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Africa’s richest man is under pressure
Dangote refinery crisis, tackling food insecurity, Nigeria’s minimum wage, Ruto coopts his opponents, and South Africa pursues US reset.
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Africa’s richest man scrambles to calm crisis around $20 billion refinery
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote is battling to get his $20 billion refinery in Nigeria fully functional amid a row with local regulators.
Reuters/Marvellous Durowaiye
Africa’s food crisis needs innovative funding — UN official
The United Nations now says innovative funding models are needed to spur investment and prevent food shortages across Africa that are predicted to grip countries in the coming years.
Shirleen Kay/Wikimedia Commons
Kenya’s Ruto ropes opposition into his cabinet amid protests
Kenyan President William Ruto nominates allies of the main opposition leader to key ministries in a bid to quell mass protests that have rocked his government.
Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
Big Pharma pushes early detection in Africa cancer battle
Global pharmaceutical companies and the WHO are ramping up a push for early cancer detection to enhance treatment of the disease across Africa.
Reuters/Olivier Asselin
Nigeria’s $220 million fine against Meta previews a clash over market power
Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp and Facebook, is preparing to appeal a decision by Nigerian regulators to impose a $220 million fine against it for alleged market power abuse.
Reuters/Yves Herman
How Bright Stars’ big night gave South Sudan hope
South Sudan’s “Bright Stars” national basketball team came within eight seconds of one of the greatest upsets in their short history on Saturday night in London.
Laurent Lairys / Panoramic via Reuters
Kenya’s Ruto starts rebuilding cabinet after mass sacking
Kenya’s president nominates his first batch of new ministers after firing nearly his entire cabinet last week amid pressure from protests.
Nigeria ramps up food imports, cuts tariffs to calm inflation
Nigeria will ramp up the importation of key food items and pause import taxes on certain grains in an attempt to battle runaway food inflation causing widespread hardship.
Elon Musk’s Starlink struggles with regulations in Africa
Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband service is struggling to expand in Africa due to regulatory obstacles.
Kenyan media ‘under attack’ by police in protests
Kenyan journalists have accused the police of subjecting them to extreme violence during the country’s ongoing protests.
Investors, founders feeling more upbeat about Africa’s tech sector
Investors in African startups are increasingly confident of a return to more dealmaking, as the causes of a near two-year pullback by global capital providers stabilize or fade away.
UAE lifts its 21-month visa ban on Nigerians
The UAE has lifted a visa ban on Nigerians and introduced new rules requiring digital verification for Nigerian passport holders seeking its visas.
How Ethiopia’s Abiy changed his country
“Abiy is without doubt one of the most enigmatic, confounding and contradictory figures in contemporary African politics. In fact it is hard to overstate just how slippery and elusive he is.”
Kenya’s President Ruto sacks almost entire cabinet
Kenya’s embattled President William Ruto sacked nearly every member of his cabinet following weeks of protests across the country.
Africa’s youngest president makes calm start to reshaping Senegal
Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s first 100 days as Senegal’s president have been marked with audits reviewing public finances and minerals contracts.
Families of Ethiopia crash victims slam Boeing’s US plea deal
Boeing pleaded guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge in a deal that has sparked anger among relatives of people killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash five years ago.
Kenya’s recent protests are the product of a long-simmering discontent
President William Ruto has withdrawn his controversial finance bill after deadly nationwide protests, but the demonstrations have transformed into calls for his resignation.
West Africa bloc tries to dissuade junta-led breakaway states
West Africa’s regional bloc Ecowas has launched a formal push to convince three junta-led member states not to leave the union.