Category: African Business
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🎤 Respect the Technique: Hip-Hop and Technology Conference
This interdisciplinary gathering will explore how technology is shaping, challenging, and transforming Hip-Hop culture—from digital production, streaming, and AI to NFTs, coding, and beyond. We invite artists, scholars, students, and practitioners to submit proposals for: This conference is a space where creative practice meets critical scholarship—bridging the academy, the community, and the industry.
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Africa Strikes Back: How the Continent’s Digital Revolution is Challenging Global Monopolies
A new front is opening in Africa’s long journey toward full sovereignty, and this time, the battlefield is digital. Across the continent, a bold and groundbreaking initiative is taking shape—one that promises to revolutionize Africa’s internet infrastructure and directly challenge the entrenched monopolies of Western tech giants like Google and Meta. This movement is about…
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🇯🇲 Andy Blake’s Arrest and the Return of 295 Pounds of Cannabis: A Landmark Victory for Rastafarian Rights in Jamaica
Introduction In a landmark decision that has reverberated throughout Jamaica’s Rastafarian community, the July 3rd arrest of Andy Blake (a pseudonym for the individual actually involved in the case) and subsequent seizure of 295 pounds of marijuana has culminated in a significant legal victory for religious freedom. While the exact identity of the individual involved…
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🌍 Africa’s Solar Surge
🚨 Imports of Chinese solar panels into Africa jumped 60% in the 12 months through June 2025. 📊 Total imports: 15,032 MW — up from 9,379 MW the year before. 🏆 Biggest movers: • 🇳🇬 Nigeria (1,721 MW, now 2nd) • 🇩🇿 Algeria (1,199 MW, 33× increase) • 🇿🇲 Zambia (8×), 🇧🇼 Botswana (7×), 🇸🇩…
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🇿🇲 Zambia’s Copper Mine Disaster: A Catastrophe for Communities, Environment, and Accountability
Date: August 30, 2025Author: Pan African News Blog Team In February 2025, a catastrophic environmental disaster struck Zambia’s Copperbelt Province when a tailings dam at the Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine collapsed, releasing millions of liters of toxic waste into the Kafue River system . This incident, now regarded as one of the worst mining disasters…
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🇲🇽🇯🇵🇮🇳 Global Postal Services Halt Shipments to the U.S. After U.S. Ends “De Minimis” Duty Exemption
Monrovia, 29 August 2025 — In a sweeping change that is reshaping global e-commerce and postal logistics, the United States government has officially eliminated the longstanding “de minimis” exemption, which allowed small-value packages—generally under USD 800—to enter the U.S. duty-free. Originating in 1938 and expanded in recent years, this exemption has facilitated the unhindered flow…
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🇲🇦🇷🇺 Russia proposes sharing experience with Morocco on protecting energy facilities from cyberattacks
Russian Deputy Minister of Energy Roman Marshavin and Secretary-General of Morocco’s Ministry of Energy Transition Mohamed Oumed discussed sharing experience in protecting energy facilities from hacker attacks. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Energy. The parties discussed prospects for co-operation during the third meeting of the working group on…
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🇯🇵 Japan-Africa Cultural Exchange Sparks Domestic Uproar in Tokyo
A cultural initiative meant to foster friendship and cooperation between Japan and Africa has unexpectedly ignited fierce debate at home. What began as a symbolic program has now escalated into a flashpoint for deeper social anxieties in Japan. Earlier this year, Tokyo introduced a “hometown partnership” program with four African nations. The project was designed…
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🇱🇷 Birth tourism: US go deny visa to foreign nationals wey wan go America to born for citizenship
The visa wahala continues. The United States Embassy in Monrovia has issued a reminder to Liberians and other travelers that apply for a U.S. visa with the intent of giving birth in America—so that the child can obtain U.S. citizenship—is strictly prohibited under U.S. immigration law. In its social media post on Wednesday, August 27,…
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🇱🇷 Lithium: Liberia’s New “White Gold”—A Crossroads of Promise and Peril
Lithium has become the beating heart of our green-energy revolution. Every electric vehicle, smartphone, and clean-energy storage system depends on this once obscure mineral. Today, a seismic discovery has positioned an often-overlooked nation—Liberia—as a potential linchpin in the global energy transition. The Discovery — A Turning Point In early 2025, Liberia revealed results from a…
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