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Financial literacy key to unlocking Africa’s crypto potential -Binance urges
Business and Financial Times
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August 18, 2025
By Ernest Bako WUBONTO Expanding financial literacy, particularly education focused on cryptocurrency markets, is the critical step needed to demystify misconceptions and unlock Africa’s vast digital asset potential, Head of Legal Counsel for...
African Rainbow Minerals Increases Stake in Surge Copper to 19.9%, Signaling Continued Investment in Canadian Copper Project
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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August 18, 2025
African Rainbow Minerals (JSE:ARI), a South African-based mining company primarily involved in gold, platinum, and coal operations, has significantly increased its stake in Canadian junior miner Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV:SURG), according to public...
“Africa must take charge of its energy future,” – Jinapor
MyJoyOnline
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August 18, 2025
“Africa must take charge of its energy future.” With this bold statement, John Abdulai Jinapor, Minister of Energy for the Republic of Ghana, has set the tone for Africa Oil Week (AOW) 2025, the continent’s largest upstream oil and gas event,...
Africa’s Top Climate Change Challenges: A Fairer Deal On Phasing Out Fossil
The Nigerian Voice
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Nearly 600 million people across the African continent still lack access to electricity. Close to one billion rely on traditional biofuels for cooking. Africa is also very vulnerable to climate change, even though it has contributed less than 5%...
Africa steps forward to combat climate change
Sabah
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August 18, 2025
Climate change poses enormous challenges to the survival of human beings and economic development. The issue has become an important talking point of governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), researchers and academics for about half a...
Financing local dev't: FEICOM renews support to network of African insti...
The Guardian Post
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He was speaking during the handing over ceremony of the new bureau of RIAFCO in Yaounde. The event was also punctuated with a session among FEICOM staff and RIAFCO officials. The bureau was put in place during the 13th Ordinary General Assembly of...
BNPL to make inroads; more banks open to tie up with fintechs
Gulf Times
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August 18, 2025
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) is expected to make further inroads in Qatar’s financial landscape with more banks set to sign strategic pact with fintechs providing "growth enabling" services, according to experts. "The lenders are seized of its (BNPL)...
Why African Fintech is Outpacing Silicon Valley (And What the West Can Learn)
Technext
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August 18, 2025
While Silicon Valley celebrates incremental improvements to already-sophisticated financial systems, African fintech companies are solving fundamental problems that affect billions of people. After driving over $12 million in revenue growth across...
United Capital distributes N4.6bn in dividends to investors
New National Star
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August 18, 2025
BY SAM OTUONYE United Capital Infrastructure Fund (UCIF), the infrastructure fund of leading Pan-African financial services group, United Capital Plc, has announced a total distribution of N1.61billion to unitholders for the period ended June 30,...
Bloomberg to host inaugural Africa Business Summit in Johannesburg
Business and Financial Times
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August 18, 2025
…as Official B-20 South Africa Sideline Event Bloomberg will host its inaugural Africa Business Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 18, 2025, as an official sideline event of B-20 South Africa 2025. The Summit will convene...
Easy sign-ups, early exits: the tale of dormant fintech wallets in Nigeria
Technext
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August 18, 2025
The Nigerian fintech boom has been driven by massive app sign-ups. But this growth hardly translated into sustained use. Industry data suggest a large number of dormant fintech wallets in Nigeria. As one report noted, “access does not always...
Trust and Safety Expert Mr. Emmanuel Adinkrah exposes Africa’s financial sex
Modern Ghana
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Mr. Emmanuel Adinkrah, President of the Ghana Internet Safety Foundation (GISF), Founder of the Trust and Safety Africa Academy, and a member of the Trust and Safety Professional Association (TSPA), delivered a powerful presentation at...
Vepay seeks $1.5m to expand cross-border payments in Africa
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 18, 2025
Nigerian fintech startup Vepay has announced plans to raise $1.5 million in seed funding to strengthen its operations and expand into new African markets. The company, which launched in Nigeria and Kenya in July 2025, is positioning itself to...
SpaceX seeks exemption in South Africa from what Musk called an “openly racist” law
Business Insider Africa
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August 18, 2025
SpaceX requested in a letter to the government that regulators should permit investment-based alternatives to the existing requirement that Black South Africans own at least 30% of companies in the ICT industry. “Equity equivalent investment...
Karl Toriola Appointed MTN VP For Francophone Africa In Addition To CEO Role
Arise News
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August 18, 2025
MTN Group has announced a major restructuring of its executive leadership team to strengthen the delivery of its Ambition 2025 strategy and position the company for sustained growth across Africa. At the centre of this restructuring is the...
BER flags economic implications of changing inflation target in South Africa
IOL
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August 18, 2025
The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) has revealed that the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) may no longer be pursuing an inflation target of below 4.5%, which could have substantial implications for the nation's economy. In a recent analysis,...
AfCFTA opens doors for South African automotive industry growth
IOL
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August 18, 2025
The National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (NAACAM) 2025 show revealed that South African manufacturers are poised to reap significant benefits from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Unveiling the...
Heirs Energies CEO urges Africa to shape energy future
Realnews Magazine
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August 18, 2025
Oil & Gas OSA Igiehon, Chief Executive Officer of Heirs Energies, has urged Africa to define its energy future by leveraging its hydrocarbons and renewable resources. In a statement on Monday, Igiehon affirmed Heirs Energies’ commitment to...
IM Bank eyes organic growth as half-year profit hits Sh11.7b
The Standard
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From left: I&M Bank Group CFO David Ngata, Regional CEO Kihara Maina, I&M Bank Kenya CEO Gul Khan and Gauri Gupta during the release of the FY2024 results in Nairobi, on March 26, 2025. [File, Standard] I&M Group is banking on organic growth as it...
Cryptonewsbreaks The Latest Technology And Innovations To Take The Stage At Traders Fair South Africa
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Investor Brand Network) Next month, the trading world will converge at the 2025 Traders Fair in Johannesburg, South Africa. Set to take place on Sept. 20 at the Protea by Marriott Hotel Wanderers in Sandton, the event will draw seasoned...