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Africa fights back against a distorted 400-year-old world map
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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August 18, 2025
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent The African Union has taken a bold step, backing a campaign to replace the 16th-century Mercator map with a more accurate representation of the world. At first glance, this might seem like a...
Africa’s Moment: From Addis to the World, Food Systems Must Change Now
Inter Press Service
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August 18, 2025
Africa, Aid, Development & Aid, Food and Agriculture, Food Systems, Headlines Food and Agriculture Dr. Stefanos Fotiou is Director, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub UNFSS+4 delivered a clear message: solutions already exist. What’s missing is...
Africa’s US$100 Billion Investment Gap Needs Legal Fix, Bank Chief Warns
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
Africa faces a staggering $100 billion annual shortfall in foreign direct investment, African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina told a packed legal conference in Kenya. He blamed weak rule of law, crushing debt burdens, and predatory...
Africa's maritime network makes up 22.1% of intra-African goods transport
Hespress
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August 18, 2025
HESPRESS English – Morocco News Economy With MAPMonday 18 August 2025 - 14:59 Africa’s maritime network, with a 30,725 km coastline and numerous rivers and lakes, accounts for 22.1% of intra-African goods transport, revealed the 11th edition of...
Africa Data Centres achieves level one B-BBEE certification, reinforcing its commitment to inclusive digital transformation
ITWeb
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August 18, 2025
Africa Data Centres achieves level one B-BBEE certification, reinforcing its commitment to inclusive digital transformation. Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, has announced it...
Africa leaders launch SUSTAIN initiative to finance stronger health systems
Ghanaian Times
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August 18, 2025
A new framework to boost Africa’s ability to finance and manage its own health systems has been launched at the Africa Health Sovereignty Summit in Accra. The framework, called the SUSTAIN Initiative, was introduced on August 5, 2025, under the...
Africa50's Maputo gathering marks a turning point for African infrastructure
African Business
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August 18, 2025
This article was produced with the support of Africa50 The 2025 Africa50 General Shareholders Meeting (GSM), held in Maputo under the high patronage of Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo, was more than a formal gathering of shareholders....
Africa launches homegrown AI venture to drive digital sovereignty
Business Day
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August 18, 2025
Four global tech leaders—Lakeba Group (Australia), Next Digital (Nigeria), AqlanX (UAE), and Agentic Dynamic (Netherlands)—have formed AfricAI, a joint venture aimed at developing and deploying enterprise-grade AI solutions built locally for...
African Weightlifting Youth Championship Kicks Off in Accra
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
Ghana’s capital set the stage for a vibrant celebration of strength and culture as the African Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championship commenced in Accra. The opening ceremony at the Ga Mashie Hall, Trust Sports Emporium, featured dynamic...
Africa needs transformative education, not just skills training
Semafor
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August 18, 2025
If we want to see a thriving African economy — one whose companies deliver strong shareholder returns while offering dignity to their workforce — we must stop chasing youth-skills trends and embrace a new form of education. As long as we chase the...
Africa’s climate challenge: Fair fossil exit, finance
ESI Africa
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August 18, 2025
Nearly 600 million people across the African continent still lack access to electricity. Close to one billion rely on traditional biofuels for cooking. Africa is also very vulnerable to climate change, even though it has contributed less than 5%...
Africa Must Reduce Reliance On Imported Medicines, World Health Organization (WHO) Urges At Regional Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Training Workshop
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Africa must prioritize pharmaceutical self-reliance by boosting local medicine production rooted in global quality standards, said Dr Owen Laws Kaluwa, WHO Representative to Ethiopia, in a keynote address delivered at a...
South Africa: Water And Sanitation On More Than $10 Billion Raised During The Water Investment Summit
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Water and Sanitation Minister, Pemmy Majodina has expressed her satisfaction on the commitments made following a three-day inaugural African Union-Africa Water Investment Programme (AIP) Water Investment Summit which was opened...
Mapping Africa’s future
Africa Confidential
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18 Aug 2025 PREVIEW The African Union (AU) is urging the international community to ditch the 16th century Mercator map by endorsing the Equal Earth Wall Map which bills itself as ‘showing countries and continents at their true sizes relative to...
Bank of Algeria Joins PAPSS Network, Accelerating Financial Integration in Africa as Algeria Prepares to Host IATF 2025
Financial IT
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August 18, 2025
The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) launched by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, has officially...
South Africa – VS USA Relations: Caught Between Politics And Business
Business Ghana
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Introduction: The Tariff Trap and the Multipolar Dilemma South Africa’s relationship with the United States is a story of deep cooperation shadowed by growing complexity. Born in the hopeful dawn of democracy, this partnership has weathered...
Ras Mubarak leads 40,000km drive across 39 countries for visa-free Africa by 2030
Graphic
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August 18, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign, spearheaded by former Kumbungu MP Ras Mubarak, has begun a 163-day journey across 39 African countries to press for a borderless and visa-free continent by 2030. The campaign, which began at the Black...
South Africa, the ICJ ruling and the climate verdict that must inspire a continent
IOL
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August 17, 2025
Nomvula Zeldah Mabuza|Published 4 hours ago 6min The International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) advisory opinion of July 23, 2025 marks a defining moment in international climate law. For South Africa, it is not a verdict of limitation; it is a...
The Mercato Map – A colonial lie that shrank Africa, then divided it
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 18, 2025
The 1569 Mercator map did not merely misrepresent Africa’s size—it mutilated its dignity and incapacitated its destiny. From the moment Gerardus Mercator shrank Africa on paper, the continent was deliberately diminished in the eyes of the world....
Luanda summit targets Africa's $100 billion infrastructure funding gap
The Standard
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A section of Narobi Expressway as captrured from Westlands on April 23, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard] African heads of state will gather in Luanda from October 28-31 for a high-stakes summit aimed at closing the continent’s $100 billion annual...