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Ghana: Author Peace Adzo Medie blends academics with fiction

Akorfa and Selasi’s lives are shaped and determined by their families, a universal subject, and one...

Uganda: Bank consolidation due on the back of new capital requirements

Smaller banks in Uganda may be on the lookout for consolidation opportunities following the central bank’s...

Zambia: Ruling party and Catholic Church seek truce after weeks of virulent exchanges

Hichilema and Lusaka Archbishop Alick Banda are publicly known as adversaries. Neither of the two men...

Kenyan education system in crisis as schools starved of cash

Earlier this month when head teacher Oguttu went to the bank to withdraw funds disbursed by...

Mozambique’s $2bn corrupt debt: what if there was no trial?

The long-awaited trial into Mozambique’s ‘hidden’ debt, which has been in preparation for over four years...

Nigeria: The many lives of Nuhu Ribadu; assassination attempts, exile, failed ambitions

In late September 2008, just months after his controversial removal as chairman of the Economic and...

Nigeria: Government must take the lead on driving eNaira acceptance, Sparkle CEO says

The eNaira, introduced in October 2021, has so far failed to gain widespread acceptance. The IMF...

Ghana: ‘Top gold producer title must reflect in mining communities’

Ghana recorded a total output of 3.7m ounces of gold at the end of 2022 –...

Tanzania: Reconciliation talks a slow process, says Chadema

“Any political process that takes the views of every stakeholder is definitely a frustrating long-term slow...

Will Wagner’s Prigozhin leverage propaganda machine in Africa?

On Saturday 24 June, Prigozhin asserted – in a series of videos on his social media...

Kenya: Levy exposes the grim in-fights among cement firms

Kenya’s National Treasury, on recommendation from the Ministry of Trade and Investment, introduced a 10%  Export Promotion Levy on clinker as a solution to...

Kenya: Anti-dumping policy may give EU edge over China in East Africa

Kenya will be seeking to protect its domestic market as it reverses the impact of previous...

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