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Opaque Credit Attracts Debt Trap Criticisms
China’s tactics taint trade partnerships with Africa.
Author: Charles Wachira
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
New B2B Platform For Africa
Developed by the African Export-Import Bank that serves as a broker for most of the payment systems and logistics, trading on the new business-to-business e-commerce platform Africa Trade Exchange started on May 11.
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More Nations Seek Greater African Presence
New trading partners seek to gain sway, but former colonial powers are well-entrenched.
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Vodacom Ruling A Win For Africa’s Inventors
South Africa'scourt sides with the inventor of "Please Call Me" at Vodacom's expense.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Tyro Entrepreneur Catapults Into Top CEO Ranks
At the tender age of 26, Alex Rodrigues became the youngest current CEO of a US-based publicly traded company after the trucking software company he founded, Embark Trucks, went public on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
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South Africa: Unemployment Rises Despite Growth
South Africa faces the conundrum of widening income disparities even in times of rising growth.
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Zambia: Hichilema Takes The Helm Of State
Can a career businessman and management expert turn around Zambia's grim economic trajectory?
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Sudan Loses US Terror Tag
Sudan's removal from theUS state sponsors of terrorist list will not be pain-free.
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China Wins, US Loses In New Regional Trade Deal
"America First" allows China to take economic leadership of East Asia.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
US Payments Giant Stripe Acquires Nigerian Fintech Paystack
Stripe's acquisition is part of a wider trend of African fintech startups defyingthe odds during the global pandemic to bag multimillion-dollar M&A deals.
Features
French Telco Goes Into Online Banking In Africa
Orange skips brick-and-mortar retail locations in West Africa for an online banking service instead.
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Orange Prepares Africa Expansion
French telco giant consolidates its African holdings to prepare the way for further expansion.