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Africa’s Car Market Revs Up as Russia Joins the Race for Local Manufacturing

Africa’s car market is shifting gears, and Russia wants in. Following the successful export of tractors to Ethiopia, Russian automakers UAZ and AvtoVAZ, the makers of the Lada, are steering.

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Samuel Dossou-Aworet and the Reimagining of Africa’s Private Sector

For more than four decades, Samuel Dossou-Aworet has been a central figure in Africa’s economic story. An engineer by training, a businessman of international repute, a respected advocate for Africa’s.

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United Nations Day 2025: Advancing Africa’s Vision through Peace, Unity, and Global Partnerships

It was a warm October morning in Addis Ababa when a group of schoolchildren gathered at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) headquarters, their hands waving blue-and-white flags.

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How Transnet’s R127 Billion Investment Could Redefine South Africa’s Freight Future

South Africa’s economic pulse beats through its ports, railways, and pipelines, and Transnet is the artery that keeps it flowing. Now, in one of its most ambitious modernisation efforts to.

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Celebrating World Statistics Day 2025: Driving Change in Africa with Quality Data

“Let us use this day to champion the power of data in advancing sustainable development for all.” — UN Secretary-General   Every five years, the world pauses on October 20.

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What Africa’s Strongest Passports Reveal About the Continent’s Global Reach

Seychelles, Mauritius, and South Africa continue to dominate the continent’s passport rankings, offering their citizens unparalleled global access. In a world where travel freedom often mirrors diplomatic influence, these countries.

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Rewriting the African Playbook: The Rise of Reform-Driven Leadership

Around the world, 2025 is beginning to look like a turning point. Governments are under mounting pressure to deliver stability, growth, and good governance not by grand promises alone, but.

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IMF Sounds Alarm, But Africa Must Lead Its Own Fiscal Path

When the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sounded its latest alarm, it was not over global trade tensions or inflation in the developed world; it was over Africa’s own balance sheets..

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Dangote’s Côte d’Ivoire Plant: Why It Matters for Africa’s Infrastructure

The Dangote Group’s $160 million investment in a cement plant in Attingué, Côte d’Ivoire, marks a major milestone in its regional expansion. The 50-hectare facility, with a 3 million-tonne annual.

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What the COMESA Digital Payments System Means for African Trade

In the architecture of global trade, currencies are more than mere denominations; they are the lubricants and friction points of exchange. For decades, much of intra-African and regional trade has.

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