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African Trade Fair Eyes US$44 Billion in Business Deals
News Ghana
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September 3, 2025
Algeria’s capital will host thousands of business leaders next week as the continent’s largest trade exhibition opens with ambitious targets for economic integration. The fourth Intra-African Trade Fair begins September 4 in Algiers, bringing...
Africa imports close to $50bn worth of food annually – official
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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September 2, 2025
The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Simeon Ehui, Sunday evening, said Africa imports close to $50 billion worth of food annually. He stated this in an interview with journalists at the ongoing Africa...
Africa Tech Challenge: 4 Kenyan students secure scholarship to study in China after 5-week contest
TUKO
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September 2, 2025
The Africa Tech Challenge Season 10 came to a close on Monday, September 1, 2025, with a colourful award ceremony Four Kenyan TVET students were among those awarded a scholarship to study in the People's Republic of China Education Cabinet...
State disburses Sh34bn to build climate resilience and promote rural economy
Star
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Chris Kiptoo, principal secretary, National Treasury and Economic Planning /HANDOUT The National Treasury has disbursed Sh34 billion to build climate resilience, food security, and empower the rural economy. The initiative is being implemented...
Agritech West Africa Exhibition Returns to Accra This Month
News Ghana
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September 2, 2025
The fourth edition of Agritech West Africa opens September 19-20 at the Accra International Conference Centre, bringing together agricultural technology companies from nine countries to showcase innovations addressing food security and farming...
Tourism, culture extravaganza as Africa’s first E1 race debuts in Lagos Oct 3
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 3, 2025
Over 250 sports personalities from across the world will gather in Lagos for Africa’s maiden E1 Electric Powerboat Championship, billed for October 3 and 5, 2025, the organisers have said. According to them, the E1 series, organised in conjunction...
Nairobi to host Africa’s inaugural institute of risk managers
Star
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Joyce Ndirangu /HANDOUT The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) has registered its African subsidiary, the Risk Management Hub in Africa. This milestone builds on years of work by the dedicated IRM and IRMA Boards, regional groups, and risk...
Learn Africa Honours 2024 NECO SSCE Top Three Candidates
This Day
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September 3, 2025
Oluchi Chibuzor As part of its tradition, Learn Africa Education Development Foundation has honoured the 2024 National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) top three candidates, with Emmanuella Adeyemo of Our...
Prominent African leaders urge Tanzania to free opposition leader Tundu Lissu and unban his party
Daily Maverick
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September 2, 2025
The Platform for African Democrats (PAD), a group of mostly opposition leaders from the continent, has written to Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, urging her to release the opposition leader Tundu Lissu, who is standing trial for treason...
Lagos to Host First E1 Electronic Powerboat Championship in Africa
This Day
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September 3, 2025
Kunle Adewale The organisers of the E1 Series and the Lagos State Government yesterday expressed readiness to hold a world-class E1 Electric Powerboat Championship that will bring over 250 sports personalities together next month in Nigeria’s...
Trump’s Federal Guidelines for AI May Turbocharge Climate Denial and Racist Bias
Truthout
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September 2, 2025
Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Picture this: You ask an AI to show you images of judges, and it depicts only 3 percent as women...
Lagos Ignites the Future | Unveils Plans for Africa’s First E1 Electric Powerboat Championship
TechEconomy
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September 2, 2025
Advertisements A hush will fall over the harbour as sleek, silent vessels, RaceBirds, are set to hover just above the water’s surface, gliding like futuristic seafaring birds. It all began in Monaco, during the latest E1 Racing event, a realm...
New England fall foliage and September weather outlook after dry summer
CBS 4 Boston - Massachusetts
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Welcome to meteorological fall! For my money, fall is the absolute best season New England has to offer. There is no place I would rather be in September and October than right here. New England specializes in all the classic fall "things" from...
New financial models advance clean energy in Africa
Energy Knowledge - Energy Institute
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Financing remains one of the biggest roadblocks to Africa’s transition towards reliable and sustainable energy, plus associated climate goals, with an estimated $200bn needed annually until 2030 to meet these policy objectives, according to the...
Nigeria must lead Africa’s renewable energy drive, says Chinedu Ogwus
Business Day
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September 2, 2025
Chinedu Ogwus, Eur Ing (Amb.) has urged Nigeria to take the lead in Africa’s renewable energy transition, calling for bold policies and targeted investments that would position the country as the continent’s hub for clean energy production....
Dry weather moves in through the end of the week
FOX 8 - Louisiana
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September 2, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -Dry skies will be the rule as we head into mid and end of the work week. It will stay hot with highs in the 90--94° range. Lows north shore in the 65-70° range and south shore 70-75°. Dry skies will be the rule through the mid...
Implementing the Global Governance Initiative: Building a China-Africa and China-Nigeria community with a shared future
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 2, 2025
On September 1, 2025, President Xi Jinping solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Plus Meeting held in Tianjin, China. With its profound insight into the times, broad humanistic commitment...
How non-alignment shapes South Africa’s foreign policy in a multipolar world
Daily Maverick
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September 2, 2025
There is a strong narrative and a seemingly strident lobby in South Africa that insists our foreign policy should take the form of direct affiliation with the US and the broader West. It floats in parts of civil society and the media and is...
Chamonix's excellence recognised in Tim Atkin's 2025 South Africa Special Report
South African Wine News
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September 3, 2025
Chamonix Estate in Franschhoek might just be one of South Africa’s best-kept secrets, but its recent scores in Tim Atkin MW’s 2025 South Africa wine report will no doubt bring the estate deserved recognition. The scores, as always, serve not just...
A Field-Based Perspective on Sub-Saharan Africa’s Agriculture Crisis: Exploring the Four Critical Dimensions that are Driving Food Insecurity
Next Billion
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September 2, 2025
Food insecurity is no longer just a humanitarian concern in sub-Saharan Africa: It is a business issue. In my work as a researcher and entrepreneur focused on sustainable agriculture, I have interacted with smallholder farmers, agribusiness...