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Tevin Tobun: Four things to make a good CEO

Fri, 11/18/2022 - 13:57
Tevin Tobun, is the CEO of GV Group. He turned $600 investment, into a successful food logistics company.
Categories: Africa

Meet Senegal's female barrier breaker in the salt production

Fri, 11/18/2022 - 12:14
Meet a Senegalese's barrier breaker who became the first woman in her country to manage salt marshes.
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'Major' aims as Cape Town Marathon races to be sport's greenest event

Fri, 11/18/2022 - 12:10
Organisers of the Cape Town Marathon hope to create the greenest sporting event in the world and become the seventh major marathon.
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Kwadwo Sheldon – Ghana’s YouTube star refuses to be an unemployment stat

Fri, 11/18/2022 - 10:46
The influencer has more than 400,000 subscribers on YouTube, but he still fears unemployment.
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World Cup 2022: Salima Mukansanga to 'open door' for female officials

Fri, 11/18/2022 - 08:45
Rwanda's Salima Mukansanga hopes being selected for the men's World Cup will help other aspiring officials.
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Africa's week in pictures: 11 - 17 November 2022

Fri, 11/18/2022 - 01:04
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.
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World Cup 2022: Senegal forward Sadio Mane ruled out after surgery

Thu, 11/17/2022 - 22:59
Senegal forward Sadio Mane is ruled out of the World Cup and has surgery on a knee injury he sustained playing for Bayern Munich.
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Nigerian athletes convicted for fraud after FBI investigation

Thu, 11/17/2022 - 16:20
Two Nigerian athletes are convicted in the United States for transferring significant sums of money to the West African country as part of a complex fraud scheme.
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Charlize Theron condemned for saying Afrikaans is dying language

Thu, 11/17/2022 - 14:34
The Hollywood star grew up speaking Afrikaans - many fellow South Africans are outraged by her comments.
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World Cup 2022: Senegal coach Aliou Cisse on impact of 'Africa's Titanic'

Thu, 11/17/2022 - 10:39
Aliou Cisse was part of Senegal's history-making World Cup squad in 2002, but three months later was affected by a boat tragedy.
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COP27: Africa's dash for gas sparks debate at climate summit in Egypt

Thu, 11/17/2022 - 02:27
The continent's resources are at the heart of a debate about balancing growth with slowing warming.
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Ghana economy: Chilli-sauce businesses feel the heat

Thu, 11/17/2022 - 01:32
Freda Maku Yoobi lost her job as a make-up artist during Covid and now inflation has destroyed her business.
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Climate change: What’s behind the scenes of COP27 in Egypt?

Wed, 11/16/2022 - 19:59
The BBC’s Peter Okwoche is taking us behind the scenes of the UN’s climate summit in Egypt.
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Ukraine war: Lemekhani Nyirenda's Zambian family demands answers from Russia

Wed, 11/16/2022 - 17:55
Lemekhani Nyirenda's sister tells the BBC she wants to know why her brother was fighting for Russia.
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Saving the cranes, Uganda’s endangered national symbol

Wed, 11/16/2022 - 12:18
Communities in Kabale, Uganda are trying to save the endangered crested crane, Uganda’s national symbol.
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World Cup 2022: Basque-born Inaki Williams driven to deliver for Ghana

Wed, 11/16/2022 - 11:17
Inaki Williams hopes to give back to Ghana after his late switch of allegiance has given him a World Cup chance.
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How Gabon is selling carbon credits to fuel its economy

Wed, 11/16/2022 - 11:04
What are carbon credits and how did Gabon earn them? BBC Africa's Claire Muthinji tells us more.
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COP27: Oil pollution in Egypt threatens one of world's few thriving coral reefs

Wed, 11/16/2022 - 01:34
A climate-change resistant Red Sea reef is being flooded with toxic wastewater, leaked documents show.
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Baby elephant interrupts Kenyan TV report

Tue, 11/15/2022 - 23:01
Watch as Kenyan journalist Alvin Kaunda's reporting is interrupted by an inquisitive trunk.
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Nigeria's President Buhari vows to punish killers of local chief in Imo state

Tue, 11/15/2022 - 17:47
President Muhammadu Buhari says the gunmen in Imo state will face the "full wrath of the law".
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