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Zimbabwe ships Africa’s first lithium sulphate

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Africaspoint Editorial

Zimbabwe shipped Africa's first-ever lithium sulphate consignment on April 28 from the Arcadia mine, produced at Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt's $400…

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Dangote hits $30bn as refinery eyes world record

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Africaspoint Editorial

Forbes has valued Dangote at $30.3 billion for the first time; he has pledged 95,000 jobs as the refinery expands…

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ARM signs Boliden nickel deal to restart Nkomati

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Africaspoint Editorial

African Rainbow Minerals has signed a conditional nickel concentrate offtake deal with Sweden's Boliden to supply its Harjavalta smelter in…

AfricaBusiness

Varun Beverages buys Twizza for $125m

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Africaspoint Editorial

Varun Beverages, PepsiCo's largest bottler outside the US, completed the R2.1 billion ($125 million) acquisition of South Africa's Twizza in…

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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…

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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Africa startups raise $705m as debt beats equity

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Africa We Build Summit AFC 2026Dangote

Dangote pledges 650,000 bpd refinery for East Africa

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AFC summit: Africa has $4 trillion, not enough pipes

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African Development Bank 2026Mining

Nigeria signs $1.3bn alumina refinery deal

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