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Africa’s US$100 Billion Investment Gap Needs Legal Fix, Bank Chief Warns
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
Africa faces a staggering $100 billion annual shortfall in foreign direct investment, African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina told a packed legal conference in Kenya. He blamed weak rule of law, crushing debt burdens, and predatory...
Seychelles Participates In The 45Th Ordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit Of Heads Of State And Government
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The 45th Ordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government, along with the preceding Senior Officials and Council of Ministers meetings, took place in Antananarivo, Madagascar...
Etoro And Emirati-Founded Sahab School Partner To Advance Financial Skills In The UAE
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) Dubai, United Arab Emirates – August 18, 2025: eToro , the trading and investing platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with Sahab School, an Emirati-owned financial education institution based in Dubai, to...
Small-cap multibagger stock jumps 18% following Indian stock market rally. Do you own?
Mint
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August 18, 2025
Shares of small-cap multibagger stock Integrated Industries surged nearly 18 percent in intra-day trading on Monday, August 18, following broad-based gains in Indian markets. Investor optimism was fueled by easing global headwinds, hopes of a...
Public Finance, Governance, Justice And Development: Keynote Address By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President And Chairman, Boards Of Directors, African Development Bank Group At The 2025 Kenya Law Society Conference - August 15, 2025
MENAFN
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August 16, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) PROTOCOLS Honorable Chief Justice of Kenya, Chief Justice Martha Koome, Distinguished Judges of the Supreme Court, President of the Kenya Law Society, Mrs. Faith Odhiambo, Committee Members of the Kenya Law Society, Esteemed...
Rule Of Law Is Africa's New Gold: African Development Bank Group's (Afdb's) Adesina Calls For Bold Legal And Governance Reforms To Unlock Prosperity
MENAFN
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August 16, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) “When Africa stands for the rule of law, the world will stand with Africa,” the President of the African Development Bank Group ( ), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has told more than 1,200 lawyers, judges, and government officials...
Seychelles And Australia Discuss Climate Change Action Goals
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo The Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ian Madeleine received the Australian Climate Change Counsellor based in the Australian High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya, Mr. Daniel...
Inside the ‘dead shed’: last stop in the illegal animal goods trade
The Times
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A lion’s head glares down, baring its jaws, from the top shelf in a government warehouse on the outskirts of Heathrow airport. The trophy-hunting prize sits next to other assembled animal parts: a polar bear rug, a giraffe’s skull and a paw...
Africa’s blue economy is still an underutilized resource
Global Voices
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August 15, 2025
Fully leveraging the economic activities involving Africa’s ocean, sea, and lake resources could help the continent’s development and increase job opportunities. With 38 coastal and island states and a coastline of over 47,000 kilometers, Africa...
Horizon Scanner- Financial Crime - US Developments August 2025
Lexology
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Horizon Scanner Financial Crime – US Developments August 2025 Immediate impact Short-term impact On the horizon Legal Risk When? What’s Next? Supporting Information Landmark tax fraud case results in two- year prison sentence Frank Richard Ahlgren...
Expections At United Nation General Assembly 80th Session Kudus Research And
Modern Ghana
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th Session by way of anticipate and forecasting possibly to discuss major issues at the UNGA and also at the United Nation Security Council among other issues of interest to the United Nation General Assembly 80th Session. The UN General Assembly...
Access Bank, others pay tribute to helicopter crash victims
MyJoyOnline
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August 14, 2025
Photo caption: Pearl Nkrumah (arrowed), the Executive Director of Retail and Digital Banking, Access Bank, with other staff members of the bank after the wreath laying for the helicopter crash victims. Former First Lady, Nana Konadu...
TBO Travel Business Show expands — Hello, Doha!
Travel & Tourism News Middle East
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Travel, Tourism & Hospitality August 2025 142 After two high-impact years in Dubai, the TBO Travel Business Show returns in 2025 with an expanded two-city format — now coming to Doha, Qatar, as well as Dubai, UAE. After two high-impact years in...
Biomanufacturing: Scale-up vs Scale-out Economics
BioPharma Dive
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4 major trends shaping today’s oncology market
BioPharma Dive
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Cuomo and Mamdani trade barbs over fraud accusations
The Gazette - Colorado
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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani escalated their attacks on each other as the mayoral election in New York City approaches. Though defeated by Mamdani in the Democratic primary, Cuomo has continued his run for mayor...
Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum announces keynote speakers for 2025 conference in Cape Town
Realnews Magazine
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August 13, 2025
Africa BADEA, OCP Africa, DCO, City of Cape Town, UNDP and others to headline AWIEF’s 11th flagship event THE Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced a powerful line-up of headline and international speakers for...
Applications open for 7th MEST Africa Challenge, to focus on fintech
Disrupt Africa
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August 18, 2025
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has opened applications for the seventh edition of the MEST Africa Challenge, which this year seeks to identify and support exceptional fintech entrepreneurs. Founded in Ghana in 2008 by...
Absa bulks up investment in new digital capabilities
ITWeb
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August 18, 2025
Absa Group’s customer base increased 2% to 12.8 million in the first half of the year. Absa Group saw information technology (IT)-related spend increase by 5% to R8.2 billion, in the first half of the year, according to its results released today....
Madagáscar assume presidência da Comunidade para o Desenvolvimento da África Austral
Ver Angola
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The President of Madagascar replaced his Zimbabwean counterpart, Emerson Mnangagwa, at the summit's opening ceremony. "At this solemn moment in our shared history, I accept with pride and a sense of duty the mission of presiding over SADC. A...