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Botswana and Namibia’s $4bn refinery pact

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Botswana and Namibia signed a bilateral agreement on May 28 at the AfDB Annual Meetings in Brazzaville to jointly develop…

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Botswana’s $3.7bn reserve loss forces a rethink

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Botswana's foreign exchange reserves have collapsed from $7.5bn in 2017 to $3.2bn today. Diamond revenues are down 50%. GDP contracted…

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Botswana opens $75,000 citizenship by investment

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Botswana has unveiled its Impact Investment Programme, offering citizenship for contributions of $75,000 to $90,000, as Africa's leading diamond producer…

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Anglo American Takes $2.3 Billion Hit on De Beers as Sale Process Nears Completion

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Anglo American has booked a second consecutive multi-billion-dollar impairment on De Beers — $2.3 billion in 2025 after $2.9 billion…

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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…