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Ripple Partners With Ctrl Alt to Expand Custody Footprint Into Middle East
CryptoPotato
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July 17, 2025
Ripple announced an alliance with the tokenization platform Ctrl Alt to support the Dubai Land Department’s (DLD) Real Estate Tokenization Project. The joint venture will enable the companies to expand their reach into the UAE, highlighting the...
UBA’s LEO Emerges Africa’s 1st Chatbot To Enable Cross-border Payments
Leadership
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July 17, 2025
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced that its Artificial Intelligence chatbot, LEO is now enabled to carry out cross-border payment transactions. By this, LEO becomes Africa’s first AI-powered chatbot to facilitate cross-border...
French army leaves Senegal, ending military presence in west Africa
Yahoo News
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France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in either west or central Africa. Ending the French army's 65 years in independent Senegal, the pull-out comes after similar...
TATC, Mastercard Foundation support youth employability in Africa
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 17, 2025
The African Talent Company (TATC), through Jobberman Nigeria, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has implemented the Young Africa Works Strategy, training over 2.4 million young Nigerians and facilitating more than 600,000 job...
5 African ESOs secure backing from Village Capital’s $4m Ecosystem Catalysts Facility
Disrupt Africa
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July 17, 2025
Five Entrepreneur Support Organisations (ESOs) have been named as venture partners for Village Capital’s Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility (AECF), a US$4 million initiative designed to invest in startups developing context-specific solutions...
A Global Endorsement Of Emirati Regulatory Leadership: Waleed Al Awadhi Elected Chair of IOSCO’s Africa And Middle East Regional Committee
Mondovisione
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In a milestone that reflects the rising global prominence of Emirati regulatory leadership, the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) proudly announces the election of H.E. Waleed Saeed Al Awadhi, CEO, as Chair of the Africa and Middle East...
Roche & the African Society for Laboratory Medicine launch partnership to strengthen diagnostic ...
Business Ghana
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The partnership dubbed, Leadership Excellence for African Diagnostics (LEAD) between Roche and ASLM is a three-year programme to strengthen lab leadership in Africa The initiative focuses on mentorship and training to build lab leadership...
Airtel-Perplexity Pro deal: All customers get free access
Mint
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July 17, 2025
Telecom giant Bharti Airtel has partnered with Perplexity, to provide all its 36 crore subscribers 12-months of with free access to the artificial intelligence (AI) start-up's ₹17,000 worth Perplexity Pro tool, according to an official release on...
Africa: Digital transformation accelerates with investment, innovation
Business Day
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July 16, 2025
Africa’s digital transformation is accelerating, with growing investment, innovation, and expanding access. But infrastructure and investment gaps impede the scale and scope of progress. Expanding the continent’s digital future requires urgent and...
Abbott Launches Fast Triple Test Kit For African Mothers
KT Press Rwanda
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July 16, 2025
4 Abbott, a global healthcare company, has announced the rollout of a new World Health Organization (WHO)-approved triple test kit that allows African mothers to test for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, and Syphilis simultaneously. Unveiled at the ongoing...
Shettima: Buhari’s Death is Loss to Africa
This Day
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July 17, 2025
•Xi Jinping: the Chinese lost a dear friend •FEC holds special session for Buhari today Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Michael Olugbode, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Linus Aleke in Abuja, Segun Awofadeji in Gombe Vice President Kashim Shettima has described the...
Ghana’s Cyber Security Authority Forges Strategic Partnership with Meta
News Ghana
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July 17, 2025
The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has entered a landmark collaboration with tech giant Meta to strengthen Ghana’s digital defenses. During high-level talks at CSA headquarters, Meta’s Vice President for Africa, Middle East and Türkiye, Kojo...
In African politics, rampant belief in witchcraft fortifies some, vexes others
The Hindu
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July 17, 2025
Wilson Watira offered his hand when he met his political rival at a funeral, gesturing for a proper handshake. The man didn't want contact, instead folding a piece of paper that he aimed at Watira. “He looked at me and picked that piece of paper...
Leaders push to eliminate NTDs in Africa by 2030
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 17, 2025
About 50 African Union Member States have endorsed a ground-breaking digital micro-planning portal co-created by Africa CDC to accelerate the elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD), which primarily affect impoverished communities in...
Africa faces critical hurdles to meeting 2030 SDGs deadline
ESI Africa
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July 16, 2025
The UN has sounded the alarm on the lack of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa, as the continent continues to seek to accelerate its progress. And with five years remaining until the 2030 deadline, a new UN report...
Africa’s DFI paradox: 20% of global DFIs, yet only 1.9% of assets
ESI Africa
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July 16, 2025
Despite comprising 20% of global Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), Africa holds just 1.9% of assets, underscoring the need for capacity building through regional technical assistance and project preparation facilities. This is according to...
The crisis threatening Africa’s workforce
Business Ghana
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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are rapidly emerging as one of the most significant threats to workforce health, productivity and operational resilience across Africa. Often going undetected until it's too late, these chronic conditions -...
Trade Minister Engages Moroccan Delegation On Strategic Investment Partnerships
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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July 16, 2025
PR & COMMS UPDATES – MOTAI The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Hon. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, on Tuesday, July 16, 2025, received a visiting delegation from the Kingdom of Morocco led by His Excellency Abderrahim Cherrab, Deputy Head...
Diplomacy in the Age of Digital Warfare: How Nigeria Can Protect Its Sovereignty
This Day
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July 16, 2025
By Ugo Inyama In today’s hyper-connected world, warfare has expanded far beyond guns and battlegrounds. The new arsenal includes disinformation, spyware, artificial intelligence, and bot-driven influence campaigns. Digital warfare is not only...
Alternative Bank, NCX partner on commodities trade
Punch
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July 16, 2025
The Alternative Bank has announced a strategic partnership with the Nigeria Commodity Exchange aimed at unlocking greater value across the agricultural value chain through a structured, finance-enabled commodities trading ecosystem. In a statement...