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Malawi’s Alex Chakhota set to shine at African Aviator Legends tourney
The Maravi Post
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July 10, 2025
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi’s very own Alex Chakhota has been named the country’s representative at the prestigious African Aviator Legends tournament, following his impressive win at the Aviator Legends Tournament in Malawi. Chakhota’s...
Poor governance offsetting reform gains in Africa – World Bank
Business Day
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July 10, 2025
… warns against lagging service delivery, weak transparency eroding trust Despite isolated progress in fiscal discipline and digital transformation, poor governance is eroding reform gains across Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Bank’s...
Promoting West Africa through Travel, Trade
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Recently West African leaders met in Abuja for the inauguration of West African Economic Summit where Nigeria pushed for the removal of structural and policy bottlenecks in travel and trade in order to boost economic growth of the sub-region....
Lekki port trans-shipment operations increased over stronger naira, says deputy MD
The Cable
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July 10, 2025
Daniel Odibe, the deputy managing director of the Lekki deep seaport says its trans-shipment operations have increased substantially due to a stronger naira. Odibe spoke during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Thursday. He said...
Report stresses the need for Effective Service Delivery in Africa.
The New Dawn Liberia
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July 11, 2025
MONROVIA, July 11, 2025 – The World Bank’s annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report for Sub-Saharan Africa, released Thursday, reveals that despite a stable average CPIA score for the region, there is an urgent need for...
Ship at risk of sinking after first Houthi Red Sea attack this year
Khaleej Times
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A freight ship was at risk of sinking in the Red Sea on Monday after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked it with gunfire, rockets and remote-controlled explosive-laden boats, in their first known attack on the high seas since the start of the...
Lekki Port Eyes 500,000 TEUs in 2025, Ramps Up Transshipment to West Africa
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Oluchi Chibuzor The $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Seaport is fast establishing Nigeria as a maritime hub for West and Central Africa, with expanded international transshipment operations to key regional destinations including Togo, Benin Republic,...
Revolutionary Technology: How SPRIBE’s Aviator Redefined iGaming Through Innovation and Social Integration
The London Economic
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July 10, 2025
SPRIBE’s development of Aviator represents a convergence of advanced technology, social gaming principles, and user experience design that has established new benchmarks for the iGaming industry. Technological Foundation Drives Gaming Innovation...
Saudi Maritime & Logistics Congress 2025: spotlight on $1.71b market
Seatrade Maritime News
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July 9, 2025
As the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s maritime logistics market continues its strong growth at 4.3% annually until 2030 - a significant component of Saudi Arabia’s growing non-oil economy - the 6th edition of Saudi Maritime & Logistics Congress is well...
Atiku’s Aide Blasts Keyamo Over Criticism Of ADC Coalition Move
Daily Independent
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July 17, 2025
1 A spokesperson for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has taken a swipe at the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, over his remarks concerning Atiku’s recent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the...
Liberia: U.S. Hails Ivanhoe Rail Access Deal
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 10, 2025
The Government of Liberia’s landmark rail agreement with Ivanhoe Atlantic has received a new wave of endorsement from the United States, following a high-level meeting between President Joseph N. Boakai and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State...
The shattered mirror of Namibia: A Pan-Africanist analysis of economic decline and the urgency of sovereignty
Windhoek Observer
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PAUL T. SHIPALE (with inputs by Folito Nghitongovali Diawara Gaspar) There are realities whose poignancy transcends mere numerical quantification. Namibia’s recent downgrade by the World Bank’s classification – a global singularity, being the only...
Accelerating development in Africa’s digital era!
The Sun Nigeria
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July 10, 2025
By Professor Ojo Emmanuel Ademola Guest Columnist THE 2025 Human Development Report unequivocally asserts that digital transformation is not just about technological advancements; it is fundamentally about the people and communities these...
Rwanda invests USD500 million more in Bugesera Airport as it promotes an African sporting nirvana
Routes
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Rwanda's new Bugesera International Airport is a teenager already - and it hasn't even been built yet. The government has been forced into a further USD500 million cash injection in it for this fiscal year, supported by a Development Bank loan,...
Building Trust through Effective Service Delivery in Africa
GNN Liberia
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July 10, 2025
MONROVIA, July 10, 2025 – 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...
Woman alleges home destroyed by fire truck hitting water main
OurWeekly LA - California
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July 10, 2025
A Hollywood woman has formally sought dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles in which she alleged an LAFD truck damaged a leaking water main in 2023, resulting in a geyser that destroyed the roof of her home and damaged or...
Inside the cross-border network exposing the environmental crisis facing Africa’s longest river
Reuters Institute
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In 2017, inside a modest media nonprofit office in Kampala, Uganda, a collaboration between Ugandan journalist Fredrick Mugira and American journalist Annika McGinnis gave rise to InfoNile, one of Africa’s most ambitious environmental journalism...
Trump hails Africa’s mineral wealth
Kuwait Times
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July 10, 2025
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump hailed West Africa’s rich natural resources as he hosted five of its leaders Wednesday for a White House summit aimed at fostering trade to counter the growing influence of Russia and China. Trump’s...
MEST Launches AI Startup Program to Train Africa’s Next Generation of Tech Founders
I Africa
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July 10, 2025
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has opened applications for its revamped MEST AI Startup Programme, aimed at equipping Africa’s top tech talents to build and scale globally competitive AI startups. MEST, based in Accra,...
Rolls-Royce Power Systems sees data centres as one of the emerging new markets in Africa
Engineering News
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Rolls-Royce Power Systems, the Germany-based business of renowned propulsion and power systems group Rolls-Royce, sees data centres as a significant emerging market in Africa, including South Africa. “We think the data centre boom will come to...