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Africa is growing incredibly fast, but most Western buyers overlook the continent (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP) (Photo by SEYLLOU/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The exhibit hall at Cape Town’s Good Life Show smelled like rooibos, baobab, and something harder to name. Ambition, maybe. Africa’s largest natural food tradeshow drew hundreds of exhibitors this May: kombucha makers working with indigenous South African botanicals, macadamia milk brands operating carbon-negative factories, moringa farmers who started by feeding orphaned children porridge and built export-ready wellness companies. I spent two days interviewing founders. Not one of them had a lion in their backyard. That joke, and the fact that it still needs to be made, gets at the core of why American companies and retailers keep missing Africa. The continent that carries the richest biodi
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Current President Florentino Pérez is facing a rival at the election for the first time in 20 years. AFP via Getty Images On Sunday June 7th, Real Madrid’s approximately 95,000 registered members will decide who will lead the world’s most commercially powerful soccer club for the next four years. It is the first time since 2006 that there will actually be a choice on the ballot paper to be the club’s next President. Florentino Pérez, 79, faces businessman Enrique Riquelme, 37, in a contest that represents the first genuine electoral challenge to the incumbent since his return to the presidency in 2009. Pérez was re-elected unopposed in 2013, 2017, 2021 and 2025. Pérez called the elections in the wake of a challenging season that saw the club fail to win a major trophy for the second consecutive year, a drought that, by Real Madrid’s own lofty historical standards, qualifies as a
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Topline Kanye West performed to a stadium crowd of more than 100,000 fans in Turkey on Saturday, his first performance in Europe in more than a decade, as the rapper attempts a comeback following immense backlash to his long history of virulent antisemitic remarks, which derailed his career. West’s performance was his first in Europe in more than a decade. AFP via Getty Images Key Facts West performed inside Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium for roughly two hours to about 118,000 fans on Saturday, the Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency reported, marking West’s first appearance in Europe since 2014 (the concert was also livestreamed on YouTube). Rapper Travis Scott reportedly joined West on stage during the event. His concert follows the cancellation of a tour stop in Marseille, France, in April after Marseille Mayor Benoît Payan refused to have the city serve as a “showcase for those who promote hatred
While Africa’s innovation ecosystem is growing rapidly, it still faces major challenges, writes Mind the Bridge's Alberto Onetti, who argues that the continent's weak electrical grid infrastructure and limited domestic venture capital will need large-scale public and private investment to unlock its economic and technological potential.
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has granted VALR, Africa’s leading provider of digital asset infrastructure, provisional approval to function as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP). This achievement gives VALR provisional authority to provide a wide range of services, such as: A key component of VALR’s worldwide expansion plan, this approval puts the company
48,000 Samsung workers had threatened to strike unless bonus caps were lifted. | Photo: Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images
Details have emerged about a tentative deal struck between Samsung and semiconductor employees who had threatened to strike. The deal reportedly makes some workers eligible for average annual bonuses of $340,000.
The proposed 18-day strike had hinged on Samsung's bonus cap for employees in the semiconductor division, and followed a substantial rise in the possible bonuses available to employees of SK Hynix, another South Korean chipmaker enjoying a boom thanks to demand for AI components.
Under the terms of the new deal, Reuters reports that all chip workers will receive 50 percent of their annual salary as a regular bonus in cash. Furthe …
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First, an ebola treatment centre in a town at the heart of the outbreak in DR Congo is torched by scared and frustrated locals in the midst of a health crisis that claimed at least 159 lives so far and continues to spread. Also, we talked with our guest about how computer science researchers and data workers from Africa are suffering some of the worst mental health effects of the industry. And, a small bakery is helping the job market rise. Khayelitsha Cookies, a women-led business on the outskirts of Cape Town, has secured a deal to supply British Airways.
Tether’s investment into LemFi uses USD₮ to replace slow SWIFT transfers with nearly instant stablecoin transfers. LemFi caters to millions of diaspora customers in Africa and Asia who require affordable cross-border payments. The collaboration expands the reach of stablecoin infrastructure to remittance services and beyond, thus increasing financial inclusion. Tether’s investment in LemFi marks a […]
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Tether’s undisclosed LemFi investment wires USDT into African and Asian remittance corridors, swapping slow SWIFT transfers for near‑instant, low‑fee stablecoin settlement. Tether has announced a strategic investment in LemFi, a UK‑headquartered cross‑border financial platform used by African and Asian diaspora…