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'Be intentional about your future' – Apostle Samuel Gyau Obuobi urges students
GhanaWeb
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September 7, 2025
Apostle Samuel Gyau Obuobi, the General Secretary of the Church of Pentecost, has called on Ghana’s youth to take deliberate steps in shaping their future, stressing that intentional mentorship and personal discipline are critical for national...
VP Witbooi urges Africa to put creativity at heart of development
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
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Vice President Lucia Witbooi has called on African governments to mainstream the creative industry in their national development plans, emphasising the growing value of African creativity and culture as key drivers of economic transformation....
Africa needs action, not strategy – Expert
Punch
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September 7, 2025
Founder of AALD Company, Dr Akin Akinpelu, has said Africa’s growth and global competitiveness depend less on ambitious strategies and more on how well they are executed. According to a statement shared with Sunday PUNCH, Akinpelu stated this in...
INTERVIEW: Africa needs safe digital spaces for its youths, says Paramount VP Monde Twala
The Cable
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September 7, 2025
Monde Twala, the senior vice president at Paramount Africa and a veteran broadcast executive with over two decades of experience, is on a mission to shape culture. Overseeing powerhouse brands like MTV Base, BET Africa, and Nickelodeon, his focus...
Experts urge Africa to cut tariffs, boost trade
Daily News Tanzania
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September 7, 2025
ALGIERS: AFRICAN governments must scale back and ultimately eliminate tariffs and non-tariff barriers if the continent is to boost intra-African trade from the current 15 per cent to 50 per cent, experts and stakeholders said at the 4th...
Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba Resigns as Critics Call His ‘African Hometown’ Program a Gateway to Mass Migration
Breitbart
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September 7, 2025
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday he will step down as his Liberal Democratic Party slumps in the polls and critics blast his government over its “African Hometown” program seen as a backdoor scheme to enable mass migration...
Africa Targets $15 GDP On Investment In Agriculture, Industry, Service
Leadership
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September 7, 2025
Reporting from Algiers, Algeria|| Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow significantly to $15 trillion over the next decade, driven by substantial investment in agriculture, industry, and services, according to Patrick Ndzana...
The BRI is the bedrock of global development and peace
CGTN
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The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway project in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia, June 24, 2022. /Xinhua The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway project in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia, June 24, 2022. /Xinhua Editor's note: Hussein Askary, a...
Young Africans need jobs....
Capital Ethiopia
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September 7, 2025
Climate High-Level Champion for COP29, Nigar Apadarai, calls for urgent alignment between youth skills, SME growth and climate ambition. Across Africa, small businesses are already delivering climate solutions. They power homes, grow food, repair...
SUPPORTING AFRICA’S AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
Capital Ethiopia
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September 7, 2025
Agriculture is undeniably the world’s most important industry. For Africa, it’s the bedrock of economic stability, accounting for 25% of the continent’s gross domestic product (GDP), 65% of its employment, and 75% of its domestic trade. This vital...
Mozambique embraces $6 billion electricity project, southern Africa's biggest in 50 years
ETEnergyworld.com
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September 7, 2025
Mozambique, one of the world's poorest countries by per capita income, aims to connect all of its 33 million mostly rural citizens to electricity by 2030, largely through renewable energy from hydroelectric, solar and other sources.Herminio Guambe...
Africa and Caribbean Leaders to Meet in Ethiopia to Boost Political and Economic Partnerships
teleSUR
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September 7, 2025
September 7, 2025 Hour: 12:23 am The second Africa-CARICOM Summit will convene on Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with the aim of strengthening historical, political, and economic ties between African countries and members of the Caribbean...
PM Terrance Drew highlights Caribbbean as part of African Diaspora
SKN News
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September 6, 2025
Last Updated on September 7, 2025, 6:15 AM AST by Anthony Morris The Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Terrance Drew had the occasion to speak during Day Two of the Intra-African Trade Fair in Algiers, during the Global Africa Diaspora Day....
As the US turns the tariff screws, what’s South Africa’s plan B?
Polokwane Review & Polokwane Observer
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South Africa is already part of regional blocs such as the Southern African Customs Union and the Southern African Development Community. On a bigger scale, experts pointed to the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which seeks to build a...
Africa’s solar energy potential makes for a bright future for renewable power
SRN News
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September 7, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix UPINGTON, South Africa (AP) — Deep in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, south of the Kalahari Desert, a beaming light towers above dozens of solar mirror panels. The mirrors tilt to varying degrees throughout the day,...
SELAM, African Union Unite to Advance African Culture
Capital
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September 7, 2025
In a landmark move to elevate Africa’s cultural and creative sectors, SELAM and the African Union Commission (AUC) signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on September 1, 2025, at the African Union Headquarters. This historic...
Kenyan Biker Rides Across 9 Countries to a Champion Borderless Africa
Kenyans.co.ke
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September 7, 2025
At one of Nairobi's leading petrol stations in Imara Daima, a lone rider set off on a journey unlike any other. His name is Mustapha Konvict, and his mission is to ride 15,600 kilometres across nine African countries to spread one message: One...
Sticks against the sea: As oceans rise, these fishermen in West Africa refused to wait
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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The Pulitzer Center Ocean Reporting Network supported this story CASAMANCE, SENEGAL — On Senegal’s southern coast, where the Casamance River meets the Atlantic, fishermen are pushing back against the sea with whatever they have at hand, including...
Urgent Overhaul Needed: Africa’s Food Systems at Crossroads in 2025
Switch TV
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September 7, 2025
Dakar, Senegal Sept. 1, 2025 — Africa must overhaul its food systems urgently or risk sliding into a hunger crisis within the next decade. That was the stark message delivered in Dakar on Monday at the launch of the Africa Food Systems Report...
Donald Trump's policies offer an opportunity for Africa to pivot
African Business
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September 7, 2025
This article was produced with the support of Afreximbank His Excellency Ambassador, Wamkele Mene, the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat has expressed the view that the tariffs imposed by Donald...