Tag: African trade
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🇬🇭 B2B Trade Could Become Africa’s Next Stablecoin Frontier
Stablecoins could become a major settlement tool for African businesses, with B2B trade potentially overtaking remittances as a key driver of adoption. GSN chief Ryan Kirkley says FX liquidity, correspondent banking and regulation will determine whether digital dollars can deliver real savings.
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🇨🇲 Cameroon’s Kribi Port Invests CFA21.5 Billion to Increase Container Terminal Capacity by 30%
Cameroon’s Kribi Container Terminal has begun a reported CFA21.5 billion expansion that will add eight hectares and increase container-handling capacity by approximately 30%, with completion targeted for the fourth quarter of 2027. The investment is designed to support rising trade volumes and potential cargo generated by a planned industrial zone near the deepwater port.
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🇬🇭 🇨🇳 Ghana Opens Direct Cedi-to-Yuan Payment Channel With China, Reducing Reliance on the Dollar
Ghana has launched a direct cedi-to-yuan payment mechanism that allows businesses to settle eligible China trade transactions without using the US dollar as an intermediary. Piloted by Stanbic Bank Ghana, the system uses China’s CIPS network and could reduce settlement times and foreign-exchange costs while strengthening Ghana-China trade.
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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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🇪🇬CAMRED III Brings Africa’s Mining, Investment and Technology Leaders to Cairo
CAMRED III opens in Cairo October 5–7, bringing African mining leaders, investors, government institutions, technology providers and mineral-sector organizations together around critical minerals, smart mining, beneficiation, investment and African value chains.