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Zimbabwe is hosting its 2024 Investment Summit at Kempton Park

Zimbabwe is hosting its 2024 Investment Summit at Kempton Park, gathering key stakeholders to explore the country's economic and investment opportunities. Themed 'People You Can Invest In,' the event highlights Zimbabwe's skilled workforce and attractive investment prospects, particularly in tourism, mining, and agriculture. Zimbabwe's Ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, says foreign direct investment has surged, with significant growth anticipated in various sectors:  

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M23 seizes key mining town in the DRC

A town at the heart of mining coltan, a key ingredient in making mobile phones, has been seized in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by rebel forces, their spokesperson Willy Ngoma has said. The BBC reports that Rubaya fell into the hands of M23 fighters on Tuesday following heavy clashes with government troops. The DRC’s government has not yet commented, but a civil society activist confirmed that M23 had captured […]

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Climate change could cost Africa billions by 2030

Africa currently loses between $7 billion and $15 billion a year because of climate change. If that trend continues, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina tells the Zero podcast, that number could reach $50 billion by 2030. That’s why Adesina is focusing the bank’s efforts on financing climate adaptation, which he describes as the “forgotten cousin” of climate mitigation.

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No answers for Ghanaian fishery observer’s family months after suspected death

      By Awudu Salami Sulemana Yoda ,via Mongabay   The brother of a Ghanaian fisheries observer who went missing from his assigned vessel last October says the family has received no information from the authorities investigating the case. Yohane Abayateye tells Mongabay the family is now considering legal action to compel the Ghana Police Service to release the findings of its investigation, especially the DNA test results that […]

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Global tech giants in Africa AI gold rush

    By Conrad Onyango, bird story agency   Global technology giants including Microsoft, IBM, Huawei, Nvidia, and Google are lining up to tap into a multi-billion dollar opportunity in the nascent Artificial Intelligence (AI) market. The five multinationals tops the list of more than 100 tech companies across the globe that will feature in the ‘AI Everything’ forum in this year’s GITEX Africa 2024, the continent's premier tech and […]

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Russia has tightened its hold over the Sahel region – and now it’s looking to Africa’s west coast

    By Olumba E. Ezenwa, Royal Holloway University of London and John Sunday Ojo, University of Portsmouth   Armed troops in Niger overthrew the government in July 2023, seizing power for themselves. The following months were rife with speculation that the military government would align with Moscow and possibly form ties with the Russian military or its associates. This has now become a reality, to the detriment of western […]

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Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

    By Sean Avery, King's College London   Floods in Kenya killed at least 169 people between March and April 2024. The most catastrophic of these deaths occurred after a flash flood swept through a rural village killing 42 people. Death and destruction have also occurred in the capital, Nairobi, a stark reminder of the persistent failure to keep abreast of the city’s rapid urbanisation needs. Sean Avery, who […]

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NBA Africa ‘hoops’ into African tech with a startup accelerator

      By Bonface Orucho, bird story agency   The NBA, through its business franchise in Africa, NBA Africa, has stepped onto Africa's tech startup scene, launching an accelerator tailored for early-stage startups in sports and creative industries. In a statement, NBA Africa explained that the initiative, known as the Triple-Double: NBA Africa Startup Accelerator, will support Africa’s tech ecosystem and the next generation of African tech entrepreneurs by […]

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Young middle-class Nigerians are desperate to leave the country: insights into why

    By Jing Jing Liu, MacEwan University   Since the 1980s, migration has been a part of the Nigerian middle-class psyche, catalysed by the usual suspects: high unemployment, security concerns, infrastructure gaps, and poor governance. Migrants tends to be middle-class since one needs resources to migrate. For many young Nigerians, the bloodshed that ended the 2020 #EndSARS protests against police brutality proved to be a decisive factor. Their desire […]

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