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Effie Awards South Africa Announces 2025 Winners
Effie Awards South Africa has unveiled the 2025 winners at The Venue, Melrose Arch, in a spotlight-soaked celebration of ideas that deliver real business results. The programme recorded 44% year-on-year growth in entries, with 26 trophies awarded...
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Charity Vogel wins 2025 All Star Insurance Pink Cup Golf Tournament at Achimota
Achimota based golfer, Charity Vogel has made a golfing statement at the nation’s premier golf hub after emerging top female winner of the 2025 edition of the All-Star Insurance Brokers Pink Cup Golf Tournament which was played in the nation’s...
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Cele: South Africa is under siege when it comes to this drug
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CAPE TOWN - Former police minister, Bheki Cele, says in 1994, during his training at Scotland Yard, he was told South Africa would be a playground of drugs and gangsters. This is exactly what the country is witnessing now, Cele says. He told...
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Unpacking C&I sector issues in South Africa
Top of mind for the C&I sector in South Africa at the moment has shifted from power outages to burning topic such as grid access, grid connections and policy development around Eskom’s unbundling. “…What happens with the unbundling, who is...
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South Africa’s new high-grade gold project secures $6m in fresh investment
Theta Gold Mines has raised an additional US$6 million (A$9.3 million) to accelerate construction of its flagship TGME gold project in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, signalling renewed investor confidence in the country’s gold mining revival....
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Northwest Petroleum and Gas CEO, Winifred Akpani, wins Year 2024/25 Zik Prize in Entrepreneurial Leadership
Winifred Akpani Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company Limited, Dame Winifred Akpani OFR, has been named the winner of the Year 2024/25 Zik Prize in Entrepreneurial Leadership. According to the Advisory...
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Adolescent girls in West, Central Africa face severe challenges — UNICEF
West and Central Africa continue to grapple with some of the world's most severe challenges for adolescent girls including limited access to education and health services, pervasive gender-based violence, early marriage and discriminatory social...
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Hubtel’s Daniel Frimpong calls for unified financial systems to drive Africa’s Economic Integration
Across Africa, the story of digital transformation is being rewritten by our very own people. The MOBEX Africa Tech Conference 2025 brought together industry leaders, regulators, and entrepreneurs shaping the continent’s next chapter of growth...
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Senate calls for transparency, compliance to guarantee value for money
The Senate has called for stricter compliance and greater transparency in Nigeria’s public procurement processes, stressing that every naira spent must translate into measurable development outcomes. Senator Olajide Ipinsagba (Ondo North),...
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African telecom leaders renew call to scrap taxes on smartphones
Speaking before over 4,000 participants from government, business, and technology sectors, the GSMA, representing six leading mobile operators, reiterated its call for African governments to remove import duties and value-added taxes on...
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ACHPR 85th Session Opens with Calls for Stronger Human Rights Commitment in Africa
- Advertisement - By Alieu Jallow The 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) is underway at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre in Banjul. The week-long gathering brings...
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From fragmentation to integration: Advancing inclusive interoperable digital identity systems for Africa
By Dr David ALEMZERO Digital identity is conceptualized as an assemblage of electronic characteristics that distinctly delineate an individual in the online realm. The verification of one’s identity is imperative for gaining access to various...
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South Africa boosts deportations amid jobs crisis, Schreiber says
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South Africa is pushing to deport more undocumented migrants who compete with citizens for jobs in an economy with one of the highest unemployment rates globally, the minister overseeing the programme said. The nation “is a neglected part of the...
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Chapel Hill Denham Group CEO, Bolaji Balogun, wins 2024/2025 Zik Prize in Professional Leadership
Bolaji Balogun The Founder/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chapel Hill Denham Group, Mr. Bolaji Balogun, has beaten other nominees to bag the 2024/2025 Zik Prize in Professional Leadership. According to the Advisory Board of the Public Policy...
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Why Nigeria Isn’t On IMF List Of Fastest-Growing African Economies – Obi
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has decried Nigeria’s absence from the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) list of Africa’s fastest-growing economies. The IMF recently listed Benin Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia,...
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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...
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Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals to take place in South Africa
Press release Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals in South Africa – The World's Best Gather in Cape Town for Year-end Showdown Cape Town / Hamburg, October 2025 – The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam will conclude in South Africa. From December 8 to...
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Google Earth AI brings Gemini-powered climate predictions to governments, NGOs
These efforts are powered by advanced geospatial AI models that combine satellite imagery, weather data, and predictive algorithms to offer early warnings for natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, and wildfires.Google is expanding its...
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Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Opens Next Week in Cape Town for 2025 Conference
The Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Conference and Exhibition event opens its doors next week, from 30 to 31 October 2025, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa. AWIEF2025 will...
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Osinbajo, Sanusi, Otti, Others To Attend High-Level Leadership Conference In Abuja
News Investigators/ Former Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) and the Emir of Kano, His Highness, Muhammadu Sanusi II, are expected to participate at a high-level leadership Conference in Abuja on Tuesday. The conference, expected to be...
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