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Ethiopia launches $10,000 ten-year golden visa
Ethiopia's Council of Ministers has approved a 10-year golden investor visa priced at $10,000, doubling the previous maximum residency period…
East Africa’s banks face the fintech reckoning
Fintechs and mobile money operators are structurally eroding the core business of East African banks, squeezing fee income, deposits, and…
$50m fund bets on Africa’s film industry
Akunna Cook's Next Narrative Africa Fund is deploying $50 million into African film and TV, with a first slate of…
Malawi bans raw mineral exports, freezes licences
President Mutharika has suspended all new mining licences, ordered a full audit of the licensing registry, and banned raw mineral…
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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…