Category: African Business
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🇰🇪🇫🇷 Kenya and France are organizing the Africa Forward 2026 summit
Kenya and France are co-hosting the Africa Forward 2026 summit in Nairobi, led by Presidents William Ruto and Emmanuel Macron. Madagascar outlines an electoral calendar for 2027, including a constitutional referendum. Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred faces court proceedings in France over an alleged rape. The FIFA World Cup 2027 will be hosted by the U.S.,…
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Cannes opens 79th edition with Eye Haïdara at the helm of ceremony
The Cannes Film Festival opened its 79th edition with French actress Eye Haïdara playing a central role in the ceremony. She expressed the surreal nature of the experience and her desire to bring sincerity and passion for cinema to the event. Cannes remains a global stage for film, highlighting international talent and ongoing discussions about…
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African Men Exiting Traditional Workforce for Entrepreneurship
Young and old African men are increasingly leaving formal employment for entrepreneurial ventures amid high unemployment and informal opportunities. This shift reflects broader labor market trends, with many turning to startups, gigs, and self-employment in sectors like fashion, fintech, and digital news.[1][2][3] Workforce Exit Trends Africa’s youth unemployment exceeds one in three young people in…
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🇬🇭President Mahama Dedicates Modern Kasoa New Market Amid Economic Revival Push
President John Dramani Mahama, Ghana’s leader since his 2024 election victory, visited Kasoa on Friday, May 8, 2026, to officially dedicate the revamped Kasoa New Market. The event marks a key step in his administration’s focus on infrastructure and the 24-hour economy initiative.[1][2][3] Ceremony Highlights The dedication ceremony drew thousands of traders, local chiefs, and…
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🇿🇦🇰🇪🇳🇬 Top 10: Financial Services Platforms in Africa
Explore Africa’s top 10 financial services giants like Standard Bank, M-Pesa and Flutterwave, driving institutional growth and fintech innovation in Africa The African financial landscape is currently defined by a unique dual-track evolution, where established banking institutions with century-long legacies operate alongside agile fintech disruptors. Success in this modern era is no longer measured solely…
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Africa’s telecom towers turn to solar as diesel costs surge
Soaring diesel prices linked to the Iran war are accelerating a continent‑wide shift in Africa’s telecom industry, pushing operators to replace fuel‑hungry generators with solar‑powered systems to keep mobile networks running and costs under control. Diesel powers most of Africa’s 500,000 cell phone towers, but recent price spikes and supply disruptions have made it increasingly…
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🇿🇦Once extinct flower now flourishing in a South African national park
Table Mountain National Park, extending south along a peninsula from Table Mountain, is a global biodiversity hotspot. A newly updated checklist, published in 2025, indicates 2,785 plant species within this approximately 250 square kilometre area. That is a higher number of species than found in the entire of someEuropean countries. But the checklist also highlights…
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BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions — Kahlil Joseph’s Cinematic Revolution Reclaims Black Time, Memory, and Resistance
Kahlil Joseph’s BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is not simply a film—it is an intervention. Refusing the constraints of traditional storytelling, Joseph delivers a bold, multi-layered cinematic experience that challenges how Black history, memory, and identity are constructed, consumed, and preserved. Emerging as one of the most critically acclaimed works of 2025, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions…
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Rastafari want more legal marijuana for freedom of worship
Mosiyah Tafari banged on drums and chanted psalms with other Rastafari in a ballroom where the smoke of frankincense mixed with the fragrant smell of marijuana — which his faith deems sacred. The ceremony in Columbus, Ohio marked the 91st anniversary of the coronation of the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I, whom Rastafari worship…
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🇦🇬🇧🇧 Antigua and Barbuda: Rastafari granted authorization to grow herb
For decades, members of the Rastafari community have been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic marijuana use. I (was) born within the Rastafari community. My mother and father are Rastafari,” says Ras Kiyode Erasto, a priest with the Ras Freeman Foundation for the Unification of Rastafari. Erasto suffered bullying and discrimination growing up. At one…
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