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How Afrobeats and Hip-Hop Reignited Nigeria’s Musical Scene This Week

In the face of numerous trials, uncertainties, trends, and questions about the genre’s standing in the global music scene, where countless sonic themes have come and gone, only to reach.

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Egypt’s $29.7B Qatari Diar Project Marks Africa’s Urban Renewal

Egypt is taking grand steps to deepen its economic diversity as the world faces uncertain turns that threaten the scale of development on the global scene. In a strategic move.

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Nigeria Leads West Africa’s Climate Pledge with NDC 3.0

Nigeria has stepped into a defining moment of climate leadership, becoming the first West African nation to submit its Third Nationally Determined Contribution, known as NDC 3.0, to the United.

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FIFA Peace Prize Redefines Football’s Role in Global Unity and Power

Football, since its emergence in the history of humanity, has always served as a great tool for the unification of the global sports community. It bears no animosity to race,.

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After the Aid Era: Africa’s Strategic Turn in Global Geopolitics

For decades, international aid from Western donors to African nations formed a steady tide, shaping development policy, governance frameworks and diplomatic relations. Now, however, the tide is clearly receding. Several.

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Africa’s Childcare System: Progress, Pitfalls, and Future Potential

Across the globe, the care economy has shifted from the periphery of policy discussions to the very centre of economic planning. Childcare is no longer viewed as a mere social.

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ADIPEC 2025 Day 3: Energy, finance and technology leaders call for accelerated investment, sound policy frameworks and fundamentals-based planning

Press Release   • Global finance leaders discuss the new era of energy investment defined by pragmatism, diversification and strategic capital allocation   • Industry leaders urge fundamentals-based planning amid.

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2025 Emissions Report: 1.5°C Target Slipping Away

Ten years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the world’s promise to stabilise the climate is faltering. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in its Emissions Gap Report 2025:.

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What Africa’s CPI Decline Means for Everyday Consumers

Across markets in Africa, goods are gradually becoming affordable again. Commodity prices that once spiked under the weight of global inflation and geopolitical shocks are beginning to stabilise, while transport.

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Tariffs, Currencies, and Power: Global Markets under Trump 2.0

Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, global markets have entered a landscape defined by unpredictability, recalibration and opportunism. What started as a confidence-fuelled surge in equities and the.

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Nominations Now Open for the African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year (POTY) Awards 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   …Accra, Ghana, Set to Host the 2025 Persons of the Year (POTY) Awards Ceremony   London – United Kingdom 5 November 2025   The African Leadership.

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ADIPEC 2025: Industry calls for policy pragmatism, embrace of AI, capital investment, and infrastructure development to drive global progress

Press Release   • ADIPEC 2025 kicks off in Abu Dhabi with a powerful message from Dr. Sultan Al Jaber for a balanced and inclusive approach to meeting energy demand,.

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South Africa’s R1.5 Trillion Gambling Industry: Growth, Risk, and Reckoning

In recent years, the global gambling and gaming industry has undergone tectonic shifts. Freed from the confines of land-based casinos, wagering has migrated en masse to mobile screens, propelled by.

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How Africa’s Billion Workers Could Redefine Global Economic Power

Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic pulse is steady, confident, and alive again. After weathering a storm of global disruptions, from inflation spikes to commodity shocks, the region’s economy is bouncing back with.

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When OPEC+ Hits Pause: What the Oil Output Decision Means for Africa

The decision by OPEC+ to raise output by a modest 137,000 barrels per day (bpd) in December 2025 and then pause any further increases through the first quarter of 2026.

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AI is no longer a side project: Technology leaders at ADIPEC call for bold, coordinated investment to accelerate energy progress

Press Release   • Day two’s theme, ‘The Technology Leap: Redefining Energy Leadership,’ underscored how strategic AI adoption and digital innovation are reshaping energy leadership, with industry voices calling for.

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How the Dangote Refinery Is Fueling Africa’s Energy Shift

Over the years, Nigeria, Africa’s top oil producer, lived a paradox: exporting millions of barrels of crude oil daily while importing nearly all its refined fuel at inflated global prices..

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IMF 2025 MENAP Outlook: North Africa Edges Higher

The IMF’s October 2025 Regional Economic Outlook upgrades growth prospects across MENAP, projecting regional GDP growth of 3.2 per cent in 2025 and 3.7 per cent in 2026, up from.

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World Cities Day 2025: Inside Africa’s Urban Revolution — Mapping the Smart City Agenda

“The future of Africa will be written in its cities — not just in their skylines, but in how they serve their people.”— António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General   From.

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How is Angola Restructuring the Sustainable Future of the Oil Industry?

On November 3, 2025, Angola’s National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) will seal an exclusive negotiation agreement with energy giant Shell to explore and develop Blocks 19, 34, and.

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Grand Egyptian Museum Signals New Era for African Heritage and Tourism

There’s a cultural and economic renaissance unfolding on the banks of the Nile, powered by the timeless currency of civilisation itself. Two decades of ambition, delay, and determination later, Egypt.

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Ghana’s First Audit of Mining Firms in 10 Years: What It Means

Ghana, long regarded as one of Africa’s stalwart gold producers, has embarked on its most ambitious mining industry audit in a decade. The move signals more than administrative housekeeping; it.

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Nigeria, World Bank Launch $500 Million Agribusiness Drive

In a world where nearly 500 million smallholder farmers produce approximately 80 per cent of the food consumed globally yet remain mired in subsistence agriculture, the launch of the AgriConnect.

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How Morocco Is Redefining Africa’s Place in the Global Automotive Supply Chain

It’s not every day that a meeting in Rabat sets wheels turning far beyond national ambitions. But when Aziz Akhannouch met with Renault Group Executive Vice-President François Provost in the.

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Why Diesel Still Matters for Africa’s Growth Story in a Green Energy Era

Across Africa, diesel is more than just a fuel; it’s the heartbeat of daily life. From the trucks that haul food and raw materials across borders to the buses that.

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Nigeria’s Creative Economy Boom: Music, Film, and the Business of Culture

Nigeria’s creative economy has emerged as one of the most dynamic cultural and economic engines on the African continent. Before the end of 2025, the sector is projected to reach.

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