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Rwanda lands Elsewedy Electric and Schneider at CEO Forum

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Rwanda signed investment agreements with Elsewedy Electric for a smart meters manufacturing plant, technical university, logistics hub and Kigali SEZ…

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Lamu, Mombasa, Tanger Med: Africa’s ports are winning

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Kenya's Lamu port received 74 vessels in the first ten weeks of 2026, a third of all calls since it…

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Somalia slides toward famine as aid collapses and Hormuz bites

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Parts of southern Somalia face famine for the first time since 2022 as Hormuz disruption drives up to 60% price…

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$31bn in deals: what Africa got from the Nairobi summit

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Forty companies committed $31.5 billion across 30 projects at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, led by TotalEnergies with $10…

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South Africa’s June 30 shutdown arrives

Anti-immigration protesters marched across South Africa's major cities on June 30, the deadline set by…

Angola GDP growth 5.3 percent non-oil diversification Q1 2026Dangote Refinery IPO

US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

Africa startup funding May 2026 $259 million Bima NALA LemFi fintech reboundAI

MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

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AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

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Safaricom smashes records with KSh80bn dividend

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Dangote eyes $17bn Mombasa refinery

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Macron pledges $27bn at Africa summit

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Tanzania steps in as Hormuz fuel shock hits East Africa

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