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Nigeria, Benin Republic seal trade framework to bolster regional economy
The Sun Nigeria
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August 4, 2025
Nigeria and the Republic of Benin have reached a key agreement on a joint trade framework aimed at dismantling trade barriers, boosting cross-border commerce and deepening regional economic integration. The high-level meeting, which took place...
Pres Mahama hosts Africa Health Summit tomorrow
Ghanaian Times
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August 4, 2025
President John Dramani Mahama will tomorrow, 5 August 2025, host a landmark gathering of African Heads of State, policymakers, and global health stakeholders at the Africa Health Sovereignty Summit. Convened by President Mahama, the summit will...
Who received a new chain on Baddies Africa episode 13? Details explored
Sportskeeda
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August 4, 2025
During episode 13 of Baddies Africa, which aired on August 3, 2025, Natalie Nunn revealed her decision to give out a Baddies Chain at the end of the day’s activities. After the group visited Total Ninja, an inflatable and obstacle course venue in...
Inside Coca-Cola’s plan to pare stakes in India, Africa bottling businesses
VC Circle
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A Coca-Cola truck makes its way through downtown Los Angeles. | Credit: Reuters/Mike Blake/File Photo The Coca-Cola Company will look to pare its majority interest in its African bottling business over the next few years and shed more stake in its...
Socio-economic growth war with public and private ownership
Windhoek Observer
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Efraim Shimbali Namibia and Africa at large, has suffered a huge socio-economic dilution. To understand this dilution, one ought to dig deep to the roots of Africa’s historic community pre-colonialism. Communities of empires with a single head of...
Yaradua resigns from APC, blames party for insecurity, economic hardship
Daily Post
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August 4, 2025
A former senator and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Sadiq Yaradua, has resigned from the ruling party. This was contained in a letter addressed to his ward chairman in Wakilin Gabas II, Katsina Local Government....
‘West Africa now global hotspot for virtual assets adoption’
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 4, 2025
Director-General of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria, Dr Emomotimi Agama, has identified West Africa as one of the most dynamic global regions for virtual asset adoption, fuelled by its youthful and increasingly tech-savvy...
Africa's incredible new $111bn seaside city with huge airport and train station
Irish Star
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August 3, 2025
09:00 ET, 03 Aug 2025 A colossal new coastal metropolis is emerging in one of Africa's most sought-after vacation spots, set to revolutionize the area with upscale resorts, dynamic neighborhoods, and world-class infrastructure. Situated along...
WAWUAfrica supports African women in business with digital platform
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 4, 2025
A pioneering digital platform, WAWUAfrica, has been launched to empower African women professionals, artisans, and entrepreneurs. This innovative ecosystem provides a safe, inclusive, and supportive space for women to learn, earn, grow,...
At least 68 African migrants dead, dozens missing after boat capsizes off Yemen’s coast
BNO News
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August 3, 2025
A boat carrying African migrants capsized off Yemen’s southern coast, killing at least 68 people and leaving 74 others missing, according to authorities. The vessel was carrying 154 Ethiopian migrants across the Gulf of Aden when it sank near the...
Africa’s AI Declaration: Ghana Hosts the Summit That Will Shape Our Technological Destiny
Joy FM
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August 3, 2025
Amid the accelerating global race towards artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy, Africa is no longer a spectator. The continent is stepping forward to define what inclusive, contextual, and ethical AI looks like. The Pan-African AI Summit...
India, US may invest in Africa’s critical minerals
Hindustan Times
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August 4, 2025
India and the US have discussed proposals to jointly invest in critical minerals projects in Africa, according to persons aware of the matter. Both New Delhi and Washington have been keen to construct new critical minerals supply chains to reduce...
ETA Welcomes Dialogue With Business Community To Build Trust, Enhance Tax System: Chief - Dailynewsegypt
MENAFN
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August 3, 2025
(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) Rasha Abdel Aal, Head of the Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA), held a meeting on Sunday with a delegation from the Egyptian-African Businessmen Association to explore avenues for cooperation and listen to the delegation's...
‘Well, no, you don’t have to have children’: what African women over the age of 60 have learned about life
The Guardian
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August 4, 2025
Addra* insists that his aunt, Anyessi Dossou, does not have a story to tell. “She’s just an old woman who’s never left the village,” he says, as he guides us along dirt tracks in fading light to her home in Avlo, Benin. When Dossou, in her early...
African Health Sovereignty In A Reimagined Global Health Governance Architecture: A Co‐Creation Summit Under The Leadership Of His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, President Of The Republic Of Ghana
MENAFN
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August 3, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ACCRA, Ghana, August 3, 2025/APO Group/ -- On 5 August 2025, Accra will host a landmark gathering of African Heads of State, policymakers, and global health stakeholders at the Africa Health Sovereignty Summit....
ANTONY PHILLIPSON: How the UK is unlocking economic growth with SA
BusinessLIVE
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SA has been at the centre of global economic diplomacy this year, hosting three G20 meetings in Durban, Skukuza and George in July alone. UK ministers have been present at all of them, part of the UK’s commitment to SA’s G20 but also its economic...
AfDB, ESAAMLG launch new project to combat money laundering, financing of terrorism in Africa
The Standard
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AfDB THE African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG), on July 25, officially launched a three-year support project to combat money laundering and terrorism financing in their...
NSIA, Partners Dole Out $280,000 to Nigerian Innovators to Solve Socio-economic Challenges, Others
This Day
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August 4, 2025
*Wale Edun tasks startups to revolutionise agriculture *NSIA MD: We’re committed to nurturing homegrown solutions with transformative impact James Emejo in Abuja The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and its partners has announced winners of...
Consolidating political trust between Vietnam and African countries to expand cooperation: President
Vietnam News Agency
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Consolidating political trust between Vietnam and African countries to expand cooperation: PresidentThe relations between Vietnam and Middle Eastern and African countries in recent years have made clear progress, with high-level delegation...
Consolidating political trust between Vietnam and African countries for stronger cooperation: State President
Vietnam News Agency
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CAIRO — State President Lương Cường and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation had a working session with Vietnamese Ambassadors to African countries in Cairo on August 3 evening on the occasion of his state visit to Egypt. According to the Ministry...