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WHO workers mobilised 4.7 tonnes of essential medical supplies and emergency kits to support the affected regions in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya. Image credit: World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

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A health worker takes the temperature of a woman passing through the Kanyaruchinya checkpoint, as authorities and aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in the northern entry into the city of Goma, North Kivu province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Arlette Bashizi

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Birame Sock, Kwely founder and CEO. Source: Kwely

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African B2B marketplace Kwely raises nearly $1m in seed funding

29 Apr 2022

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De Beers signs contracts with Angola for diamond licences

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Helen Reid 20 Apr 2022

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Nicholas P. Sullivan 19 Apr 2022

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Economy

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Rachel Savage 14 Apr 2022

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13 Apr 2022

Ghanian artist melts glass waste into wonders

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Ghanian artist melts glass waste into wonders

Cooper Inveen and Francis Kokoroko 11 Apr 2022

Congolese city turns its plastic problem into profit

Circular Economy & Waste Management

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European, Asian coal users scramble for new sources ahead of EU Russia ban

Energy

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Nelson Banya and Sonali Paul 8 Apr 2022

Agri companies withdrawing from Russia

Agribusiness

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Platform launched to assist African students in Ukraine

Education

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7 Apr 2022

Farfetch to invest up to $200m in Neiman Marcus Group in strategic luxury tie-up

E-commerce

Farfetch to invest up to $200m in Neiman Marcus Group in strategic luxury tie-up

5 Apr 2022

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Banking

IFC invests $50m in the first gender bond issued by Banco Pichincha

5 Apr 2022

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Sustainability

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Laurie Goering 5 Apr 2022

Algorithms, bots and elections in Africa: how social media influences political choices

Social Media

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Martin N Ndlela 5 Apr 2022

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

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Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

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Research

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4 Apr 2022

Africa's rural communities will be the hardest hit by plastic pollution

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Africa's rural communities will be the hardest hit by plastic pollution

Joshua Amponsem 1 Apr 2022

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

Forestry

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Cast members of the locally produced Netflix series Blood & Water

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Science & Engineering

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Bertina Engelbrecht, Clicks Group CEO (centre) at the opening of Clicks 800th store at Somerset Crossing Shopping Centre with (left to right) Vikash Singh (Clicks managing executive), Gift Jeffrey (Clicks area manager), Dhevan Pillay (Clicks chief store operations officer) and Musa Mkhwanazi (Clicks regional manager). Photo credit: Jaco Cilliers Photography.

Retailers

Clicks sets goal to have 900 stores in South Africa by 2026

29 Mar 2022

Global smart building deployments to see growth of over 150% by 2026

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