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- DMU team heads to COP31 to lead international discussions on Africa's clean energy future
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Ghana’s waste crisis: Cleanup targets toxic waste and 20,000 jobs
At Agbogbloshie, a district on the Korle Lagoon delta, thousands of tonnes of refuse have accumulated over decades, overwhelming the fragile wetlands overlooking a slum of around 80,000 residents, many of them migrants and traders.
- OACPS presses EU for debt-sensitive climate finance as African countries face rising adaptation costs
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Liberia: House Summons Epa, Ndma, Agriculture Ministry Over El Niño Heat
[Liberian Investigator] CAPITOL HILL -- Liberia is entering its dry season amid an El Niño that US forecasters say could be the strongest on record. Lawmakers now want the government to show whether it has a plan to protect farmers, food su...
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Eswatini gives illegal foreign businesses 12 months to leave
The law follows the growth of foreign-owned businesses in retail sector in rural areas.
- Chinese automobile giant recalls over 23,000 vehicles in Africa's richest country over safety defects after taking over Nissan's former plant in the $15.2 billion automotive market
- Why Africa needs better jobs for its tradespeople
- Africa Gas & LNG Summit 2026 to bring investment and local value into focus in Maputo
- NOCs and IOCs Redefine Upstream Partnership Terms Ahead Paris Energy Event
- South Africa's Woolworths Flags Weak Consumer Spending
- Africa Rethinks its Oil and Gas Licensing Strategy as Exploration Interest Surges
- Financing the informal economy through waste pickers
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East Africa: The Race for the Red Sea
[Independent (Kampala)] The Red Sea is emerging as a contested geopolitical corridor where African states are pursuing maritime access and sovereignty, Gulf powers are expanding their economic and political influence, and global powers are...
- “The Industrialisation of Sport in Africa Cannot Happen Without Infrastructure Designed to Generate Revenue 365 Days a Year” — ACG CEO Paulo J. Cruz on Africa.com
- Youth Olympic Games inspires new opportunities for volleyball’s growth across Africa
- Boeing cuts about 2,500 commercial-aircraft jobs and slows jet production as Ethiopian Airlines waits for Africa’s largest backlog of 88 US-built planes
- World Bank, AfDB back new electrification finance coalition as Africa faces $15 billion annual investment gap
- Kavalan continues African expansion with new distribution deal in Ghana
- PwC tax partner jumps to Deneys
- “The Industrialisation of Sport in Africa Cannot Happen Without Infrastructure Designed to Generate Revenue 365 Days a Year” -- ACG CEO Paulo J. Cruz on Africa.com
- AI lifts PwC Africa revenue 3.4pc to Sh70.5bn as firm expands technology investment
- Samsung Electronics ranks first place in Africa’s smartphone market revenue in the first half of this year
- Oyedele Proposes West African Capital Market Reforms To Boost Cross-Border Investment
- INTERVIEW: COP31 must prioritise affordable energy, finance to drive Africa’s development, says Amos Wemanya
- Crop Cura enters Rwanda, targeting 5M farmers across Africa
- Africa risks becoming theatre of global power rivalry without stronger unity, institutions — Amandla
- Nigeria’s Rex Africa launches AI-native bank with conversational financial agent -
- South Africa's unemployment rate six times worse than India's despite having 22 times fewer people
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Gold miners expelled by Guinea start leaving assembly site in Mali
On November 7, Bamako announced that it had taken in around 160,000 people expelled from Guinea since the start of operations against illegal mining
- Fossil fuel expansion threatens Africa’s climate action, public welfare — CAPPA
- Dangote Refinery get orders for more than R70bn shares before biggest African listing yet
- Africa's largest gold producer makes first-ever carbonate reservoir discovery as it plans a 300,000-barrel refinery to expand its role in West Africa's fuel market
- South Africa’s Woolworths flags weak consumer spending
- Russia eyes Africa’s growing payments market
- Trump’s retreat from democracy could fuel conflict in East Africa
- Vodacom counts Safaricom gains as debt climbs to $8.3 billion
- West Africa’s gold boom puts spotlight on geology, data quality and responsible mining
- South African rand steady despite hawkish Fed signals
- South African rand steady despite hawkish Fed signals
- Pension council, FSD Africa sign deal to establish $750m infrastructure fund