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Burson: The value of reputation reveals a $7tr global economy

Apple Music's Africa Rising Class of 2026: The next wave of African music pioneers

Apple Music's Africa Rising Class of 2026: The next wave of African music pioneers

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Nigeria and South Africa plan to boost fossil fuel production, risking their climate change pledges

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Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Nuclear Power

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Hartmut Winkler 7 Mar 2022

Aleph Hospitality signs first hotel in Rwanda

Tourism & Travel

Aleph Hospitality signs first hotel in Rwanda

7 Mar 2022

Global food prices rise to record high in February

Commodities & Fairtrade

Global food prices rise to record high in February

7 Mar 2022

Shell, BP and ExxonMobil have done business in Russia for decades - here's why they're leaving now

Coal, Oil & Gas

Shell, BP and ExxonMobil have done business in Russia for decades - here's why they're leaving now

Yan Anthea Zhang 4 Mar 2022

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Forestry

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ange Aboa 4 Mar 2022

Ghana mining fund to invest $60m in 2022 expansion drive

Mining

Ghana mining fund to invest $60m in 2022 expansion drive

Christian Akorlie and Cooper Inveen 3 Mar 2022

Microsoft announces new initiatives to support 10,000 African startups

Tech Startups

Microsoft announces new initiatives to support 10,000 African startups

3 Mar 2022

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Events

Comic Con Africa announces a new addition to 2022 festival

3 Mar 2022

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Markets & Investment

Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos 2 Mar 2022

Africa's internet economy is set to boom

Internet

Africa's internet economy is set to boom

2 Mar 2022

Source: Worldbank.org. World Bank Headquarters, Washington D.C.

Finance

World Bank's $157bn takes edge off global pandemic fallout

2 Mar 2022

Dubai tops Knight Frank PIRI 100 for 2021, luxury housing boom expected to endure

Markets & Investment

Dubai tops Knight Frank PIRI 100 for 2021, luxury housing boom expected to endure

2 Mar 2022

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Construction & Engineering

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Seyed Ghaffar, Mehdi Chougan, Pawel Sikora 2 Mar 2022

Dotun Bello and The One Club launch free creative boot camp in Lagos

The One Club for Creativity

Dotun Bello and The One Club launch free creative boot camp in Lagos

2 Mar 2022

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: 'Africa must define its own just energy transition' - Mantashe

Energy

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: 'Africa must define its own just energy transition' - Mantashe

1 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization.

Infectious Diseases

Malawi declares polio outbreak

1 Mar 2022

Digital

Ubuntuland: Africa's first metaverse marketplace launches

Danette Breitenbach 1 Mar 2022

OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments

Coal, Oil & Gas

OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments

MacDonald Dzirutwe and Estelle Shirbon 1 Mar 2022

APO Group upgrades analytics platform for monitoring of press releases in Africa

Online Media

APO Group upgrades analytics platform for monitoring of press releases in Africa

APO Group 1 Mar 2022

Scan Display builds retail space for 22 local fashion brands

Retail

Scan Display builds retail space for 22 local fashion brands

Scan Display 1 Mar 2022

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Services

Kenya's Cellulant targets 50,000 new merchants

Duncan Miriri 28 Feb 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Streamlining of intra-African trade gathers momentum

Virusha Subban 28 Feb 2022

Effective implementation of PPPs critical to address Africa's infrastructure deficit

Infrastructure & Utilities

Effective implementation of PPPs critical to address Africa's infrastructure deficit

Teddy Daka 28 Feb 2022

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Mobile

Gold Smartie for Pep & Ogilvy for messages of hope

28 Feb 2022

Muvatera Ndjoze-Siririka, acting CEO of NTA with Tom Mkhwanazi, CEO of W&RSETA, at the signing of the MoU in Johannesburg on 24 February. Source: Supplied

Training

South Africa's W&RSeta signs collaborative MoU with Namibia Training Authority

28 Feb 2022

Promising fintech solutions take the spotlight at Stitch hackathon

Tech Startups

Promising fintech solutions take the spotlight at Stitch hackathon

28 Feb 2022

Congo recovers mining and oil assets from Israeli billionaire

Coal, Oil & Gas

Congo recovers mining and oil assets from Israeli billionaire

Stanis Bujakera 28 Feb 2022

Montego scales production capacity to lead pet food manufacturing growth in Africa

FMCG

Montego scales production capacity to lead pet food manufacturing growth in Africa

25 Feb 2022

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Agriculture

How Russia-Ukraine conflict could influence Africa's food supplies

Wandile Sihlobo 25 Feb 2022

De Beers returns diamond sights to Gaborone as travel opens up

Mining

De Beers returns diamond sights to Gaborone as travel opens up

25 Feb 2022

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