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$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…
Morocco’s $23bn World Cup investment opens to Spain, Portugal
The Morocco-Spain-Portugal Business Forum on the 2030 FIFA World Cup opened in Salé in February, as Morocco's total World Cup-linked…
Kenya eyes $1.7bn Turkana oil rail
Kenya is weighing a Sh220 billion extension of its colonial-era metre gauge railway from Nakuru to South Lokichar to ferry…
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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…
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…
From Alexandra township to running Africa’s biggest bank
Mary Vilakazi grew up in Alexandra township, sold sweets for pocket money, financed her education…
All four SA banks are chasing Kenya
All four of South Africa's biggest banks are targeting Kenya simultaneously. Nedbank is buying NCBA.…