Three-year partnership will combine trade finance, insurance and reinsurance expertise to build skills across African markets AFRICA NEWS | ISAAC KHISA | The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and ZEP-RE have signed a three-year agreement to strengthen professional and institutional capacity in trade, insurance, reinsurance, risk management and trade …
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Geneva, Switzerland | URN | The World Health Organisation says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is showing encouraging signs of slowing in some areas, but continues to grow and kill, with cases rising sharply in North Kivu. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says transmission is …
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East African airlines are using algorithms to make pricing decisions leaving a question: when the price on the screen changes, how much of that decision belongs to a human revenue manager and how much belongs to a machine? NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | At midday on …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has secured 113 billion shillings, equivalent to 31 million US dollars, from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) after achieving verified reductions in deforestation and forest degradation. The funding, announced at the launch of the Uganda REDD+ Results-Based Payments Project, rewards Uganda for reducing an estimated …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Quality Chemical Industries Limited (Qcil) has called for stronger cooperation between Uganda and Nigeria to expand pharmaceutical manufacturing, strengthen regional medicine supply chains and improve access to quality-assured medicines across Africa. The call was made during the Uganda–Nigeria Business Forum and Exhibition held in …
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KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | Ebola transmission is showing starkly different trends across affected areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the epidemic peak having passed in Ituri, the main epicenter of the outbreak, while transmission continues to rise in the eastern province of North Kivu, a …
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KIGALI | Xinhua | Rwanda’s economy grew by 9.4 percent in the second quarter of 2026, up from 7.8 percent during the same quarter of 2025, driven by strong performance in the industry and services sectors, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) …
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KISII, Kenya | Xinhua | Across the steep, green hills of Kisii County of western Kenya, newly built roads are transforming lives and boosting local commerce. Trucks loaded with bananas, avocados, sugarcane, and soapstone now head out at dawn, bringing quick returns for local farmers. Before Chinese companies upgraded the …
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COMMENT | SITHEMBISO BHENGU | The rise of the Global South is reshaping the architecture of global power. What began in 2006 as a modest grouping of emerging economies, with South Africa officially joining in 2011, has grown into an 11-member grouping spanning four continents, with a growing circle of …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | How big is Africa? The answer can differ strikingly from one world map to another. The question has taken on new weight since Sept. 4, when the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a “Correct the Map” resolution by 164 votes to 1, with 6 …
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