Tag: Africa Business
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🇩🇰 The Ambassador: A Controversial Journey Into Africa’s Diamond Trade
The Ambassador takes viewers into the Central African Republic’s diamond trade through Danish filmmaker Mads Brügger’s unconventional undercover investigation. Although the film is not set in the DRC, its questions about mineral access, foreign investment, diplomacy and African resource value chains remain relevant to today’s Congo mining debate.
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🇸🇪 Sweden Closes Embassy in Liberia as Stockholm Signals New Focus on Trade and Business
MONROVIA, Liberia — Sweden has officially closed its embassy in Liberia, bringing an end to the country’s resident diplomatic mission in Monrovia while signaling that the relationship between the two countries is not coming to an end. The closure marks a significant transition in a relationship that has developed over decades through diplomacy, development cooperation,…
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🇹🇿 Tanzania Says American Billionaire Cannot Sell $7.9 Million Island He Claimed to Own
An unusual property dispute has emerged in Tanzania after American billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper announced that he was selling his private island in Lake Tanganyika for $7.9 million—only for Tanzanian authorities to clarify that he does not actually own the land. Draper announced on August 28 that he was putting his Tanzanian island on…