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AfricaBusiness

Kenya’s $4bn railway breaks free of China

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya has restarted construction of the SGR extension stalled since 2019, raising up to $4bn through revenue securitisation rather than…

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Botswana’s $3.7bn reserve loss forces a rethink

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Africaspoint Editorial

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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AfricaBusiness

BHP’s $246bn warning to South Africa

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Africaspoint Editorial

The world's largest miner, about to be led by a South African, is delivering a pointed message to Pretoria: fix…

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AfricaBusiness

Can Africa own its social media layer?

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Africaspoint Editorial

Africa has 385 million social media users and a creator economy headed for $30 billion, yet every dollar spent on…

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Egypt opens Africa’s longest monorail line

President Sisi inaugurated the 56.5km East Nile Monorail on March 20, connecting Cairo Stadium in…

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

Ghana's Ewoyaa lithium project is set to produce 3.6 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate over…

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From Alexandra township to running Africa’s biggest bank

Mary Vilakazi grew up in Alexandra township, sold sweets for pocket money, financed her education…

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All four SA banks are chasing Kenya

All four of South Africa's biggest banks are targeting Kenya simultaneously. Nedbank is buying NCBA.…

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South African takes charge of world’s biggest miner

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265,000 Africans applied for 3,200 startup spots

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Tanzania’s $15bn FDI gap is a readiness problem

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Momentum doubles down on Southern Africa

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