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Drug manufacturer Novartis gets nod for first malaria drug to treat babies
The Week
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In a breakthrough, drug company Novartis received approval in Switzerland for its malaria drug 'Coartem Baby', which it said was the first drug to treat babies and very young children. Novartis launched Coartem in 1999 to treat malaria, with a new...
Stefanutti Stocks sells its Mozambique and Mauritius operations
BusinessLIVE
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09 July 2025 - 17:28 by Lindiwe tSOBO Construction and engineering company Stefanutti Stocks has entered into agreements to dispose of its subsidiaries in Mozambique and Mauritius as part of its restructuring plan. The deal, worth about $4m,...
Trump Shifts Focus ‘From Aid to Trade’ at Africa Summit
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump welcomed leaders of five African nations, hailing the continent’s economic potential as his administration seeks to expand US access to critical minerals and other natural resources. Most Read from Bloomberg...
Ukraine is working to expand cooperation with African countries in agriculture, education, digitalization, and IT
The Odessa Journal
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Deputy Head of the Office of the President Ihor Brusylo held an online meeting with heads of Ukrainian diplomatic missions in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Mozambique, Botswana, and Mauritania. Representatives...
Government expands price support scheme to enhance farmer welfare and increase pulses production
Organiser Weekly
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In a bid to reaffirm its commitment to farmer welfare as well as being self-sufficient in the presentment of pulses, the Government of India has sanctioned large procurement purchases under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for the 2025-26 summer...
8 Countries Provide 44% Financial Buffer For Africa Energy Bank Kick Off
Leadership
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July 9, 2025
As the Africa Energy Bank (AEB) prepares to officially launch operations, eight countries have collectively provided a significant financial buffer, contributing 44 per cent of the required minimum contributions for the bank. The AEB, IS a $5...
Mozambique urges for global financial reform
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) Mozambique has voiced support for working with Russia and other partners to help establish a new global financial system that fosters economic growth in Africa. The call was made by Mozambique’s Minister of Planning and Development, Salim...
Mozambique Construction Industry Report 2025 Output To Register An AAGR Of 4.8% During 2026-2029, Supported By Investments In Energy, Transport Infrastructure, And Telecommunication Projects
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Mozambique's construction industry set to grow 3% in 2025, fueled by key infrastructure projects like TotalEnergies LNG and Port of Maputo. Bank rate cuts, investment in energy, and roadmap for solar/wind projects...
Samsung Heavy bags preliminary deal for Mozambique’s second FLNG unit
Splash 247
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July 9, 2025
Samsung Heavy said the deal to construct a floating liquefied natural gas unit was signed with a European shipping company operating in Africa. The preliminary contract for the FLNG unit is worth 869.4bn won ($637m). According to the company’s...
African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) Secretary General To Speak At The African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Africa Energy Bank Prepares For Launch
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) In a significant step toward bolstering financing for Africa's energy sector, the African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are advancing plans to launch the African...
In Mozambique, The Gorongosa Coffee Project Means “Coffee For A Better Future”
Sprudge - Oregon
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July 8, 2025
In Gorongosa, in the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley in the heart of central Mozambique, coffee farmers sing a song that melodiously translates to “coffee for a better future”. Here on a mountain enrobed in rainforest, women walk...
Australia's South32 sells Cerro Matoso nickel plant in Colombia
AK&M
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AK&M 09 July 2025 15:30 The Australian mining company South32 Limited has entered into a final agreement to sell the Cerro Matoso nickel enterprise in Colombia to a subsidiary of the Dutch CoreX Holding B. V. This is reported in a South32 press...
Gas is in the air
Zitamar
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July 10, 2025
Zitamar Mozambique Live Blog Patrick Pouyanné, chief executive of French energy firm TotalEnergies, is visiting the city of Maputo today, where he is expected to meet Mozambican president Daniel Chapo, sources have told Zitamar News. The visit...
TTE: A High-Yielding Energy Play We Can't Pass Up
Moneyshow - Florida
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Once again, investors have been reminded that far more money has been lost in trying to anticipate corrections than has been lost in the corrections themselves. Meanwhile, TotalEnergies SE (TTE) is a French-based, integrated energy company with...
Samora Machel’s vision for Mozambique didn’t survive: what h...
Modern Ghana
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Samora Moisés Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, was born in 1933 in Gaza province, in the south of the country. He died in an unexplained plane crash on 19 October 1986, in Mbuzini, South Africa. Authoritarian and popular,...
LNG Players Stress Importance of Supplier Diversity
Energy Intelligence
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July 10, 2025
Recent turmoil in the Middle East has shed a fresh light on vulnerabilities in the world's energy supplies. For LNG players, the risk of increased supply concentration and overdependence on critical transit points has come to the fore. By 2030,...
Nestlé Zimbabwe Scales Up CEREVITA Production to Meet Growing Consumer Demand
The Zimbabwe Mail
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July 7, 2025
Nicole Roos,Managing Director and Chairperson of Nestlé Eastern and Southern Africa Region Nestlé Zimbabwe has expanded its production capacity for CEREVITA, its iconic breakfast cereal, in response to rising consumer demand. This follows the...
Zimbabweans shine at Southern Africa engineering awards
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 7, 2025
Top engineering minds from across the Southern African region were celebrated for their excellence and leadership at the Southern Africa Federation of Engineering Organisations (Safeo) General Assembly and Awards Ceremony held from July 4 to 5 at...
Real and fake antidotes to Trump's latest tariffs, seen from South Africa
CADTM
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July 10, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump apparently aims to reassert his power to cause a full-blown economic catastrophe, perhaps reminiscent of 1930s-scale Make America Great Depression Again. The self-harm to his own MAGA lower-middle-class social base –...
Samora Machel’s vision for Mozambique didn’t survive: what has taken its place?
The Conversation
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July 7, 2025
Samora Moisés Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, was born in 1933 in Gaza province, in the south of the country. He died in an unexplained plane crash on 19 October 1986, in Mbuzini, South Africa. Authoritarian and popular,...