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South Africa Hosts Historic G20 Summit 2025: Driving Solidarity for Africa’s Future

Johannesburg pulses with energy as South Africa gears up to host the 20th G20 Leaders’ Summit from November 22 to 23, 2025. This event stands out as the first G20 gathering on African soil, a powerful moment that amplifies the continent’s voice in global talks. President Cyril Ramaphosa leads the ....

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Dynamic LIVE Online Course for Food Systems Businesses

Africa.com is featuring an online course in conjunction with HarvardX and online course provider edX. The course Food Systems Live! Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies is slated to begin on January 23, 2023, and the “live” instruction will take place online every week for 9 weeks.  Unlike other online courses which involve recorded classes, Food Systems Live! will […]

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Digital Payments: A Crucial Step In The Financial Inclusion Endgame

By: Andy Jury, Group CEO of Mukuru In years gone by, pages such as these have been awash with articles and opinions about fintechs and their potential to drive financial inclusion and improve the lives of millions of unbanked and underserved communities. While these opinions have been crucial in raising awareness, the discussion should now […]

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Faculty of Harvard University and Africa.com feature Online Course for Africans in food systems businesses

The online course will equip entrepreneurs across emerging economies with the skills they need to operate successful food systems businesses. Africa.com, the women-led digital media organisation, is featuring an online course in conjunction with HarvardX and online course provider edX. The course Food Systems Live! Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies is slated to begin on January […]

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Where Are Consumers Expected To Spend Their Money This Festive Season?

The future of retail is customer centric At 7.5% in July 2022, inflation is adding increased pressure on consumers’ ability to spend, as earnings continue to be impacted by rising food and transport costs, escalating fuel costs, the increasing price of electricity, and the negative impact of loadshedding. Amelia Beattie, Chief Executive of Liberty Two […]

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Livelihoods and health impacted by mining in Madagascar

Communities living around Qit Madagascar Minerals (QMM) mine, near Fort Dauphin in the Anosy region of southeastern Madagascar, have been making allegations about the company’s regular discharge of radioactive wastewater into local water sources on which about 15,000 people are dependent. The Rio Tinto subsidiary, which produces ilmenite – a source of titanium dioxide used […]

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How Is LNG Good for the Green Transition?

The world has overused fossil fuels for far too long to drive its transportation sector, industrialization, and comfort in households. The negative effects of over-reliance on these fuels are now here with us, the biggest of them all being adverse climate change across the planet. Pollution is now dangerously high to the extent of causing […]

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