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The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Friday. EVENTS: Zambia’s finance minister ...

Blockchain technology holds significant potential for Africa’s digital economy. It can improve cross-border payments, reduce ...

In 2023 alone, Google’s tools—such as Search, Maps, and YouTube—helped generate $16bn in economic activity across Africa, according to the report. The report also noted Google’s $1bn ...

A new report by research consultancy, Public First has revealed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could contribute more than ...

We’re already seeing the impacts of weather extremes on key parts of our lives, from the food we eat to the roads we use and ...

The resulting seed economy would transform African farming into a bonanza for global agribusiness, promote export-oriented monocultures, and undermine resilience during a time of deepening climate ...

A recent report has highlighted the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across Africa, predicting that ...

Additionally, the social and economic advantages are substantial ... with 82% of these being in construction. South Africa is also at the forefront of one of the world’s most ambitious energy ...

Knowing your subsoil to better exploit it. This is Chekinah Olivier's African challenge. His company OL Consult SARL is ...

The economic rebound is another boost to the West African state as it restructures its debt. It has invited holders of roughly $13 billion of its international bonds to swap their holdings for new ...

The rapidly expanding and widespread use of systems like AI language models and other natural language processing (NLP) tools ...