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- June 23, 2023
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Stop funding fossil projects, Afreximbank urged
Business Writer Some civic organisations in Africa have called on Afreximbank to stop funding the ongoing fossil-based electricity generation projects due to their negative impact on climate. In a joint…
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- June 23, 2023
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Romanian tennis player banned five years, fined US$40k over match-fixing
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has announced that Petru-Alexandru Luncanu has been suspended for five years and fined US$40 000 over match-fixing offences. Luncanu (34) was found guilty of…
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Lawson Mabhena-Zimpapers Election Desk In his talk titled: “There is a new scramble for Africa”, Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba – one of Africa’s greatest thinkers – speaks sense to…
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- June 23, 2023
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SA interest rate hikes needed to tame inflation, Kganyago says
The central bank’s monetary policy committee has raised the benchmark rate at its 10 past meetings with the aim of bringing inflation back to the 4,5 percent midpoint. It is…
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- June 23, 2023
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Diamond prices fall by 18 percent
Diamond prices are down 18 percent from their all-time highs in February 2022, and are lower 6,5 percent year-to-date, according to one Global Rough Diamond Price Index. And their value…
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- June 23, 2023
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Consumer stocks continue to rally
Enacy Mapakame Consumer stocks are expected to remain strong albeit the challenging environment on the back of firm demand for consumer staples supported by the informal sector. This puts consumer…
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- June 23, 2023
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Global decarbonisation: Industrial opportunities for Africa
Decarbonisation at a global level is happening and will be stepped up as the impacts of climate and weather extremes threaten social and economic systems worldwide. Already, we are seeing…
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- June 23, 2023
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Art of rebalancing your investment portfolio
Rebalancing can be done systematically or strategically, but it must be done with purpose to keep the allocated target weights in balance. How important is it to rebalance your investment…
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- June 23, 2023
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De-risking capital key to scaling up development finance — AfDB
Business Writer AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) group president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called for new ways of project preparation and de-risking of projects to mobilise adequate private sector investment scale…
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- June 23, 2023
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Zim to get World Rugby U20 Trophy underway
Africa’s representatives at the World Rugby U20 Trophy will get the tournament underway when they play the opening round fixtures at the Nyayo Stadium on Saturday July 15. Zimbabwe, the…