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Spotlight | Africa
Afreximbank chairman finances African medical platform of telecoms magnate Strive Masiyiwa

Afreximbank chairman, Benedict Oramah. © ALEXANDER ASTAFYEV / SPUTNIK / GOVERNMENT PRESS SERVICE POOL / P/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Contending with difficulties in Zimbabwe, Masiyiwa has been touting himself elsewhere as the continent's saviour in the face of the coronavirus pandemic with the help of his close friend and Afreximbank chairman, Benedict Oramah. [...]

Published on 09/07/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Spotlight | Africa
Afreximbank chairman finances African medical platform of telecoms magnate Strive Masiyiwa

Africa
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Africa
Fibre network giant Liquid Telecom gets major fundings from the international financial institutions

Africa
Kaberuka wants Africa to secure Covid vaccines with its own means

West Africa
Jim Chu seeks Africa's next top investor with The Nest

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali lobbies behind the scenes to win support for early filling of Renaissance Dam reservoir

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Time's up: Nigeria set to end Algeria's lock on top African Union security post

Zimbabwe
AU-feted mobile money magnate Strive Masiyiwa vilified by Harare