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Posted at 0:29 16 Jul
Going coconuts: How Nigeria hopes to cash in
By Ijeoma Ndukwe
BBC News, Lagos
Most of Nigeria has the perfect climate for growing coconuts and yet it imports 70% of the popular fruit.
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Posted at 23:54 27 Jun
Why tomato growing in Tanzania has become a struggle
By Soraya Ali & Sara Adam
BBC News
The global fertiliser shortage is driving up prices and raising fears of food scarcity.
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Posted at 17:12 8 Jun
Climate change hits economic growth in Africa - report
BBC World Service
Mark Pivac, Newsroom
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Image caption: Some lakes are rising in Kenya, where flooding is blamed by some on climate change
A report commissioned by 55 developing countries says the impact of climate change has wiped out about 20% of their economic growth over the past two decades.
Commissioned by finance ministers from nations across Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific, the report says the grouping is bearing an “alarming” cost, despite having contributed the least to climate change and having the poorest ability to respond to ever more disasters.
The vulnerable countries say wealthier ones are not curbing emissions, and are failing to meet a $100bn (£80bn) a year commitment to help developing nations adapt.
Climate negotiators are discussing adaptation funding in the German city of Bonn this week.
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Posted at 9:34 1 May
Why Ghana's mobile money tax has triggered such uproar
By Thomas Naadi
BBC News, Accra
A new e-levy of 1.5% on all electronic payments comes into force despite widespread opposition.
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Posted at 23:09 28 Apr
Investors lose vote to share Covid vaccine know-how
By Jonathan Josephs
Business reporter, BBC News
Shareholders failed to get Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna to share vaccine knowledge.
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Posted at 9:52 29 Mar
Who gains as DR Congo joins East Africa trade bloc?
By Peter Mwangangi
BBC Africa Business Reporter, Nairobi
Its membership of the East African Community offers citizens free movement and trade.
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Posted at 1:08 29 Mar
'Buying cooking oil feels like buying drugs'
By Rachid Sekkai
BBC News Arabic
Shoppers in Algeria go to great lengths to buy basic foods as stocks dwindle and prices soar.
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Posted at 9:45 14 Feb
Could Bongalo take on Airbnb in Africa?
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Video caption: The hospitality platform is designed for African travellers and is looking to expand
Hospitality platform Bongalo was founded in Cameroon and lists properties in Rwanda and Cameroon.
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Posted at 0:11 28 Dec 2021
The African nation aiming to be a hydrogen superpower
By Elna Schutz
Johannesburg, South Africa
Namibia wants to use its abundance of sunshine and wind power to make and export hydrogen.
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Posted at 1:36 21 Dec 2021
Miners experiment with hydrogen to power giant trucks
By Jesse Preyser
Johannesburg
Anglo American is testing a hydrogen-powered giant truck in a bid to make its business greener.
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Posted at 0:06 14 Dec 2021
How vending machines are making Kenyans' lives better
By Andrea Dijkstra
Business reporter, Nairobi, Kenya
By thinking small vending machine firms are delivering more affordable products for Kenyan shoppers.
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Posted at 0:05 7 Dec 2021
Africa's patchy transport network gets a tech boost
By Gabriella Mulligan
Business reporter, Cape Town
The first year of a free trade deal in Africa has spurred investment, but more needs to be done.
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Posted at 0:22 30 Nov 2021
Why broken African phones are shipped to Europe
By Ben Morris
Technology of Business editor
A lack of recycling facilities in Africa has spurred one Dutch company to import broken phones.
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Posted at 0:06 23 Nov 2021
Can South Africa embrace green energy from the sun?
By Jesse Preyser
Johannesburg
South Africa's main electricity company Eskom plans to switch from using coal to renewable energy.
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Posted at 16:43 19 Nov 2021
Africa is the future, says US. But what will change?
By Anne Soy
Senior Africa correspondent
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks of partnerships and avoids condescending lectures of the past.
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Posted at 0:03 16 Nov 2021
How tech is supporting smallholders in South Africa
By Elna Schutz
Business reporter, South Africa
Small farms in Africa struggle to compete with commercial agriculture - can new platforms help?
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Posted at 0:00 9 Nov 2021
Rwanda goes electric with locally made motorbikes
By Gabriella Mulligan
Technology of business reporter
Rwanda's Ampersand wants motorbike taxi drivers to switch from petrol to electric.
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Posted at 0:01 2 Nov 2021
Why Africa urgently needs its own genetic library
By Elna Schutz
Business reporter, South Africa
Genetically profiling three million Africans could be key for better healthcare, argue scientists.
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Posted at 15:44 16 Oct 2021
Matt Hancock's United Nations role withdrawn
His appointment to the UN's economic commission for Africa was announced earlier this week.
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Posted at 0:00 15 Oct 2021
Can African tech giant Jumia deliver on its promise?
By Nancy Kacungira
In Business Africa
Can Africa-focussed tech giant Jumia deliver on its promises to a new generation of consumers?
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