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Carine Leticia Kouao N'Goran

Afreximbank’s $1bn film fund: anatomy of a promise

First announced in Cairo in late 2023, relaunched in Algiers, “launched” in Kigali and finally given a manager in July 2026, Afreximbank’s pan-African film fund still carries the same headline...
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The blackout paradox: new dams, old darkness

Cameroon has added the largest hydropower plant in its history. Households still count their outages in hours per day. The gap between generation and supply is where the money goes...
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The Douala Exception

Commercial Bank Cameroun spent seven years under provisional administration. NFC Bank spent twelve. IDEV never came out at all. On 11 September 2026, NOFIA S.A. walked out after twelve months....
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The Star and the Refusal

Angélique Kidjo, from Ouidah to Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, August 18, 2026 It took forty-three years to travel from a stage in Cotonou to a stretch of pavement on Hollywood...
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Morocco Are Done Playing the Underdog

Four years ago, their run to the last four caught the world off guard. Today, the Atlas Lions are nobody’s surprise package. By holding Brazil to a 1-1 draw in...
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The Arithmetic of Power

One runs Africa’s biggest bank. One governs a country at war. One holds a presidency, one a 130,000-strong empire, one the rules of world trade. None of them was supposed...
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