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Africa CEO Forum: Sall and Bazoum lead the charge on agriculture and the environment

"As Europe did to continue to get Russian gas..." In front of nearly a thousand participants who came to attend the closing presidential panel ... of the Africa CEO Forum* organised on 13 and 14 June in Abidjan, Senegal's President Macky Sall pointed out the double standards from which African economies suffer because of the crisis in Ukraine.

Drawing parallels

African debt: What about the role of rating agencies?

The global leaders in financial ratings for debt are once again facing a salvo of criticism from some 60 development actors. Here are some explanations ... and responses from the institutions in question.

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Standard Chartered claims unwavering support for Africa

Standard Chartered has built a reputation as an emerging-market banking champion: a bank that prides itself on its business across Asia, Africa ... and the Middle East.

New dog old tricks?

DRC: How did President Tshisekedi’s first term in office go?

The peaceful handover of power from President Joseph Kabila to President Felix Tshisekedi was applauded worldwide. It was seen as the rupture ... from a past characterised by coups and military takeovers, corruption and misgovernance

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Afreximbank AGM: ‘Industrialisation required for Intra-African free trade to flourish’

Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto attends a presidential campaign rally in Nairobi

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Kenya 2022: Ruto goes to war with the media and attacks ‘deep state’

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Finance: Tidjane Thiam’s SPAC to merge with USA’s Human Longevity

economic war

Afreximbank AGM: ‘Industrialisation required for Intra-African free trade to flourish’

Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto attends a presidential campaign rally in Nairobi

ground work

Kenya 2022: Ruto goes to war with the media and attacks ‘deep state’

health span

Finance: Tidjane Thiam’s SPAC to merge with USA’s Human Longevity

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Africa CEO Forum: Artificial intelligence, taxation, AfCFTA – the tools of independence

"How do we want to be remembered in history? As simple consumers? Or as transformers of our potential and resources?" With this question, Kate ... Fotso, the boss of Cameroon's Telcar Cocoa, sums up the challenge that Africa must take up to build its economic independence. This debate, at the heart of the Africa CEO Forum held in Abidjan, was discussed during a round table on 13 June.

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Should we stop making a fuss about African debt?

The economic consequences of the Covid-19 crisis have revived fears about the indebtedness of African countries. Is this alarmism justified? ... We investigate this question in our four-part series.

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Shoots of growth

How Africa can win from the omnicrisis

Beyond planning national economic recoveries as they exited the pandemic, policymakers were also focusing on ways to maximise the value of the ... African Continental Free Trade Area to diversify regional economies and break free of the dependence on unprocessed commodity exports.

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DRC: M23 rebels capture Bunagana border post, Uganda dismiss accusations of helping them

The Democratic Republic of Congo-based Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) rebels captured Bunagana border post on the morning of Monday 13 June, forcing ... Congolese soldiers and police to run into Uganda for safety. The DRC accuses Rwanda of supporting the rebels, and after the capture of the border post, there were online reports that Ugandan soldiers also aided the rebels. Army officials in Kampala have dismissed those claims.

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Elsewedy Electric CEO bullish on African markets despite risks

Engineer Ahmed El Sewedy, President and CEO of Egypt's Elsewedy Electric, tells The Africa Report he is a staunch believer in the business potential ... of many African countries, shedding light on where opportunities are on the continent.

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With 1500 business leaders, investors and policy makers from across Africa and the world, the Africa CEO Forum kicks off today in Abidjan, Côte ... d'Ivoire.

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