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Recycling Capital: How Secondary Transactions Could Revive Africa's Private Asset Market

Lasserre believes that the solution lies in the secondary market, a mechanism that may allow investors to sell existing private assets to new buyers, freeing capital without waiting for traditional exits.

International Business Times

Luxury tourism is a risky strategy for African economies – new study of Botswana, Mauritius, Rwanda

How successful is luxury tourism in Africa? What happens if it fails to produce higher tourism revenues: can it be reversed? And does it depend on what kind of government is in place?

The Conversation

AI reveals which predators chewed ancient humans’ bones – challenging ideas on which ‘Homo’ species was the first tool-using hunter

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa. After archaeologists uncovered his fossilized bones in 1960, they used them to define Homo habilis – the earliest known member of our own genus.

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World's biggest hydro site can produce as much electricity as 88 nuclear reactors - and now wants to attract more AI data centres

Congo seeks to expand the Inga hydro complex to power AI tools and data centers amid ongoing funding and governance hurdles.

TechRadar

Ronnie Sim obituary

Other lives: Former teacher who helped translate the Bible into various African languages

The Guardian - UK

Nigerian billionaire plans expansion of Africa's biggest oil refinery

Africa’s largest refinery is seeking to expand its capacity to 1.4 million with a goal of becoming the world’s largest refinery

The Independent UK

‘Super Trump Supporter’: MAGA Cuban deported to African maximum security prison, DHS calls him ‘the worst of the worst’

He's been here for almost 50 years, but ICE just shrugged and pointed to his rap sheet.

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AI and tech are potentially the biggest equalizers Africa has ever seen, former Nvidia exec says

"Within the next five to 10 years, we're going to see African intelligence being exported in other countries across the Global South."

Fortune

Journeying through Mandela’s legacy in South Africa

Justine Gosling heads to the Rainbow Nation in pursuit of learning more of the anti-apartheid activist’s incredible legacy — bedding down at three memorable hotels along the way

Evening Standard

‘Every day’s a fight’: join the commuters in Africa’s rapidly growing cities

With more and more people moving to big cities such as Nairobi and Abidjan, daily commutes are becoming tougher

The Guardian - UK

Ethiopian quarter: how migrants have shaped a thriving shopping district in South Africa’s city of gold

Since its founding in 1886, Johannesburg, has been a city of migrants, internal and international. But the economic capital of South Africa has undergone big changes since 1994 when South Africa became a democracy. One such change involves migration into the city by people from other African countries.

The Conversation

Taking down malaria’s bodyguards: scientists target parasite’s secret defence system

Malaria remains one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more than half a million lives each year. In Africa, the illness is mostly caused by a parasite carried by mosquitoes – Plasmodium falciparum.

The Conversation

Cholera is spreading fast, yet it can be stopped. Why haven’t we consigned it to history?

Vaccine production must be expanded to combat this ancient disease, especially in Africa, but a lack of political will is holding us back

The Guardian - UK

The Supremes, Marcus Garvey, Tupac Shakur: the cultural figures who inspired our Black History Month panel

At the end of Black History Month, our panel reveal the influences that helped them shape their beliefs and identities

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The Independent UK

The new shepherds of Spain: African migrants take up a neglected rural trade

A government program in Spain is training African migrants as shepherds to tackle rural depopulation and job shortages

Euronews

At least 14 migrants dead after dinghy sinks in the Aegean Sea off Turkey's coast

Greece is a major entry point into the European Union for people fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Euronews

Angola, Mozambique and Egypt advocate greater cooperation to promote tourism in Africa

In a panel discussion at the Global Tourism Forum, leaders from Angola, Mozambique and Egypt explored the economic impact of tourism, its role in job creation and the importance of investment in tourism infrastructure in Africa.

The Independent UK

'Our reality, our values': Graffiti finds growing acceptance in West Africa

Street art graffiti is spreading in West Africa

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Chinese Cars Are Dominating in Asia, Africa, and South America

The real battle between traditional automakers and Chinese manufacturers isn’t happening in Europe or the United States, but in developing and low-income economies. China is steadily becoming a serious contender for consumers across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Benzinga

Tesla Operates In Five Continents, A Sixth Could Be On The Way With This Country

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk was born in South Africa and spent 17 years there before moving to North America. The billionaire's EV company could be headed to Africa for the first time, but it won't be Musk's home country.

The Independent UK

A fashion show in Mali's ancient city of Timbuktu promotes peace and local talent

A famous African designer known as Alphadi has organized a peace caravan and fashion show to promote peace in the conflict-hit city of Timbuktu

Euronews

Moonshot 2025: Can Africa's Startups Challenge Global Tech Giants?{Business Africa}

Moonshot 2025 closes in Lagos: Nigeria champions drive to increase intra-continental digital trade while Experts call for a unified African IP framework as creators lose billions; the AfCFTA protocol is seen as key to unlocking the continent’s $17 billion creative industry.

The Conversation

Rift Valley fever: what it is, how it spreads and how to stop it

Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes that mainly affects livestock. It can also infect humans. While most human cases remain mild, it can cause death. The disease causes heavy economic and health losses for livestock farmers.

The Conversation

Africa’s air links are poor: can the G20 push for more direct flights to improve tourism and trade?

In Africa, less than one in five continental airline routes are direct. Air connections are decided by factors like trade levels, diplomatic relations, and whether there’s enough demand to make a route financially worthwhile. Because there are so few direct connections in Africa, getting from one country to another often…

The Guardian - UK

Africa’s children: 20 years on, what happened to the millennium babies?

In 2005, the Guardian documented the births of 10 babies as a way to tell the story of millions across the continent. We caught up with three of them, finding hardship – and hope

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