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Soundcloud page of Business Fleet Africa special features editor, Tristan Wiggill. Topics covered include fleet management, road transport, logistics and supply chain issues in South Africa.
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The East Africa Business Podcast: African Start ups | Investing | Entrepreneurship | Interviews
Sam Floy: Entrepreneur in East Africa
A podcast interviewing entrepreneurs and business leaders in the emerging market of East Africa. Host Sam Floy showcases companies operating across Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Find conversations with companies ranging from solar power and food production to smoothies and toothpicks.
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The business potential of Africa is tremendous in all sectors, including energy, infrastructure, agriculture, natural resources, and information and communications, offering opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs. Africa has the potential to ensure its own food sufficiency and be a major supplier in global food markets. Similarly, the continent has the world’s largest reserves of vanadium, diamonds, manganese, phosphate, platinum-group metals, cobalt, gold, aluminum, and chromium, of ...
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Stories and analyses of African technology companies
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Each week, through interviews with leaders, club owners, agents, marketing executives, and entrepreneurs we dive deep into the business of African football.
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We create programs and services that set the standard of education and training for salon business owners and hairdressers in Nigeria by teaching them to explore or pursue career opportunities in the industry.
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Knowledge Bandits: Inspiring Stories from African Entrepreneurs on Doing Business in Africa
Arum Galadima: African Entrepreneur | Blogger | Marketer
Arum Galadima is the Founder and Host of the Knowledge Bandits podcast, a weekly podcast where he interviews African entrepreneurs on the Continent and in diaspora. Knowledge Bandits is inspiring African entrepreneurs all over the world to take their next leap.
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Rubio Demands Panama 'Reduce China Influence' Over Canal
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded that Panama make immediate changes to what he calls the "influence and control" of China over the Panama Canal. America's top diplomat says Panama must act or the US would take necessary measures to protect its rights under a treaty between the two countries. The warning follows President Donald Trump'…
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#79: Cellulant - How the FinTech payments platform is providing financial services across Africa
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Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Cellulant, the African payments infrastructure company. We’ll explore the story across the following areas African financial sector context Cellulant’s early history Product & monetization strategy Competitive positioning & potential exit options Outlook This episode was recorded on Jan 20, 2025 Companies …
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Canada Hits US With Retaliatory Tariffs
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will hit back at US tariffs with 25 percent levies of its own on select American goods. He says Canada will be responding to the US trade action with 25 percent tariffs against Can$155 billion ($106 billion) worth of American goods. He says the first round of tariffs would target Can$30 billion worth of US …
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Trump Orders Air Strikes On Islamic State Group In Somalia
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Donald Trump says he ordered military air strikes on a senior attack planner and others from the Islamic State (IS) group in Somalia. The office of the president of Somalia saYS they had been informed of the US strike targeting senior IS leadership in the northern part of the country. The office of Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says he ac…
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Arsenal, PSG and Bayern urged to end Visit Rwanda deals
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has called on Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris St-Germain to end their blood stained" sponsorship deals with Visit Rwanda amid a worsening humanitarian crisis in the country. The appeal comes as M23 rebels captured Goma, the largest city in eastern DR Congo, while the United Nations refugee agency estimates more tha…
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South African Reserve Bank Lowers Borrowing Costs
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The South African Reserve Bank has cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 7.5%, marking the third consecutive easing. This move was widely expected, but the apex bank’s governor Lesetja Kganyago says he remains cautious, warning that future cuts may not come as easily. The decision, supported by four out of six Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)…
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Nigerian Government to Increase In Electricity Tariffs Soon
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The Federal Government says Nigerians should brace up for fresh electricity tariffs in months. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Energy, Olu Verheijen, says the energy adviser said Nigeria’s power prices need to rise by about two-thirds for many customers to reflect the cost of supplying it. He says Higher electricity tariffs, which need t…
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US Suspends Tariffs After Colombia Agrees To Deportation Flights
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The White House says the US will not go ahead with tariffs on Colombia, after Bogota agreed to accept - without restrictions - deported migrants. Donald Trump had ordered 25% tariffs on all Colombian goods after its president barred two US military deportation flights from landing in the country. Colombian President Gustavo Petro had initially resp…
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South African President Signs Controversial Land Seizure Law
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a bill allowing land seizures by the state without compensation - a move that has put him at odds with some members of his government. While Ramaphosa's ANC party hailed the law as a "significant milestone" in the country's transformation, some members of the coalition government say they …
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Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Hikes Energy Cost
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The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company is under fire for raising its minimum energy credit purchase requirement for Band A customers to N5,000. The Disco also capped the minimum energy credit for customers on other bands at N2,000, sparking outrage and condemnation from various consumer groups. The IBEDC says the recent update regarding IBEDC …
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Japan’s Osaka Bans Street Smoking Ahead Of Expo 2025
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The Japanese city of Osaka on Monday imposed a smoking ban on public streets as part of efforts to become more visitor-friendly ahead of this year’s World Expo. Around 160 countries and regions are participating in Expo 2025, the latest edition of an event held every five years in different global locations. Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama says the World E…
