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South African businesses struggle to fill jobs after exodus of migrant workers

South Africa has among the world’s highest jobless rates, yet farms, factories and townships now struggle to fill vacancies left by departing migrants—exposing unemployment as a deeper structural problem than immigration alone, insiders say.

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Why the next generation of African infrastructure will be built by people who have lived the problem

Africa undoubtedly needs more infrastructure. But it also needs infrastructure that reflects lived experience. The next generation of transformative businesses will not emerge because they imported solutions that worked elsewhere.

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Renaissance, Aradel, Oando… why local firms are succeeding where big oil failed in Nigeria

As IOCs scale back from Nigeria’s shores, indigenous operators are making a different calculation because their business is centred almost entirely on Nigeria.

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Morocco wants to supply electricity to France. Can Africa become Europe’s renewable powerhouse?

The significance of the France deal is therefore not that Morocco is already powering Europe. It is that European countries are beginning to look seriously at North Africa as a potential source of electricity generated from its strong solar and wind resources.

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Built for the World’s Hardest Payment Markets, Bitnob Expands Its Infrastructure Platform for Global Businesses

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Eterna Plc Launches Self-Service Fuel Stations in Partnership with Fuelmetrics Limited

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Rana Energy Fuels Africa’s Clean Energy Revolution with $3M Pre-Seed for AI-Powered Digital Utility

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Schneider Electric Unveils Liquid Cooling Portfolio with Motivair Featuring Dedicated Solutions and Services for HPC and AI Workloads

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All-On canvases increased funding of renewable energy projects

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Built for the World’s Hardest Payment Markets, Bitnob Expands Its Infrastructure Platform for Global Businesses

Most financial infrastructure was built in markets where payments already…

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Fuelmtrics Limited

Eterna Plc Launches Self-Service Fuel Stations in Partnership with Fuelmetrics Limited

Eterna Plc and Fuelmetrics launch self-service fuel stations in Nigeria,…

Eterna Managing Director/CEO, Olumide Adeosun, unveils self-service fuel terminal
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Bujeti

Bujeti launches tax management tool to drive compliance for Nigerian businesses

Y Combinator-backed fintech Bujeti has launched a tax management product…

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Cardtonic

Cardtonic Introduces Platinum Card to Unlock Global Contactless Payments for Everyday Users

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Credit Direct by FCMB

Target Yield: A structured path to disciplined investing in Nigeria

Target Yield offers Nigerians a disciplined goal-driven investment structure with…

Credit Direct (1)
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Credit Direct by FCMB

Why more Nigerians are choosing Credit Direct to invest their money

In Nigeria’s fast-evolving financial ecosystem, one persistent challenge continues to…

Credit Direct Yield
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Rana Energy

Rana Energy Fuels Africa’s Clean Energy Revolution with $3M Pre-Seed for AI-Powered Digital Utility

Rana Energy, an AI-powered Clean Energy-as-a-Service ecosystem, announced the successful…

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Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric Unveils Liquid Cooling Portfolio with Motivair Featuring Dedicated Solutions and Services for HPC and AI Workloads

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy…

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All-On

All-On canvases increased funding of renewable energy projects

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AFC, Afreximbank, Standard Chartered… the big money backers behind Dangote’s industrial push across Africa

From Afreximbank’s billions to a Nigerian billionaire’s personal cheque, here’s who is really funding Dangote’s refinery and fertiliser empire, and why African money, not foreign banks, is doing the heavy lifting.

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Why Ethiopia’s banking sector reform hasn’t landed a single foreign bank 

For decades, Ethiopia barred foreign banks from its financial sector, reserving the market for domestic institutions. Although recent reforms have opened the door to international lenders, investor interest has remained muted.

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In Nigeria, exchange rate no longer wields the political tension it once did

The naira has lost half its value since 2023’s float, yet no candidate is promising to reverse it. As Nigeria heads to 2027, the currency that once decided elections has quietly faded from the political debate.

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TotalEnergies’ winner-takes-all approach in Uganda may soon pay off

TotalEnergies bet big when Western banks walked away from Uganda’s oil dream. Now, with the EACOP pipeline nearly built and first oil due in 2026, that risky, go-it-alone strategy looks set to pay off — for the company and for Uganda.

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