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Eid al-Fitr and 1,400 years of Islam in Africa

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Africa has the largest Muslim population of any continent by share of global Islam. It arrived here before it reached…

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Can Africa own its social media layer?

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Africaspoint Editorial

Africa has 385 million social media users and a creator economy headed for $30 billion, yet every dollar spent on…

AfricaBusiness

Belgium to try a man for killing Lumumba

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Africaspoint Editorial

A Brussels court has ordered former diplomat Étienne Davignon, 93, to stand trial for war crimes connected to the 1961…

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CAF takes Senegal’s AFCON crown

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Africaspoint Editorial

CAF's appeals board has stripped Senegal of the 2025 AFCON title and handed it to Morocco 57 days after the…

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Airtel Africa profit triples to $813m as data beats voice

Airtel Africa reported FY2026 profit after tax of $813 million, up 147%, on revenue of…

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Safaricom FY2026: record KSh80bn dividend, profit up 67%

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

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South Africa unemployment hits 32.7% as 345,000 jobs lost

South Africa's unemployment rate rose to 32.7% in Q1 2026 from 31.4% in Q4 2025…

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Dangote picks Mombasa for $17bn East Africa refinery

Aliko Dangote told the Financial Times he is leaning toward Mombasa over Tanzania's Tanga for…

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Sassou at 42 years: Congo’s permanent president

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Iran’s yuan gambit just broke the oil market

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Nairobi cleans up. Can it become a habit?

EditorialPaul Kagame

Rwanda shut 15,000 churches. Here is why.

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