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60 eligible black-founded startups across Africa will receive a share of $4 million Black Founders Fund (BFF) Google has announced that applications for the second cohort of the Google for Startup Black Founders Fund for Africa are now open. Following the success of the first cohort last year, Google will increase its commitment with an […]
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Africa’s capability has grasped the world’s attention in recent times Africa’s capability has grasped the world’s attention in recent times as conflict in Eastern Europe and rising energy costs have highlighted the globe’s precarious energy position.Recent discoveries of oil and gas across the continent serve as a reminder that Africa has the potential to be […]
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Let Africa Resolve Its Energy Needs Without Interference By Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, former Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resource and Ambassador for Africa Oil Week The African continent remains one of the most unexplored places on Earth for oil and gas deposits. Yet, between 2011 and 2020, an estimated 61 billion BOE (barrel oil […]
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This is an important election year for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with several contests scheduled to take place across the region. Although elections have become a regular feature of life in SSA, respect for democratic principles is frequently lacking, leading to disputed outcomes and a lack of legitimacy. Coups are a perennial risk, but the overall […]
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WTM Africa 2022 kickstarts the recovery of the travel and tourism industry in Africa WTM Africa 2022, held from April 11 to 13 in Cape Town, South Africa, was a huge success with preliminary numbers indicating that pre-scheduled appointments for 2022 exceeded the number of appointments booked at the show in 2019. WTM Africa 2022 […]
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NEAR Foundation, the Swiss non-profit that oversees the governance and development of the NEAR protocol, today announced it has partnered with local blockchain community Sankore to launch a regional hub in Kenya dedicated to ongoing blockchain innovation, education and talent development throughout the African continent. Kenya ranked fifth in last year’s Global Crypto Adoption Index, and […]
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Standard Chartered PLC (the Group) today released its financial results for the first quarter, ending 31 March, 2022. The Group delivered a strong performance in the first quarter of 2022 in volatile and challenging market conditions, with underlying profit before tax increasing 5 per cent on a constant currency basis. Income grew 11 per cent […]
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Africa.com’s Teresa Clarke joined the roundtable discussion Philanthropist Bill Gates believes we can prevent another pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global economy. In his new book titled How to Prevent the Next Pandemic, he lays out clearly and convincingly what the world should have learned from COVID-19 and what all of us […]
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By Johnpaul Omollo and Taonga Chilalika Across Africa, local manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies are responding to the urgent need for locally produced medical products and technologies despite the existing regulatory challenges. We can support manufacturing capacity by expediting the establishment and operationalisation of the African Medicines Agency (AMA). In November 2021, after 15 countries signed and ratified the AMA […]
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Namibian Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila will lead off the first pan-African virtual training program for women early in their government careers on Thursday, April 28th. The training session is free to any woman in the first five years of her government career in any of the fifty-four countries in Africa, and is convened by Africa.com […]
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