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Paris Fashion Sorbier © Models dance while saxophonist Manu Dibango performs during the presentation of Franck Sorbier’s Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2018 fashion collection in Paris, Wednesday, Jan.24, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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© Prudential sees health insurance as a growth market in Africa. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

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© Prudential sees health insurance as a growth market in Africa. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

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Premium badgePrudential says business growing across Africa, to roll out health-insurance app Global insurer Prudential has seen growth in premiums and numbers of policies sold across Africa this year, Eddie Brown, head of francophone Africa, t...
Streetlights illuminate the central business district in Cape Town

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Premium badgeSouth Africa: Tour operators sound the alert as bureaucracy chokes recovery South Africa risks shooting itself in the foot as regulatory failings for the licensing of tour operators cripple the industry’s capacity to respond t...

fears revived

Premium badgeShould 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 invest...

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