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Mayekoo doubles donations to African causes with new matching fund campaign
News Ghana
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July 11, 2025
Mayekoo, the Pan-African social impact fundraising platform built to accelerate grassroots change, has launched a powerful new Matching Donation Campaign to double the impact of donations to non-profit and social good projects across the...
Greek parliament passes suspension of asylum claims despite international criticism
The Independent
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July 11, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
El-Kurebe: A Catalyst for Agricultural Transformation in West Africa
News Diary Online
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July 11, 2025
By Abdul-Azeez Suleiman In a world increasingly defined by its complexities and interconnections, the role of journalism transcends mere reporting; it becomes a powerful tool for advocacy and change. Within this dynamic landscape, Abdallah...
World Bank Warns of Service Delivery Crisis Eroding Public Trust in Africa
News Ghana
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July 11, 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa faces an urgent need to improve essential service delivery despite stable policy scores, the World Bank’s 2024 Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) reveals. Released in Monrovia today, the report shows the region’s...
Leadership program opens doors at city hall
Brandon Sun
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July 10, 2025
A program for diverse youth in Brandon aimed at empowering and retaining them through working with the city launched on Wednesday. The Youth Rise Leadership Program created by Westman Immigrant Services will have eight young people shadow and work...
Regional trade could focus South Africa’s muddled foreign policy
Institute for Security Studies
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Regional trade could focus South Africa’s muddled foreign policy Coalition governance is messy, but parties should be able to agree on prioritising economic growth and trade into Africa. South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) has just...
Prebendal rule and the democracy challenge in Africa
Daily Trust
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July 11, 2025
The post 1990 return of democracy in Africa skipped many countries that had established successful dictatorships that stood firm. In Equatorial Guinea, the 82-year-old dictator, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has been in power since 1979, making...
The six critical actions Africa must take to stop the deadly trade in fake, substandard medicines
IOL
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Professor Eliangiringa Kaale|Published 11 minutes ago 4min The time for half-measures and empty promises has passed. African governments must take immediate, decisive action to combat the proliferation of substandard and falsified medical products...
Reforms: How Nigeria, Kenya are rewriting Africa’s procurement ‘playbook’, by Sufuyan Ojeifo
Eagle Online
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July 11, 2025
An article in TheCable edition of July 4, 2025, entitled: “Lessons from Kenya’s e-procurement revolution,” examined the East African country’s e-procurement reforms and the rapid transformation in how it buys and spends. It was a good read. And...
Central African Republic's major rebel groups to disarm, dissolve
Africanews
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July 11, 2025
Before President Faustin Archange Touadera, the all-powerful rebel leader Ali Darassa officially put down his weapon, to signal the end of his rebellion and the dissolution of his Unity for Peace in Central African Republic (UPC) rebel group. The...
EFF vows to stop Starlink from launching in South Africa
TechCentral
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July 11, 2025
South Africa-born billionaire Elon Musk has traded barbs with EFF leader Julius Malema South Africa’s fourth-largest political party, which has long warred with billionaire Elon Musk, has warned it will “never allow” Musk’s Starlink satellite...
Africa’s mining ministers adopt reporting code, laud Alake
New National Star
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July 9, 2025
BY GLORIA AKUDORO Africa’s Mining ministers under the aegis of Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG) have resolved to adopt the new Pan-African Resources Reporting Code (PARC) to enhance transparency, investor confidence, and alignment with global...
South Africa's apartheid crimes panel's work 'unfinished' 30 years on
East Coast Radio
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From 1996 to 1998, the TRC heard harrowing accounts of murders, torture and other apartheid-era abuses from hundreds of victims and some perpetrators, aiming to expose the horrors and begin healing. Internationally hailed as a model in...
Liberia: Building Trust through Effective Service Delivery in Africa
Front Page Africa
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July 11, 2025
MONROVIA – The World Bank’s annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report for Sub-Saharan Africa, released today, reveals that despite a stable average CPIA score for the region, there is an urgent need for governments in Africa...
Ezeani Receives Prestigious Africa Under 40 CEO Award, Honorary Doctorate
This Day
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July 11, 2025
· Named Among 100 Iconic African Personalities Social impact leader and entrepreneur, Ezinne Ezeani, founder of SheCan Nigeria and Co-Lead at MBR Signature, has been honoured with three major recognitions for her contribution to women’s...
Leaders release theme and plans for 2025 Eighth of August emancipation celebration
WPSD-TV - Kentucky
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PADUCAH — We are just under a month away from this year's Eighth of August Emancipation Celebration. That date in 1863 is when African Americans in Paducah learned they were free after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. The week of...
Technip Energies awarded contract for an FLNG unit in Africa
LNGindustry
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July 11, 2025
Save to read list Published by Jessica Casey, Editor LNG Industry, Friday, 11 July 2025 09:00 Technip Energies has been awarded a large contract to perform preliminary activities for a floating LNG (FLNG) unit in Africa. The contract will be...
Netcampus trains leaders on AI to harness technology for strategic advantage
ITWeb
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July 11, 2025
Pieter Nel, Netcampus Corporate and Consulting Executive. (Image: Netcampus) Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as one of the most transformative technologies of the 21st century, reshaping industries, economies and societies. For leaders,...
S.Africa's apartheid crimes panel's work 'unfinished' 30 years on
Modern Ghana
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Nomonde Calata's tears as she testified in court last month about her husband's assassination 40 years ago echoed the raw anguish heard during South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings after apartheid ended in 1994. From 1996 to...
SG Holdings Fuels Africa’s Energy Future with Indigenous Excellence
This Day
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July 11, 2025
SG Holdings, an indigenous energy firm, appears poised as a powerhouse of Africa’s Energy future as the quest for indigenous industrial leadership in Africa becomes more than an economic imperative. The Nigerian company’s decade-long journey from...