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Kemi Seba never travels light. The 45-year-old French-born Beninese activist, whose real name is Stellio Gilles Robert Capo Chichi, was arrested on April 13 at a shopping centre in Pretoria alongside his 18-year-old son and a local facilitator allegedly paid to spirit them across the border into Zimbabwe. Police found more than 315,000 rand ($19,200) […]
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For decades, moving value across African borders has meant navigating a fragmented web of correspondent banking networks, multiple intermediaries, and layered currency conversions – a system that costs African businesses an estimated $5 billion annually in inefficiencies.[1] The problem has never been a lack of commercial intent. It has been infrastructure. That infrastructure problem is now […]
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PHALABORWA, South Africa – Two enormous grey-white dunes of phosphogypsum tower over the old phosphate plant here in Limpopo province, relics of decades of mining that once fed fertilizer plants across the region. Today, those same waste stacks hold something far more valuable: 35 million tons of material rich in rare earth elements, the invisible […]
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Research from the BCG Henderson Institute Details Four Plausible Scenarios for the World over the Next 25 Years, Based on Analysis of More Than 100 Megatrends and a Century of Historical Data The global economy could follow markedly different paths over the next 25 years. For business leaders, the challenge is how to make decisions […]
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In a country where criticizing those in power carries real consequences, Ethiopia’s most beloved musician has done it anyway—loudly and to millions of listeners. Teddy Afro’s new song “Das Tal,” meaning “put up the tent,” references a traditional mourning ritual to grieve what he describes as a lost Ethiopia. Since its debut, the track has […]
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Lagos, Africa’s magnetic financial hub, is reaching a breaking point as a severe housing shortage of 3.4 million units drives rents to astronomical heights. As a result, residents face exhausting daily trade-offs between affordability and quality of life. For many professionals, these trade-offs take the form of four-hour commutes from neighboring towns, where rent is […]
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The Republic of Congo’s prime minister, Anatole Collinet Makosso, has submitted his resignation along with that of the entire Cabinet. The cabinet’s departure is a standard constitutional formality that allows the long-serving President, who has been in power for over four decades, to appoint a fresh government team. Makosso, who had served as prime minister […]
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Nigeria’s media landscape is tightening as the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) introduces stricter rules ahead of the 2027 elections. Broadcasters are now barred from expressing personal opinions as fact, airing inflammatory content, or suppressing opposing views, with violations set to attract sanctions. While the NBC claims these measures are necessary to curb misinformation, critics are […]
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South Africa has dismantled a financial relic of the apartheid era, scrapping a pre-approval system for moving capital across borders that had been in place for over six decades. The Reserve Bank and National Treasury are replacing it with a “positive bias” approach—money, including cryptocurrency, flows freely unless flagged as high risk. The shift is […]
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At 18, Gout Gout, an Australian sprinter of South Sudanese descent, is already rewriting record books. Earlier this month, the Queensland sensation clocked an astonishing 19.67 seconds in the 200m at the Australian senior championships, breaking Usain Bolt’s under-20 world record set back in 2004. As excitement builds, Bolt has offered measured advice, urging the […]
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Zambia has introduced sweeping legal reforms that deny bail to suspects accused of sexual offenses. The law requires suspects to remain in custody until their trials conclude. Championed by Justice Minister Princess Kasune Zulu, a longtime HIV activist and survivor of child marriage, the new law aims to protect survivors from intimidation and restore confidence […]
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Ghana’s export sector is undergoing a notable transformation, with non-traditional exports surging to $3.28 billion in 2025—a 53% jump from the previous year. This growth signals a decisive shift away from raw commodity dependence toward value-added production, led by a booming cocoa processing industry. Cocoa paste, butter, and powder exports all recorded sharp increases, driving […]
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