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AfricaBusiness

Ban children from social media, CEO urges

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Pinterest CEO Bill Ready has called on governments to ban under-16s from social media, arguing platforms are designed to maximise…

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BusinessEast Africa

KRA wants VAT on every business in Kenya

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Africaspoint Editorial

The Kenya Revenue Authority wants the VAT registration threshold cut from $39,000 (KES 5 million) to zero, pulling every business…

AfricaBusiness

South Africa’s offshore oil push survives four years of courts

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Africaspoint Editorial

Four years of legal battles have slowed but not stopped South Africa's offshore oil and gas ambitions. Shell's Wild Coast…

GeopoliticsGhana

Ghana takes slavery reparations to the UN

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Africaspoint Editorial

President Mahama tables a landmark UN resolution on March 25 formally declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against…

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Endeavour Mining posts record $880m EBITDA

Endeavour Mining, West Africa's largest gold producer, reported record adjusted EBITDA of $880 million for…

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Africa’s $164bn wealth funds eye mining

Africa's sovereign wealth funds now hold combined assets exceeding $164 billion and are being deployed…

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Abiy unveils Addis Ababa’s riverside makeover

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Entoto-Kebena River and Riverside Development Project in Addis Ababa…

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EU’s steel tariff hits South Africa

The EU's new steel import framework took effect July 1, imposing annual quotas with a…

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Africa Critical MineralsAfrica social licence mining

Ghana’s lithium problem isn’t geology. It’s people.

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Africa agro-processingBurkina Faso agriculture

Burkina Faso built the factories. Now it wants the tomatoes.

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Africa neurological healthGates Foundation Africa

Two million Kenyans with epilepsy, 80% untreated

Africa Muslim populationEid al-Fitr Africa

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

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