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Kabila returns to the battlefield, sharpening threat to President Félix Tshisekedi

Former President Joseph Kabila takes formal command of a rebel coalition in DRC, openly allying himself with the ...
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Nigerian fintech OPay files for New York listing targeting $4 billion valuation

Opay, a Nigerian fintech’s U.S. IPO filing reveals surging profits as lending overtakes payments; secondary Lagos listing in ...
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Africa’s digital economy infrastructure top agenda as Nairobi hosts blockchain festival

Policymakers and innovators in blockchain sector meet this week in Nairobi to confront the regulatory and capital hurdles ...
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: The African woman at the centre of new global trade order

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala facing the increasingly difficult responsibility of helping countries trade with each other amid ...
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Libya’s Solar Potential and What It Would Take to Use It

Libya's solar potential can generate about 140,000 terawatt-hours of electricity a year if fully captured, but none of it is ...
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Dangote GDR signals Africa’s slow march toward integrated capital markets

On October 5, Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority approved the first Global Depositary Receipt (GDR) structure under the ...
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Zambia: Africa’s emerging ‘land-linked’ trade and investment hub

Even more compelling, two of those neighbors, Angola and Tanzania, front Africa’s two oceans. The country offers a rare ...
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Kenya’s payments overhaul puts its $5 billion remittance economy at the centre of the FX debate

Kenya's draft payment rules could make remittances faster and better linked, but the cost question remains unanswered, ECB ...
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Olubunmi Fabanwo on building Africa’s blockchain ecosystem from the ground up

Olubunmi Fabanwo, the convener of Africa Blockchain Festival on why the continent's digital economy can't wait for a nod from ...
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Kenya confirms first imported Bundibugyo Ebola case as patient dies in Nairobi

Kenyan who had lived in the DRC for seven years, died in Nairobi on the night of 5th October due to Ebola after arriving from ...
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Kenya: MarketForce raises $40 million in funding to expand business

Kenyan-headquartered company MarketForce has closed $40 million Series A round, the largest Series A round of its kind in East and Central Africa Through the funding, the company will expand its ...