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Nigerian Lawmakers Postpones Resumption To Feb 4
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The Senate and the House of Representatives have postponed their plenary resumption, previously scheduled for Tuesday, January 28, 2025, to Tuesday, February 4, 2025. The two legislative chambers announced the development in separate statements on Friday. The Clerk of the Senate, Andrew Nwoba, who informed senators of the shift in resumption date, …
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Syrian Minister Rejects Kurdish-led SDF’s Proposal For Own Military Bloc
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Syria’s new defence minister says it would not be right for US-backed Kurdish fighters based in the country’s northeast to retain their own bloc within the broader integrated Syrian armed forces. Murhaf Abu Qasra says that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces was procrastinating in its handling of the complex issue. SDF commander Mazloum Abdi (…
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TikTok restored service in the United States after briefly going dark, as a law banning the wildly popular app on national security grounds came into effect. TikTok credited President-elect Donald Trump, who retakes power on Monday, for making the reversal possible — though the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden had earlier said that it…
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Tanzania Denies Suspected Marburg Outbreak After WHO Alert
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Tanzania has dismissed a World Health Organisation report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of the country. Tanzania's Health Minister Jenista Mhagama says after samples were analysed, all suspected cases were found negative for Marburg virus. Tanzania experienced its first Marburg outbreak in March 2023 …
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Electricity Vandalisers Will Be Charged With Economic Sabotage In Abuja
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The FCT Minister Nyesom Wike says Vandals who damaged and stole transmission cables throwing the Federal Capital Territory into darkness will learn their lessons. He says the arrested persons would not be charged with stealing but economic sabotage. The minister says the vandals are threatening the stability of the nation’s capital city and would b…
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World Bank Pledges $500 Million To Nigeria’s 90,000km Fibre Project
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The World Bank has pledged $500 million to Nigeria’s ambitious 90,000km fibre optic project by Q3 2025. This contribution, while significant, covers only part of the $3.2 billion required for the project. A coalition of development finance institutions (DFIs), including the Islamic Development Bank and the African Development Bank, have also expres…
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European Union Agrees To Tackle Syria Sanctions
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European foreign ministers have agreed to meet at the end of January to discuss lifting sanctions on Syria as foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western countries and the Middle East convened in Saudi Arabia in the first such regional meeting since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad last month. Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign pol…
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Egypt’s Inflation Decelerates For The Second Consecutive Month
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The country’s headline inflation for December 2024 slowed to about 24.1%, down from 25.1% in November. December’s figure was the lowest since 2022. The latest inflation rate has raised hopes of the first interest rate cut since 2022. The Central Bank of Egypt has held its interest rates since March 2024. The Egyptian government also agreed to cost-…
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US Returns $50m In Alleged Stolen Funds To Nigeria
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Nigeria’s justice ministry says close to $53m in alleged illicit funds recovered from Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke will be used to fund public services. The money is being sent back to Nigeria from the US, whose authorities allege that Alison-Madueke enriched herself, and others, while leading Nigeria's state oil firm by awa…
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Nigeria Secured $7.6bn Investments At Africa Forum
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The President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says Nigeria has secured $7.6bn in investment interests at the Africa Investment Forum 2024, which took place in Rabat, Morocco, from December 4 to 6, 2024. He expressed optimism about the potential impact of the investment interests, highlighting the presence of several Nigerian s…
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Nigerian Government Approves Four Airlines For 2025 Hajj Operations
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The Federal Government has approved four airlines as official air carriers for pilgrims of the 2025 Hajj. The Executive Chairman, of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Prof. Abdullahi Usman says the four airlines were selected out of the 11 companies that submitted applications to transport Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for Muslim pilgrim…
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Syria’s Foreign Minister Urges US To Lift Sanctions During Visit To Qatar
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Syria’s new Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani has called on the United States to lift crippling sanctions on his country, as he visited Qatar as part of a regional trip to seek support after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. He says these sanctions constitute a barrier and an obstacle to the rapid recovery and development of the Syrian people wh…
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Ethiopia And Somalia Vow To Strengthen Ties
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Somalia's foreign minister says the diplomatic dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia that had led to tense regional relations has been resolved. Ahmed Moalim Fiqi's says Somalia had made no concessions. Ethiopia has not commented on the Somali claim, but said the two countries had agreed to "strengthen bilateral relations". Ethiopia has thousands of…
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Ghana Opens Up Visa-free Travel To All Africans
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Outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo says All African passport holders are now able to visit Ghana without needing a visa. He announced the plan last month but in his final state-of-the-nation address he said that the policy had come into effect at the beginning of the year. Visa-free travel within the continent has long been an aspiration for those …
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Nigeria Government Raises Group Assurance Allocation To N17.31bn
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The Federal Government has increased the allocation to group life assurance by 80 per cent in the proposed Appropriation Bill for 2025. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed that the N9.6bn was for 12 local insurance firms to cover the federal workers in case of unforeseen eventualities in the course of thei…
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