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Africa at IFTM 2026: A Francophone Shop Window, and What Anglophone Destinations Left on the Table

Tanzania sent fifteen companies and an ambassador. Zimbabwe’s tourism minister appeared on the speaker list. Past that, the continent’s largest annual pitch to the French travel trade was conducted almost...
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What Celine Dion Didn’t Do

Trajectoire — Portrait No. 14 The last great live-music fortune built without owning the masters On Saturday 12 September, a 58-year-old woman who lived with the symptoms of an incurable...
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Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle: the 20-year-old The Battle of de Gaulle pulls back into history

Among the choices that explain the critical success of the French diptych La Bataille de Gaulle — which, with more than 5 million combined admissions, became the surprise box-office triumph...
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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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The Pity Product

Trajectories — Portrait No. 8 In 2013, Fast Company appended an editor’s note to its profile of Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu. It removed a claim that soleRebels was the world’s only...
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Carré d’Afrique 2026: African Festival Returns to Château-Gontier

From July 3 to 5, 2026, Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne will host the third edition of Carré d’Afrique, an international festival celebrating African cultures and entrepreneurship. Three days of connection, discovery, and fellowship,...
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The Age-16 Wall Goes Global: Countries Slam the Door on Teens and Social Media

After Australia, Britain has now shut under-16s out of the major platforms. From one continent to the next, some twenty countries are legislating to keep teenagers off social media —...
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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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AFSIC 2026: London Set to Host the World’s Largest Gathering of Africa-Focused Investors

On 13 and 14 October 2026, the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in London will become, for two days, the epicentre of capital flowing into Africa. AFSIC – Investing in Africa – returns...
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TIME 100 & Philanthropy 2026: Africa, From Aid Recipient to Innovation Lab

Aliko Dangote is eradicating polio in Nigeria alongside Bill Gates. The Rockefeller Foundation is betting on electrifying 300 million Africans. Tony Elumelu has funded 27,000 entrepreneurs across 54 countries. And...
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“Code F”: How France’s Top Business Federation and the State Are Joining Forces to Win the Future — for Women

On April 14, 2026, the Institut Pasteur hosted an unprecedented event bringing together business leaders, scientists, and the Ministry of National Education around a shared ambition: shattering the glass ceiling...
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Sango Coin, Three Years On: The Anatomy of CEMAC’s Failed Crypto Sovereignty Experiment

When the Central African Republic made Bitcoin legal tender in April 2022 and launched the Sango Coin three months later, the announcement reverberated globally. Three years on, the project has...
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Roots and Resilience: Kylian Mbappé’s $1 Million Investment in Douala’s Education

Published: March 2026 | By: Peter Nsoesie In Brief: French football star Kylian Mbappé has channeled over $1 million into the comprehensive renovation of a public school in his family’s...
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DRC Eases Foreign Labor Quotas to Boost Economic Growth

Kinshasa, September 21, 2025 (Cemac-eco.Finance) – The Democratic Republic of Congo has eased restrictions on foreign labor, raising ceilings for expatriate workers across key industries. The reform, signed on August...
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