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Spotify’s Africa Data Reveals a Stubborn Gender Gap

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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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Ethiopia Claims 10.2% Growth Before June Vote

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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told parliament Ethiopia is on course for 10.2% economic growth this fiscal year and that inflation…

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40 Years of Museveni: What Uganda Got and Lost

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Yoweri Museveni has just won a seventh presidential term, extending 40 years in power. Uganda's poverty rate fell from 56…

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Sudan Eyes 2,000 Tonnes to Reshape Gold Trade

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Sudan is targeting 2,000 tonnes of verified gold reserves while pivoting exports from Dubai to Saudi Arabia, challenging decades of…

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Airtel Zambia joins the $1bn club

Airtel Networks Zambia Plc crossed US$1 billion in market capitalisation on the Lusaka Securities Exchange…

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Spiro bets on batteries, not motorcycles

Spiro co-founder Gagan Gupta told TechCabal that batteries and energy infrastructure, not motorcycles, drive the…

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Tanzania self-funds its $24bn budget

Tanzania's Finance Minister Khamis Mussa presented the Tsh62.33 trillion ($24 billion) 2026/27 budget on June…

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Cardoso wins Central Bank of the Year

Nigeria's Central Bank was named Central Bank of the Year 2026 at the Central Banking…

AfDB and UNDP Bet $10 Billion on African AI

Kenya Pitches KSh 5 Trillion National Infrastructure Fund to Global Investors

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Ruto Commissions 13,000-Unit KDF Housing Programme in Shift to Private Finance

Emirates and Cellulant End Mobile Money Booking Barrier

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