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265,000 Africans applied for 3,200 startup spots
The Tony Elumelu Foundation announces its 12th TEF Entrepreneurship Programme cohort on March 22. Over 265,000 applications came in from…
Tanzania’s $15bn FDI gap is a readiness problem
Tanzania targets $15 billion in annual FDI and 6.3 percent GDP growth in 2026 but the gap between macroeconomic ambition…
Momentum doubles down on Southern Africa
Momentum Group is concentrating its Africa investment in Southern Africa, selling its Ghana and Zambia operations to double down on…
Africa’s skills gap: 12 million in, 3 million jobs
The World Bank warned in Accra that 1.2 billion young people will enter developing-country labour markets over the next decade,…
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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…
US-Iran truce sends oil crashing
A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…
MTN’s MoMo is going super app
MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…
AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda
The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…