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Russia Increases Fertilizers and Agricultural Exports to Africa
The News Chronicle
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July 6, 2025
With geopolitical developments shaping the world, Africa is expectedly changing with the times. It has gone far, particularly with Russia, opened new directions in bilateral economic cooperation after their joint historic summits. It is also time...
Witch Hunts Targeting The Elderly, Women And Disabled In Nigeria, Other African Countries Must End, Says Advocacy Group
Sahara Reporters
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A leading human rights group, the Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW), has called for urgent and sustained action to end witch hunts across Africa, describing the practice as a brutal and outdated system of violence fuelled by ignorance, fear and...
Woman suffers ‘significant’ injury to arm after being mauled by animal at Queensland zoo
The Guardian
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July 6, 2025
A woman has suffered significant injuries after being bitten by an animal at a Queensland zoo. The woman, in her 50s, was attacked at Darling Downs zoo, in Pilton, about 50km south of Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, at about 8.32am on Sunday. The...
Breaking barriers, building markets: A new trade vision for West Africa
Business Day
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July 6, 2025
Long before borders, policies, or trade agreements, West Africans traded with trust, from Sahelian livestock to forest-grown kola nuts. But in today’s fragmented regional economy, that natural flow has been replaced with red tape, delays, and...
Africa Energy Forum presents a unique opportunity for African collaboration
IOL
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In the rural village of Gwanda, Zimbabwe, a mother walks several kilometres each day to find firewood so she can cook for her children. She’s never had access to reliable electricity, and her story is not unique. Across Africa, 600 million people...
Africa must look inward for solutions to developmental challenges — Lawmaker
Punch
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July 5, 2025
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Ahmed Satomi, has urged African states to take a break from seeking help from western nations and instead leverage their resources to address continental...
SA government deploys South African Police Service to prevent removal of immigrants from clinics
Briefly
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July 5, 2025
The South African government has deployed members of the South African Police Service to healthcare facilities in the country This followed tensions in various parts of South Africa, where citizens removed illegal foreign nationals from public...
$2M Milken-Motsepe Prize Targets AI and Manufacturing to Boost Africa’s Industrial Future
I Africa
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July 5, 2025
A new $2 million equity-free prize backed by South African billionaire Dr. Patrice Motsepe and the Milken Institute aims to accelerate AI-powered manufacturing in Africa. Announced at the 2025 Milken Institute Global Conference, the Milken-Motsepe...
Navigating Multipolarity: Africa’s Path to Sovereignty
The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
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By Christopher Zambakari, In the heart of Africa, a revolution is unfolding. Not one of military violence, but one of recognition and changing perspectives. As the world shifts toward multipolarity, the continent dubbed at the beginning of the...
African civil organisations renew push for debt cancellation
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. African civil society organisations have renewed calls for the cancellation of illegitimate and unsustainable debts, warning that the continent’s development is being derailed by crippling repayments and unjust global financial...
USLACC Africa Unveils 10-Year Strategic Plan To Empower Youths, To Launch $100B Fund
Daily Independent
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July 5, 2025
1 USLACC Africa and partners have unveiled a 10-year strategic plan to empower Africa youths through leveraging on technology, re-orientation, and training even as it announced the launch of $100B fund for the purpose. African Representative of...
New study questions Africa’s focus on entrepreneurship as a ...
Modern Ghana
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A new study challenges the dominant narrative that entrepreneurship is the key to Africa’s economic future, arguing instead that the continent has too many entrepreneurs and too few productive firms to drive long-term development. The research...
EMPLOYMENT TRACKER (MAY, 2025)
Sarke
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Special Report: Economics July 2, 2025 PMCG AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS RECEIVING SALARY In May 2025, the number of persons receiving a monthly salary was nearly unchanged compared to April 2025 and increased by 1.5% compared to May 2024, reaching...
Relying on foreign powers won’t save Africa, lawmaker warns
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 5, 2025
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Ahmed Satomi, has warned that Africa’s continued reliance on foreign powers will not lead to the continent’s salvation. The lawmaker urged African nations to...
Spotlight on unemployment, poverty at National Dialogue at NWU
SABC News
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July 5, 2025
The North West University in partnership with Strategic Dialogue Group (SDG) and the Thabo Mbeki Foundation held inaugural discussions, where challenges such as the high unemployment rate, poverty and inequality were in the spotlight. In his...
Lawmaker Urges African Nations To Embrace Self-Reliance, Unity In Pursuit Of Security, Prosperity
Daily Independent
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July 5, 2025
1 By Torkwase Nyiekaa, Abuja Chairman of Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Hon. Ahmed Satomi, has called on African countries to shed their reliance on Western powers and instead leverage the...
The secret Africa doesn’t know it’s sitting on
Daily News Tanzania
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July 5, 2025
Africa is sitting on a secret so powerful; it could redefine its destiny. And it’s not oil, diamonds, or rare earth minerals. It’s something far more valuable and deeply rooted—its people. The real goldmine of this continent is human potential:...
African Firms Overrate Cyber Defences as Human Risks Mount
News Ghana
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July 5, 2025
KnowBe4 report exposes gaps in training and threat response African organisations significantly overestimate their cybersecurity readiness while neglecting critical human vulnerabilities, according to the 2025 KnowBe4 Africa Human Risk Management...
SHS students would have done a better job in resolving the Ablekuma North issue – Kofi Bentil
GhanaWeb
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July 5, 2025
Vice President of policy think tank IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has launched a scathing attack on the Electoral Commission, describing it as ‘incompetent’. Sharing his views on the Electoral Commission’s decision to rerun parliamentary elections in...
Xoxoday Wins Top African Fintech Award for Banking Solutions
News Ghana
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July 5, 2025
SaaS provider Xoxoday secured the “Best Loyalty and Reward Solution for BFSI Sector” at the Africa Fintech & AI Awards in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The company’s platform digitizes rewards and incentive programs for corporate clients globally....