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AI PARTNERSHIP: Korea-Africa Partnership Advances Shared AI Future

Africa’s digital transformation is gaining new momentum as the Republic of Korea and African institutions deepen cooperation around artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure and technology skills.   The partnership took a.

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CLIMATE RESILIENCE: Africa’s Early Warning Push

Africa is moving towards a new approach to climate resilience: preparing communities before disasters strike rather than relying primarily on response after the damage is done.   That shift was.

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CLIMATE FINANCE: Africa’s Shift to Pre-Arranged Climate Finance

For African governments confronting increasingly frequent droughts, floods and other climate-related disasters, the question is no longer how to respond when a crisis occurs. It is how to ensure that.

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DIGITAL FINANCE: Lagos Builds Africa’s Next Finance Hub

Lagos is positioning itself at the centre of Africa’s rapidly evolving digital-finance economy as GITEX Nigeria announces the launch of MINT AFRICA, a new platform designed to connect capital, technology,.

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POWER INVESTMENT: Dangote Puts Power at Africa’s Centre

Africa’s industrial ambitions are increasingly turning attention towards one of the continent’s most persistent challenges: reliable electricity. Against this backdrop, Dangote Group President and CEO Aliko Dangote has announced plans.

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CAPITAL MOBILISATION: Unlocking Africa’s Long-Term Development Finance

Africa’s development financing needs are growing, but so is the recognition that the continent cannot depend on external capital alone to fund its long-term transformation. A new partnership between the.

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Tripling Intra-African Trade: CAADP’s Bold Vision for Africa’s Agrifood Economy

Africa’s food economy is entering a new phase. For decades, the continent’s agricultural challenge has largely been framed around increasing production. The new Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Strategy.

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Nigeria’s People’s IPO: A Landmark Moment for Local Ownership

Nigeria’s capital market entered a new chapter on 14 September 2026 with the opening of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals. Marketed as the “People’s.

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International Day of Peace: Can Africa Turn the Cost of Conflict into an Investment in Peace?

Africa enters the 2026 International Day of Peace facing a difficult contradiction. Across the continent, economies are expanding, digital industries are emerging and investment in infrastructure, energy and manufacturing is.

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Africa’s Economic Transformation: Private Capital Reshapes Development Finance

For decades, development assistance from international donors and multilateral institutions has played an important role in financing infrastructure, healthcare, education and social programmes across Africa. But the global development-finance landscape.

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