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Ghana Secures $270 Million Poultry Investment Agreement to Cut Chicken Imports
The initiative aims to strengthen food security and reduce Ghana’s annual $400 million chicken and poultry products import bill.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa Allocates Additional $9 Million to MyMzansi Digital Government Platform
New funding supports DPI development as national digital ID plans advance and central bank explores separate payments credential.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ban Shein and Temu in South Africa
Trade unions have called for a ban on global online retailers, such as Temu and Shein, to protect local manufacturing jobs.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bolt Takes EV Ride-Hailing to Johannesburg with BYD, SAMTEA
The rollout follows Bolt’s EV launch in Cape Town earlier this year. The company is targeting a fleet of 500 EVs in South Africa by December.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: High Spectrum Costs Squeeze African Telecom Investment and Digital Growth
A new report by the GSMA, Spectrum Policy in Africa: Enabling Investment and Empowering Consumers Through Effective Spectrum Pricing, identifies the high cost of accessing radio spectrum—the invisible radio frequencies that carry mobile calls and internet data—as a central bottleneck. African mobile operators pay significantly more for relatively less spectrum, leaving them with limited capacity to expand or improve service quality.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenyan Startup StudyLabAI Gives Students an AI Tutor Built on Their Own Course Material
Founded in August 2024 by Abdulrahman Yunis and Anas Kali, StudyLabAI is aimed at students aged 14-25, and the teachers who teach them.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Beyond Capital: What It Will Take to Unlock Investment in Africa’s Social Enterprises
Isaac Aggrey of the African Social Entrepreneurs Network explores what it takes to unlock investment for Africa’s social enterprises and SMEs. Beyond capital, he highlights investment readiness, appropriate finance, risk-sharing, market access and impact measurement as critical to helping viable enterprises grow, create jobs, empower women and strengthen inclusive, resilient economies across Africa.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Call For Applications: Botswana Green Business Development Programme 2026
The programme focuses on developing two value chains with potential to support local enterprise growth and employment: horticulture and ecotourism.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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