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Source: Supplied. Participants at the kick-off meeting of the RASME Project in Namibia.

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Source: Reuters/Luc Gnago. Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala speaks during an interview with Reuters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast April 9, 2018.

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Source: EcoBank.

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Duncan Miriri 12 Aug 2025

Source: Nedbank Group.

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National Women's Rugby team sings the National Anthem. Source: FNB.

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Source: Supplied. Sergio Barbosa, chief executive officer of FutureBank.

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Source: Botswana Government/Instagram. His Excellency Ndaba Gaolathe, Vice-President of Botswana.

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Katja Hamilton 10 Jul 2025

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Source: African Development Bank Group.

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Source: Supplied. Philani Potwana: CEO of Private Core Banking – Private Bank.

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Source: Supplied. Afreximbank President: Dr. George Elombi.

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Source: FNB Credit Card Data Science Head: Akshay Bhayroo.

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