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AfricaBusiness

Africa CEO Forum opens in Kigali: scale or fail

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Africaspoint Editorial

The 13th Africa CEO Forum opened in Kigali on May 14 with 2,800 delegates, six heads of state and the…

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AfricaBusiness

Safaricom smashes records with KSh80bn dividend

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Africaspoint Editorial

Safaricom posted group net income of KSh99.7 billion for FY2026, up 67%, and declared a record KSh80.13 billion dividend, the…

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Dangote eyes $17bn Mombasa refinery

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Africaspoint Editorial

Aliko Dangote told the Financial Times he is leaning toward Mombasa over Tanzania's Tanga for a proposed $15-17 billion East…

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Macron pledges $27bn at Africa summit

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Africaspoint Editorial

The Africa Forward Summit closed in Nairobi with the adoption of an 11-point Nairobi Declaration and a $27 billion investment…

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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…

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US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

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

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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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Airbus hails Ethiopian Airlines as Africa’s aviation blueprint

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Kenya’s DL Group denies tea sale as debt pressure mounts

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Kenya and France sign 11 deals on rail, ports and energy

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Africa CEO Forum opens May 14 in Kigali

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