Category: International

* Africa’s long-term growth trajectory will be determined by the continent’s ability to close its infrastructure gap * Estimated at US$130 billion to US$170 billion annually, with a funding shortfall of up to US$108 billion—DCG’s Director of Project Finance, Loyiso Jiya By Duncan Mlanjira As South Africa and the continent as a whole is set to host the Group of Twenty (G20) Johannesburg 2025 summit from November 22-23; for the first time in its history, Don Consultancy Group (DCG)…

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* Registered in Malawi as Rayoni Tourism Airline and is also known as Flytech Aviation Group that is alleged to have purchased four A340-600s Airbuses from Thai Airways * With the suspicion that they will eventually be flown to Iran under false flight plans to circumvent U.S. and EU aviation sanctions By Duncan Mlanjira Air Data News — managed by various organisations and companies, including the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that provides air transport data and analysis —…

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* The strategic project aims to connect multiple African countries and link submarine cables to terrestrial networks — significantly enhancing digital connectivity across the continent * It will contribute towards boosting economic growth and improving the quality of life for communities in the continent by providing affordable and reliable digital infrastructure By Duncan Mlanjira Airtel Africa, the leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a footprint across 14 African countries including Malawi, has selected Nokia to build…

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DCG’s Executive Director for Project Financing, Loyiso Jiya * South African banks are well positioned to drive growth across the continent — but must adopt more innovative, risk-sharing, and partnership-based approaches to fully leverage Africa’s emerging markets * Africa’s economies are entering a new growth phase underpinned by infrastructure expansion, green industrialisation, digital transformation, and the implementation of the AfCFTA—DCG Executive Director, Loyiso Jiya By Duncan Mlanjira The Don Consultancy Group (DCG) has called on South Africa’s financial institutions…

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* Airtel Money customer growth up at 20%, bringing the total customer base to 49.8 million — driving digital adoption and strengthening the ecosystem to advance financial inclusion * The Board has declared an interim dividend of 2.84 US cents per share, an increase of 9.2% in line with Airtel Africa’s progressive * Our strategy has been focussed on providing a superior customer experience and the strength of these results is testament to the initiatives that we have been…

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Airtel Africa CEO Sunil Taldar * The continent that once leap-frogged into mobile telephony is now ready to leap again — into an era where every byte of data fuels productivity and every connection builds prosperity * Africa is ready for its next leap from access to productivity and this requires partnership between operators who co-build, technology manufactures who equip, regulators who enable, investors who believe, tax regimes which support and young Africans who create * Together we can…

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* Key areas of focus include food security, fertiliser supply, foreign exchange, fuel, and access to essential medicines * The engagements are crucial in mobilising resources and partnerships to sustain Malawi’s economic transformation and resilience By Jeremiah Mphande, MANA Minister of Finance, Economic Planning & Development, Joseph Mwanamvekha is in Washington D.C., the United States of America — attending Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) — where he is leading high level discussions…

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