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9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

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Sindy Peters 3 Apr 2023

Dream VC opens applications for 2023 flagship VC accelerator programme

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Dream VC opens applications for 2023 flagship VC accelerator programme

3 Apr 2023

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31 Mar 2023

Why Lesotho's parliament is debating reclaiming land from South Africa

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Why Lesotho's parliament is debating reclaiming land from South Africa

Carien du Plessis 31 Mar 2023

Retail Marketing

Pepsi overhauls logo and visual identity after 14 years

30 Mar 2023

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MpiloTech reports 2 new executive appointments

29 Mar 2023

Drinks giant Diageo appoints Debra Crew as first female CEO

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Drinks giant Diageo appoints Debra Crew as first female CEO

29 Mar 2023

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28 Mar 2023

Botswana partners gem trader HB Antwerp, seeks to loosen De Beers' grip

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Botswana partners gem trader HB Antwerp, seeks to loosen De Beers' grip

Brian Benza 28 Mar 2023

Eskom returns Ugandan power plants as licence expires

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Eskom returns Ugandan power plants as licence expires

Elias Biryabarema 28 Mar 2023

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Banking

Xapo's Seamus Rocca ushers in a new era of hybrid banking

Katja Hamilton 27 Mar 2023

China Energy proposes 1,000MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

China Energy proposes 1,000MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe

Nyasha Chingono 27 Mar 2023

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Burkina Faso suspends France 24 broadcasts in the country after al Qaeda interview

Hereward Holland, Gareth Jones 27 Mar 2023

Libya signs South Refinery contract with Honeywell

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Libya signs South Refinery contract with Honeywell

27 Mar 2023

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Economy

US Vice President Harris promises greater investment for Africa

Cooper Inveen and Edward McAllister 27 Mar 2023

Chad says it has nationalised all assets owned by Exxon Mobil

Markets & Investment

Chad says it has nationalised all assets owned by Exxon Mobil

Mahamat Ramadane 24 Mar 2023

Infectious Diseases

Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases - WHO

Sofia Christensen and Nellie Peyton 24 Mar 2023

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DW Akademie Film Development Fund announces fund recipients

24 Mar 2023

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24 Mar 2023

Ghana's power producers urge government to pay $1.4bn debt

Energy

Ghana's power producers urge government to pay $1.4bn debt

Christian Akorlie 24 Mar 2023

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Regulatory

An international battle over cheese has left European producers feeling bitter

Enrico Bonadio and Andrea Zappalaglio 24 Mar 2023

Applications open for inaugural AWS FinTech Africa Accelerator

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Applications open for inaugural AWS FinTech Africa Accelerator

23 Mar 2023

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Nestlé, Chilanga Cement partner in plastic neutrality initiative

23 Mar 2023

#MusicExchange: Nothing sounds quite like Mango Groove

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#MusicExchange: Nothing sounds quite like Mango Groove

Martin Myers 23 Mar 2023

Huayou starts trial production at Zimbabwe lithium mine, invests in Namibian project

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Huayou starts trial production at Zimbabwe lithium mine, invests in Namibian project

Nelson Banya 23 Mar 2023

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Public Health

Tanzania detects its first-ever cases of the highly fatal Marburg viral disease

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Zimbabwe's new 300MW coal-fired plant starts feeding into grid

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Zimbabwe's new 300MW coal-fired plant starts feeding into grid

Nyasha Chingono 22 Mar 2023

Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

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Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

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Kenyan judge temporarily blocks mass layoff of Facebook moderators

Aaron Ross, Hereward Holland, Sandra Maler, Emelia Si 22 Mar 2023