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Monday, 7 July 2025


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Nigeria-born banking startups target emerging market gig workers

The companies offer international money transfers with paperless accounts.

Seven African countries to be hit hardest by Trump’s USAID cuts

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID could trigger “a potentially massive economic shock,” researchers said.

African Union needs ‘urgent reform’ after leadership elections as US steps back

The Trump administration’s decision to end vital aid projects on the continent leaves a vacuum that the AU could fill.

South Africa might bypass Black ownership rules for Musk

Government officials have discussed enabling Elon Musk’s companies to sidestep a policy aimed at redressing apartheid-era inequalities.

Analysis: Why Africa must — and can — build its own AI giants

This is Africa’s AI moment and we must think bigger, with more ambition.

USAID’s dismantling threatens African development

Washington’s main foreign aid body is reportedly set to cut its staff of 10,000 to about 300, with only about a dozen…