's five-year report shows no female artist in the top five most-streamed lists for Nigeria or Ghana, exposing a…

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Ghana Bans Alcoholic Energy Drinks by March

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Africaspoint Editorial

Ghana's FDA has ordered all pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks off the market by end of March 2026, citing evidence that…

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West Africa Demands Big Tech Pay for News

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Africaspoint Editorial

Two senior media figures are urging West African governments and ECOWAS to collectively demand fair compensation from Google and Meta,…

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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…

Nigeria Locks Shea Exports for Another Year

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Anglo American Takes $2.3 Billion Hit on De Beers as Sale Process Nears Completion

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Zimbabwe Halts All Raw Mineral Exports to Force Processing at Home

Pesalink and PAPSS Link Up to Cut the Cost of Cross-Border Payments Across Africa

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