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Big 5 Construct Ethiopia And East Africa Infrastructure & Water Expo Support The Country’s Infrastructure And Construction Ambitions
Africa.com
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July 2, 2025
The event, co-located with East Africa Infrastructure & Water Expo, will run from 26–28 June 2025 at Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa Over 180 exhibitors from more than 20 countries, including China, Germany, India, Italy, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia...
Kenya’s SACCO Sector Advances Digital Access Enabled By EFT Corporation
Africa.com
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July 2, 2025
EFT Corporation, an African payment solutions provider supporting over 100 million end users and processing more than $33 billion in transactions annually, has announced its partnership with a number of Kenya’s leading SACCOs to co-create a shared...
Fintech And FWA Boost Telecom Connectivity Services In Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa.com
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July 2, 2025
5G subscriptions to top 2.9 billion globally by the end of 2025 and 5G networks forecast to handle 80 percent of global mobile traffic by the end of 2030. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 5G is expected to grow significantly to around 400 million...
Momentum Builds In The Fight To End Neglected Tropical Diseases As Kigali Declaration Marks Third Anniversary
Africa.com
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July 2, 2025
Over 80 countries and organisations in Africa have declared their commitment to ending the suffering caused by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), a group of diseases that affect more than one billion people globally, primarily in vulnerable...
Fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024
Media Monitors Network
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July 10, 2025
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee (Committee) regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024, held on...
Democracy Is Not Dead – But It Must Be Reborn
Africa.com
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July 1, 2025
Democracy is in retreat. Across continents, long-standing institutions are crumbling, civic freedoms are under siege, and autocrats are rewriting the rules of engagement. In country after country, from Hungary to Myanmar, the United Staes to Sudan...
Op-Ed: How To Turn The Nightmare Of Refunds Into A Massive Retail Advantage
Africa.com
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June 26, 2025
By Shaun Shehab, Lead Solutions Engineer at Ecentric The South African retail market is experiencing rapid change and evolution. Ecentric’s Black Friday index revealed a massive surge in both online and in-store purchases, especially during...
The goal of eliminating malaria by 2030 is in jeopardy
Africa.com
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June 30, 2025
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, June 16, 2025 /African Media Agency (AMA)/ – Africa could see 554,000 additional malaria deaths due to climate change, unless urgent action is taken. The goal of eliminating malaria by 2030 is in jeopardy, as climate...
CRDB Bank Embarks On Digital Transformation With BPC Next-Generation Smartvista Platform
Africa.com
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June 18, 2025
CRDB Bank, the largest private universal bank in Tanzania, has partnered with BPC, a global leader in payment solutions, to migrate its acquiring and issuing systems to a BPC’s next-generation SmartVista platform. The strategic move enabledCRDB...
ETHICORE ranked in Africa’s Top 10 for government and public affairs
Africa.com
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June 30, 2025
Cape Town, South Africa, 11 June 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-ETHICORE – the industry leading pan African international government and public affairs firm headquartered in South Africa, has been named one of Africa’s Top 10 Best Agencies by...
From Ambition To Academia: Second DBA Cohort Marks A Milestone For Regent Business School
Africa.com
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June 25, 2025
Regent Business School marks another significant chapter in its academic story as it celebrates the graduation of Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) graduates. This milestone reaffirms the institution’s commitment to developing...
Most well-off East Africans revealed
Independent (Uganda)
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July 11, 2025
So why are Ugandans the most angry? COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | When Ugandans are asked to evaluate their life based on quality of life, happiness, and fulfillment on a ladder with steps numbered from 0 (the worst possible life) to 10 (the...
Liquid C2 Achieves Sophos Platinum Partner Status, Elevating Cloud And Cyber Managed Services Across Africa
Africa.com
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June 25, 2025
Liquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, is proud to announce that it has attained Platinum Partner status with global cyber security leader Sophos, the highest level in Sophos’ partner...
Bavarian Nordic initiates clinical trials of mpox vaccine in infants and pregnant women
Pharmabiz.com
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Bavarian Nordic A/S, a global vaccine company with a mission to improve health and save lives through innovative vaccines, has announced the initiation of the first of two clinical trials designed to support approval and use of the MVA-BN...
Industry Calls For ‘Faster Execution’ And ‘Effective PPPs’ At The Opening Of Big 5 Construct South Africa And South Africa Infrastructure & Water Expo
Africa.com
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June 26, 2025
The 12th edition of Big 5 Construct South Africa and the inaugural South Africa Infrastructure & Water Expo officially opened in Johannesburg, hosting industry professionals until 20 June 2025 South African Council for the Project and Construction...
Goodwall, HP Inc And Microsoft Launch Nextgen AI Alliance Programme To Equip Youth For The Future Of Work
Africa.com
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June 27, 2025
Building digital and AI fluency to prepare youth for the future economy In a groundbreaking move to bridge the AI access gap, Goodwall has joined forces with Microsoft and HP Inc to launch the NextGen AI Alliance, an innovative global partnership...
Bavarian Nordic begins mpox vaccine trial in pregnant women and infants
Clinical Trials Arena
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June 26, 2025
Bavarian Nordic has initiated two Phase III clinical trials of its mpox vaccine, Jynneos, in pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as infants aged under two years. The first infants have been dosed in one Phase III study (NCT06844487), which...
Launch of Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre
Africa.com
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June 26, 2025
Site of significant palaeontological discovery in Golden Gate Highlands National Park set to become an exciting addition to South Africa’s worldclass tourism offering. The Department of Tourism, in partnership with South African National Parks and...
Bridging The First Mile: How DP World Is Connecting Lives In Rural Rwanda
Africa.com
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June 27, 2025
DP World and Bridges to Prosperity connected four communities, transforming daily life for thousands of residents through sustainable infrastructure Until recently, Akaliza, a 10-year-old schoolgirl in Kabeza, a remote Rwandan village near the...
Kagame’s Rwanda: The Discomforting Student No Class Can Ignore
KT Press Rwanda
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July 11, 2025
52 What makes Kagame, and Rwanda itself, so discomforting. They are the student who aces the test, but whose performance makes everyone else in the classroom feel exposed — underprepared, slow, or uninterested. In the heart of Nairobi, a group of...