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Mali Shares $33 Million in Gold Revenue with Communities as New Mining Code Takes Effect

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Ivory Coast Welcomes ‘Talking Drum’ in First Artifact Repatriated from France

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Leo Stan Ekeh Driving Africa’s Technology Revolution and Digital Enterprise

Leo Stan Ekeh is the Founder and Chairman of...

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French Automakers Partner with Dangote to Reboot Nigeria’s Vehicle Production, Targeting 44,000 Units a Year

French automobile manufacturers are returning to Nigeria through strategic...

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Resolute Mining Advances Third African Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire with 2.2M-Ounce Target

Australia-based miner Resolute Mining has approved the final investment...

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Cocoa Prices Fall Below $9,000 as Nigeria Moves to Expand Chocolate Production

Cocoa futures have dropped below the $9,000 per ton mark, settling at $8,796 this week amid shifting global market conditions. The decline is attributed...

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NERC Transfers Regulatory Oversight of Abia Electricity Market to ASERA

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has formally transferred regulatory authority over Abia State’s electricity market to the Abia State Electricity Regulatory Authority (ASERA),...

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Malala Fund Launches $50 Million Strategy to Advance Girls’ Education, Prioritises Nigeria

The Malala Fund has unveiled a new $50 million global grantmaking strategy aimed at accelerating progress in girls’ education, with Nigeria positioned as a...

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Nigeria and Brazil to Formalize Over 30 Cooperation Agreements During High-Level Visit

Nigeria is set to deepen its bilateral ties with Brazil through the signing of more than 30 memorandums of understanding during a strategic visit...

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Senegal’s Rising Debt Adds Pressure as Government Struggles to Rein in Spending

Senegal is facing mounting fiscal pressure as public debt continues to rise sharply, revealing deeper imbalances in the country’s finances. By the end of...

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FG Launches Nutrition 774 Strategic Board to Tackle Malnutrition Nationwide

The Federal Government of Nigeria has inaugurated the Strategic Board for the Nutrition 774 Initiative, marking a significant step in its ongoing efforts to...

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West Africa Urged to Reduce Economic Reliance on Former Colonial Powers

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has issued...

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Nigeria Moves to Market-Driven Exchange Rate Amid Public Concerns

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Niger Nationalizes French Uranium Mine, Escalating Resource Sovereignty Drive

Niger’s military-led government has officially nationalized the Somair uranium mine, seizing full control from France’s state-backed nuclear giant Orano, which previously held a 63.4%...

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Silas Adekunle: Reimagining Robotics from Lagos to the World

The robotics space rarely accommodates failure and even less often, reinvention. Yet Silas Adekunle has done both. First gaining global attention as the young mind...

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Visa, Microsoft Champion Agentic AI to Strengthen Nigeria’s Fintech Talent Pool

Global technology leaders Visa and Microsoft have partnered to accelerate innovation in Nigeria’s fintech sector through a strategic focus on agentic artificial intelligence (AI),...

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