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View shows trucks queuing with sacks of grains at the grain market in Merkato neighbourhood of Addis Ababa © African Renaissance sees Ethiopian logistics as a key growth market. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

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African Renaissance Partners believes venture-capital investment is set to take off in east Africa.

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Concrete Ceiling

Premium badgeFlutterwave targets Australia’s struggling African diaspora Remittance service targets Australian Africans – yet structural racism limits the diaspora’s ability to send money home.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, 25 May 2023. (AFP/Concord Group)

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Sudan Ethiopia © Ethiopian refugees rest in Qadarif region, easter Sudan, Wednesday, Nov 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

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View shows trucks queuing with sacks of grains at the grain market in Merkato neighbourhood of Addis Ababa © African Renaissance sees Ethiopian logistics as a key growth market. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

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Premium badgeAfrican Renaissance considers second East Africa venture capital tech fund African Renaissance Partners believes venture-capital investment is set to take off in east Africa.
Celebrations for the Coronation Ceremony of King Charles and Queen Camilla in Melbourne © An Australian flag is seen on a table at an Australian Monarchist League dinner celebrating the Coronation Ceremony of Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla, in Melbourne, Australia, May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders

Concrete Ceiling

Premium badgeFlutterwave targets Australia’s struggling African diaspora Remittance service targets Australian Africans – yet structural racism limits the diaspora’s ability to send money home.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, 25 May 2023. (AFP/Concord Group)

What’s next?

Premium badgeThe myth of Wagner in Africa Following the Wagner mutiny that shook President Vladimir Putin in June, and the recent coup in Niger, speculation about the activities of the private...

South Sudan top stories

View shows trucks queuing with sacks of grains at the grain market in Merkato neighbourhood of Addis Ababa © African Renaissance sees Ethiopian logistics as a key growth market. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Problem Solvers

Premium badgeAfrican Renaissance considers second East Africa venture capital tech fund African Renaissance Partners believes venture-capital investment is set to take off in east Africa.
Celebrations for the Coronation Ceremony of King Charles and Queen Camilla in Melbourne © An Australian flag is seen on a table at an Australian Monarchist League dinner celebrating the Coronation Ceremony of Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla, in Melbourne, Australia, May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders

Concrete Ceiling

Premium badgeFlutterwave targets Australia’s struggling African diaspora Remittance service targets Australian Africans – yet structural racism limits the diaspora’s ability to send money home.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, 25 May 2023. (AFP/Concord Group)

What’s next?

Premium badgeThe myth of Wagner in Africa Following the Wagner mutiny that shook President Vladimir Putin in June, and the recent coup in Niger, speculation about the activities of the private...

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missing mandate

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Conflict implication

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Plan B

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