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Liquid Intelligent Technologies South Africa's Youth Tech Entrepreneurship Programme Celebrates 20 Graduates And Crowns The Winner Of Its Tech Start-Up Pitchathon
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) ( ), a business of Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, has announced that twenty young entrepreneurs have graduated from its Youth Tech Entrepreneurship...
Natural diamonds will continue to become more desirable as they get scarce: David Kellie of Natural Diamond Council
Forbes India
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In its recently released Diamond Facts Report, the Natural Diamond Council said that laboratory-grown diamond (LGD) prices have dropped significantly, with a 1.5-carat stone declining 86 percent since 2015 while natural diamonds have shown, on an...
Nigerian travellers pay N274,500 different taxes on each international flight – Findings
Business Hallmark
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July 7, 2025
Air passengers flying out of Nigeria are paying one of the highest amounts in taxes and charges across Africa, with an average cost of $180 (N275,500) per international departure, nearly three times the continental average of $68, according to a...
Liquid Intelligent Technologies South Africa’s Youth Tech Entrepreneurship Programme celebrates 20 graduates and crowns the winner of its tech start-up pitchathon
Engineering News
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), a business of Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, has announced that twenty young entrepreneurs have graduated from its Youth Tech Entrepreneurship Programme. The...
African diamond producers pledge funds to boost natural gems
East Coast Radio
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Ministers from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed an agreement on the new project at talks in Luanda with leading diamond mining companies including De Beers, the mineral resources ministry said in a...
SA joins diamond battle! – Govt backs natural gems in global fight vs fakes
African Insider
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June 19, 2025
Luanda – African diamond-producing countries and global industry leaders pledged on Wednesday to dedicate one percent of revenue to market natural diamonds in the face of competition from synthetic versions, the Angolan government said. Ministers...
“You can’t jump from zero to seven” — Pasuwa reflects on Malawi’s football progress
Malawi 24
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July 6, 2025
Malawi national team coach, Kalisto Pasuwa says real progress in football takes time—and with the right support, the Flames can rise. Reflecting on the nation’s footballing journey since independence, Pasuwa urged patience and consistent backing...
World Bank: Nigeria Stuck in Lower Middle Income Economy Below Libya, Gabon
This Day
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July 7, 2025
*Stresses country not ranked among heavily indebted poor countries Dike Onwuamaeze For the umpteenth time, the World Bank has classified Nigeria among Lower-Middle Income Economies (LMIEs) in its 2025/2026 country income classification, below...
AfriForum, Bakgatla Ba Kgafela in Mochudi sign recognition treaty
SABC News
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June 28, 2025
AfriForum and the Paramount Monarch of the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela in Mochudi, Botswana and Moruleng in South Africa, Kgosikgolo Kgafela Kgafela II, have signed a historic recognition and cooperation treaty. This would see them collaborating on the...
Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Monday, 7th July, 2025
Naija News
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July 7, 2025
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Monday, 7th July, 2025 President Bola Tinubu has instructed the Nigerian Armed Forces and security agencies to take decisive action against...
Chakwera pardons 37 inmates: Malawi’s 61st Birthday
The Maravi Post
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July 6, 2025
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-As Malawi commemorates its 61st Independence Anniversary, President Lazarus Chakwera has granted pardon to 37 inmates as a gesture of goodwill. According to Steven Kayuni, Secretary for Homeland Security, the pardoned inmates...
Luke-ing the Beast in the Eye, SPECIAL REPORT: “President” Sekeramayi , the coup and Mugabe’s manic phone call to Zuma,
The Zimbabwean
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July 6, 2025
By Luke Tamborinyoka Kasukuwere left Mugabe’s suite around 2am with clear instructions to help mobilise party structures, particularly the youth, to support Sekeramayi for President at the party conference in December 2017. According to...
BOFEPUSU Tells Mokgware: Patients’ Lives Are At Stake
Botswana Gazette
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June 27, 2025
The government has been roundly criticised by trade unions for the sudden decision of the Ministry of Health to withdraw emergency call and doctors’ commuted overtime allowances and the ministry’s ominous stance that the behaviour of the Botswana...
Auto policy roll-out, affordable mobility top list of priorities for new AAAM CEO
Engineering News
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The African Association of Automotive Manufacturers’ (AAAM’s) new CEO, Victoria Backhaus-Jerling, says she has four main priorities for her tenure at the industry body. Before her appointment on March 1 – taking over from Dave Coffey...
WAFCON 2024: Super Falcons off to flying start with 3-0 win over Tunisia
Premium Times
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July 6, 2025
The Super Falcons of Nigeria made a bold opening statement at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), brushing aside Tunisia 3-0 in their Group B opener on Sunday in Casablanca. After a minute of silence was observed in memory of former...
Ecotourism in Gilgit-Baltistan
The Nation
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June 28, 2025
The global tourism industry, a colossus of economic activity, continues to expand despite geopolitical and environmental headwinds. In 2024, international tourist arrivals reached 1.4 billion, surpassing pre-pandemic levels by 1%, with total...
Oshoala Leads Falcons To 3-0 Win Over Tunisia As WAFCON Mission X Starts
TVC News Nigeria
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July 6, 2025
A fourth minute strike by six-time African Player of the Year Asisat Oshoala steered the Super Falcons to a comfortable 3-0 victory over their Tunisian counterparts as the nine-time champions got their challenge for a 10th continental title...
Ending the CIT crimes scare
The Voice
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June 18, 2025
Botswana draws Cash in Transit draft manual To stay ahead of the ever-evolving Cash in Transit (CIT) crimes, the Ministry for State President, through the Private Security Services Licensing Board (PSSLB) and other stakeholders, have drawn up a...
Debswana seeks $6bn for Jwaneng underground project
Miningmx
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June 17, 2025
BOTSWANA’S diamond giant Debswana is exploring international financing options for a $6bn underground mining project at Jwaneng, according to a report by Reuters. The move marked a shift in the diamond firm’s traditional self-funding approach, the...
Wafcon 2024: Super Falcons Thrash Tunisia 3-0 In Dominant Opener
The Nigerian Voice
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Nigeria’s Super Falcons kicked off their 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) campaign with a commanding 3-0 win over Tunisia on Sunday, July 6, 2025. The nine-time champions wasted no time asserting dominance, as star striker Asisat...