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Friday, 7 August 2020

Anti status quo

The top 50 African Disruptors (41-45)

The Africa Report’s inaugural ranking of the top Africans who are disrupting the status quo in politics, business and the arts: from investigative ... journalists to world-class athletes and Nobel Peace Prize winners.

A customer sets up an M-Pesa account.

Digital acceleration

Kenya’s M-Pesa sees consumer, business services opportunities in COVID-19

M-Pesa is planning a consumer “lifestyle” offering as it seeks to deepen clients’ use of its mobile-money application, Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, ... interim CEO of M-Pesa Africa, tells The Africa Report.

Thursday, 6 August 2020

brewing moves

Cameroon: With Heineken’s exit, Castel has sole command of SABC

The Dutch beer giant sold its stake in brewing company Société anonyme des brasseries du Cameroun (SABC) for €64m. ...

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Seismic Shift

Somalia: The dawning of a new era of oil exploration

Somalia will in coming years become an oil producing country and build an industry that will create jobs and support economic growth, Ibrahim ... Ali Hussein, chairman and CEO of the newly created Somali Petroleum Authority, tells The Africa Report.

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

Human transformers

The top 50 African disruptors (46-50)

The Africa Report’s inaugural ranking of the top Africans who are disrupting the status quo in politics, business and the arts: from investigative ... journalists to world-class athletes and Nobel Peace Prize winners.

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Chain Reaction

Kenya: Twiga Foods seeks funding to expand in East African market

Kenyan food distribution company Twiga Foods plans to seek new funding within the next 18 months as it shifts its planned West Africa expansion ... to markets closer to home, CEO Peter Njonjo tells The Africa Report.

Tuesday, 4 August 2020

half-year statements

Nigeria: Major oil companies see drop in revenue

Seplat and others' revenues have plunged by N85.2bn ($224.5m) in half-year 2020. ...

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Monopoly money

Ethiopia prepares for partial privatisation of Ethio Telecom

As Ethiopia prepares for the partial privatisation of Ethio Telecom, the state telecoms monopoly has announced a 31.4% jump in revenues for the ... 2019/20 year.

making history

CBN’s Emefiele: ‘The Nigerian situation is a challenging one’ says analyst

In the second part of our series on the governors running the Central Banks of West Africa, we take a look at Nigeria's Godwin Emefiele. ...

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Monday, 3 August 2020

Catch 22

Zambia: Fiscal consolidation needed to end debt spiral

Zambia risks losing access to international debt markets unless it can offer a convincing programme of fiscal reforms. ...

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