Category: International Business & Finance
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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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🇲🇱Mali junta chief to take over killed defence minister’s role
Mali’s junta leader, Assimi Goita, will assume the additional role of defence minister, according to a decree announced on Monday, after the death of the previous minister in large-scale attacks. Mali is facing a security crisis following an assault on junta strongholds led by Tuareg separatists and Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists more than a week ago, during…
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🌍 Extreme heat could pose threat to players and fans at 2026 FIFA World Cup
Extreme heat could threaten players, fans and officials at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, where wet bulb temperatures may exceed 32°C. FIFA, host cities and stadiums are implementing measures like hydration breaks, cooling zones, medical support and adjusted kick-off times to mitigate risks. Some stadiums are fully covered or…
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🇿🇼 First shipment of lithium sulphate produced in Africa leaves Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe shipped its first consignment of lithium sulphate on Monday, raising Harare’s hopes of becoming a hub for battery minerals processing. The news comes just months after the country banned the export of raw lithium in an effort to force local processing, boost export earnings, and create skilled industrial jobs. Chinese investors have spent millions…
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Clara Matteï’s Blueprint: Dismantling Capitalist Exploitation Through Ubuntu Economics
Clara Matteï’s incisive analysis reveals capitalism not as an inevitable economic law, but as a deliberate tool of social control—imposed through austerity, labor discipline, and resource extraction that have long disadvantaged African nations. Drawing from her expertise in political economy, Matteï unpacks how colonial legacies evolved into modern neoliberal policies, trapping Global South economies in…
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🇳🇬 From Conviction to Crown: The Controversial Rise of a Lebanese-Nigerian Billionaire in Nigeria’s Infrastructure Empire
In a country where public memory often collides with political reinvention, the story of one Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire stands as a striking example of how power, wealth, and influence can reshape legacy. Once convicted for laundering billions tied to one of Africa’s most infamous dictators, he has, three decades later, emerged as Nigeria’s most dominant private…
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🇿🇦Xenophobia’s Bitter Pill: South Africa’s Hospital Clashes Fracture Pan-African Dreams
South Africa’s ongoing xenophobic tensions have escalated into direct confrontations at public hospitals, where anti-migrant activists are expelling African nationals seeking care. Viral videos from Johannesburg show groups like South Africans First, led by Victoria African, ordering foreign patients— including from the Democratic Republic of Congo—to leave, directing staff to discharge them after stabilization.[1] Recent…
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🇱🇷 A Critical Artery Reawakens: Momentum Builds on Liberia’s Freeport–St. Paul Bridge Corridor Upgrade
Efforts to rehabilitate and modernize the Freeport–St. Paul Bridge corridor in Liberia are gathering pace, signaling renewed commitment to one of the country’s most vital economic routes. The corridor, which links the bustling Freeport of Monrovia to key parts of the capital and beyond, is a lifeline for trade, transport, and daily commuter movement. Recent…
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From Promises to Progress: Rep. Clarence Banks Deploys $500K Equipment Boost for Grand Bassa’s Development
In a significant move aimed at accelerating grassroots development, Representative Clarence Banks has unveiled a fleet of equipment valued at over $500,000 for District 2 in Grand Bassa County, Liberia. The initiative marks one of the most tangible infrastructure interventions in the district in recent years, signaling a shift toward practical, community-centered governance. The equipment,…
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🇧🇯 Benin leans into painful past to encourage cultural tourism
Tourists crowded beneath the Door of No Return, an arch built by the beach at Ouidah in southern Benin in memory of those crammed onto slave ships bound for the New World. Benin, which held a presidential election on Sunday, has in recent years leaned into its painful past to encourage tourism. Once a key…
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