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Country’s banking system is being opened to non-financial groups like telecom operators
Resignation boosts Ramaphosa government’s credentials in fight against corruption
Re-emergence of divisions boosts president’s party ahead of December election
Spending cuts, new taxes and an anti-corruption drive can help to revive the economy
Single aviation market agreed by 23 countries remains a pipe dream
Pravin Gordhan becomes most senior figure to implicate former president
Khartoum keen to reintegrate with international community and revive faltering economy
Poor countries must devote more resources to urban planning and improving sanitation
Campaigners welcome statement but express concern for long-term safety of country’s LGBT community
Sub-Saharan region seen as ripe for digital streaming while music industry seeks new markets
Criticism over President’s project in nation where schools lack roofs
Finance minister fears highly indebted carrier unlikely to return to profit
Amnesty International criticises ‘dangerous’ language from Dar es Salaam governor
World’s failure to grant statehood risks reigniting war with Somalia, minister warns
Human rights group calls for investigation into actions of military
Statistical disparities highlight foreigners’ tax evasion even as FDI has driven progress
After 500 years, the industry must find fresh markets for crop that shaped the nation
Emergence of African oasis of political and economic stability confounds sceptics
Reform of education, welfare, infrastructure underpin vision of ‘shared prosperity’
The majority of small-scale farmers have no legal access to water
Ghanaian tech entrepreneur Ethel Cofie on the advantages of simple and cheap innovation
The Maximising Finance for Development agenda has embraced shadow banking.
Unrecognised state set to benefit from vital position on Red Sea Corridor
Ibrahim Index says the continent has failed to create enough jobs
