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Cerebrium, a South African AI startup raises $8.5M seed funding
Cerebrium, a South African–founded AI infrastructure startup, has raised an $8.5 million seed funding round. The round was led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s ...
Business
“Our Contracts Promote Local Economic Inclusion” — IFC’s Ethiopis Tafara
The World Bank convened a series of meetings in Brazzaville, Congo, in May, bringing together key economic stakeholders, including finance ministers, from the ...
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Public Health Evaluation Director, Maseru, Lesotho, July 2025 – NGO Jobs
Job SummaryThe Public Health Evaluation Director reporting to the Country Director, is responsible for the research and evaluation portfolio of the organization. He/she ...
Business
Afreximbank Secures First Foreign Access to BEAC Market in $359M Cameroon Bond Issue
BEAC granted Afreximbank the first-ever foreign access to the CEMAC public securities market. Cameroon raised $359.3 million via a euro-to-CFA swap to issue local ...
Business
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The life, work, and legacy of a Kenyan giant
Few lives are lived so remarkably that, when someone passes, admirers and news outlets cannot agree on how to describe the person. Ngũgĩ ...
Health
Sierra Leone bolters mpox response: WHO leads groundbreaking genomic surveillance and bioinformatics training
Freetown, Sierra Leone - In a strategic initiative aimed at enhancing mpox outbreak response and genomic surveillance capacity, the Central Public Health Reference Laboratory ...
Business
MIKE TEKE: Romain Orlin — The ‘Brentwood King’
Today I pay tribute to Romain Orlin, a giant of a man I was privileged to meet through several friends and family connections, who ...
Techno
Blue Label Telecoms to change its name as restructuring gathers pace
Blue Label was co-founded and is led by co-CEOs Mark Levy and Brett Levy Blue Label Telecoms, the JSE-listed company that’s in the ...
Techno
Cameroon Fines MTN and Orange $4.6 Million for Poor Service
Cameroon’s telecom regulator has issued fines totaling approximately 2.6 billion CFA francs (around US $4.6 million) to MTN Cameroon and Orange Cameroun for repeated ...
