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United Nations Economic Commission For Africa (ECA) Capacitates Zambia, Zimbabwe And Malawi In E-Commerce Tools And Marketing Strategies
MENAFN
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June 13, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) LUSAKA, Zambia, June 13, 2025/APO Group/ -- The Permanent Secretary, Zambia Ministry of Commerce Trade and Industry (MCTI), Mrs Lillian Bwalya said, the workshop takes place at a pivotal moment as Africa...
Rewrite Pangolins in Africa hunted for food rather than illicit scales trade – with meat ranked as ‘tastiest’ this news headline for the science magazine post
Bioengineer.org
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June 13, 2025
image: White-bellied pangolin on a tree in Nigeria. view more Credit: Alex Moore Study suggests that appetite for bushmeat – rather than black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine – may be driving West Africa’s illegal hunting...
BYD announces brand launch in Gabon to support Africa's green transition
Gasgoo
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June 11, 2025
Shangahai (Gasgoo)- On June 5, 2025, BYD, in partnership with local distributor LOXEA—a subsidiary of CFAO Group—held a brand launch event in Libreville, the capital of Gabon. Photo credit: BYD Gabon, known as an environmental bench in Africa with...
Resilient forests are key to ecological, economic and social resilience, report finds
Mongabay
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June 10, 2025
Human society depends economically and socially on resilient forests, a new report from the International Union of Forest Research Organizations demonstrates. As a result, pushing forests toward collapse threatens human well-being globally, not...
“ABPD 2025” poised to redefine Tunisia-Africa economic ties
African Manager
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June 10, 2025
The 1st edition of the Africa Business Partnership Days (ABPD 2025) already billed as a “major event for developing partnerships between Tunisia and sub-Saharan African countries,” will bring together twelve sub-Saharan African countries in Tunis...
Nigeria placed 3rd in Africa for highest Air Ticket charges in 2024 – New Report
Nairametrics
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July 6, 2025
Passengers departing from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Benin paid some of the highest air ticket taxes and charges in Africa in 2024, placing West Africa at the top of the continent’s air travel cost rankings. Sierra Leone ranked first for regional...
How blue bonds could give a boost to ocean finance
The Financial Times
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June 9, 2025
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the ESG investing myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Amid growing calls for a big increase in finance for ocean protection, blue bonds have emerged as a potentially crucial means of...
The Debt-Free Illusion: Rethinking Eritrea’s Economic Self-Reliance
Awate
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June 8, 2025
One of the most enduring pillars of Eritrea’s post-independence identity has been its proclaimed self-reliance. In a continent where many nations are entangled in foreign debt and donor dependency, Eritrea has positioned itself, and has been...
New Goodwill Ambassadors of the Russia–Africa Club at Lomono...
Modern Ghana
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On June 29, 2025, the First Congress of Ambassadors of the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University took place in Moscow. The event was organized by the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University with the support of the...
Rwanda withdraws from Economic Community of Central African States
TASS
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June 8, 2025
PRETORIA, June 8. /TASS/. Rwanda has announced its withdrawal from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) in protest to the organization’s refusal to pass the rotating presidency for the next year over to it, the New Times...
Preview: Gabon vs Guinea-Bissau - prediction, team news, lineups
Sports Mole
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Sports Mole previews Monday's International Friendlies clash between Gabon and Guinea-Bissau, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Gabon will welcome their Guinea-Bissau counterparts to the Stade Omnisport President Omar Bongo...
Peter Rufai: The safe hands that guarded Nigeria’s dreams
Punch
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July 5, 2025
As Nigerian football is reeling from the devastating loss of one of its most beloved icons, Peter Rufai, ABIODUN ADEWALE writes on the legacy and unfinished business of the legendary goalkeeper Regardless of the generation of Nigerian football you...
African Energy Chamber (AEC) Reaffirms Support For West African Energy Summit (WAES) 2025 Delegation Heads To Aberdeen
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The African Energy Chamber (AEC) ( ) – the leading voice of Africa's energy industry – is proud to reaffirm its support for the West African Energy Summit (WAES), scheduled for November 18-19, 2025, in Aberdeen, Scotland. In...
Coups in west Africa have five things in common: knowing what they are is key to defending democracy
The Conversation
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July 6, 2025
August 2025 makes it five years since Malian soldiers ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in a coup d’état. While the event reshaped Mali’s domestic politics, it also marked the beginning of a broader wave of military takeovers that swept...
At the Rio Summit, signs of BRICS in retreat – just when we need serious anti-imperial muscle
CADTM
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July 5, 2025
Vladimir Putin had hosted 2024’s summit in Kazan, Russia in late-October. In most other years, the dates have been in the busy September-November period, allowing many pre-meetings to set the stage for a more meaningful heads-of-state meeting....
Atiku Slams President Tinubu As Nigeria's Exclusion From US-Africa Summit Sparks Outrage
Sahara Reporters
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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed President Bola Tinubu's administration over Nigeria's exclusion from a high-profile US-Africa summit hosted by Donald Trump. The summit, scheduled for July 9, will feature leaders from Gabon,...
Trump’s meeting with select African leaders raises eyebrows among analysts
Africa Feeds
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July 4, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to host leaders from five African nations—Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal—next week, a move that has caught many observers off guard. While the meeting’s announcement surprised some,...
Greece: Political and social timeline from 2015 to 2025 (Part 12)
CADTM
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July 4, 2025
2015: From Hope in Syriza to Surrender • 25 January 2015: Electoral victory of the radical left coalition (Syriza). • 27 January 2015: start of the Syriza-Anel government • 30 January 2015: the press conference given by Yanis Varoufakis (Minister...
Nigerians pay $180 taxes per international flight – Report
Punch
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July 5, 2025
Air passengers flying out of Nigeria are paying one of the highest amounts in taxes and charges across Africa, with an average cost of $180 per international departure, nearly three times the continental average of $68, according to a new report...
VAALCO Energy Scales Up African Operations, Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Platinum Partner
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 4, 2025/APO Group/ -- U.S. oil and gas company VAALCO Energy has begun refurbishing its FPSO facility at the Baobab field in Block CI-40, offshore Ivory Coast. The modernization is...