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Why competition policy and law matters to 24-Hour plus policy
Business and Financial Times
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July 17, 2025
By Appiah Kusi Adomako, Esq “Competition policy is not a luxury or a regulatory nicety. It is an essential underpinning of the market economy. Developing countries need it as much as, or even more than, rich countries, because the risks of market...
The Luxury Jewelry That Sparkled Brightest At Paris Couture Week
Forbes
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Composition No. 4, Ikebana-style jewels by Boucheron, on show at Paris Couture Week. A cyclamen ... More brooch, oat stalk hair jewels, caterpillar brooch and butter fly hairpin.Boucheron It was a rich Couture Week in Paris earlier this month,...
Marking International Women’s Day 2025: Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej & First Ladies of Africa Empower ...
Business Ghana
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Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany together with First Ladies of Africa who are also their Ambassadors, Ministries of Health, Education, Communication & Gender, mark ‘International Women’s Day...
Bicolored waterberry: The overlooked tree shaping Zambia’s rivers
Mongabay
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July 16, 2025
The bicolored waterberry (Syzygium guineense subsp. barotsense) is a dominant tree along the Kafue and other major Zambian rivers, where it plays a vital structural and ecological role. Though capable of self-pollination, the tree’s flowers...
Askari Metals: Building a Tier-1 gold portfolio in Ethiopia
Proactive Australia
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July 17, 2025
Ethiopia, a country known more for its rich cultural heritage than its mineral wealth, is emerging as a hotspot for mining investment. In recent years, the country has attracted considerable attention from foreign investors, thanks to its...
Zim migration story needs revisit
Zimbabwe Independent
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migration DEBATE on the number of Zimbabweans based in South Africa has been raging for years, but reached a crescendo when President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet resolved to cancel special permits for the migrants this year. In cancelling the...
Mining spill highlights need to protect Zambia’s vital Kafue River & its fish
Mongabay
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July 10, 2025
Researchers from The Wilderness Project (TWP) are documenting fish diversity along Zambia’s Kafue River to build a DNA reference library. The TWP scientists are collecting fin clippings and environmental DNA to help identify species, including...
Lack of collaboration between African nations preventing critical minerals beneficiation capability
Engineering News
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A severe lack of economic collaboration between nations is stifling Africa’s critical minerals beneficiation aspirations, expert panel members agreed during the Manufacturing Indaba, in Sandton, on July 16. The panel convened to discuss the...
The Shocking Safari We Weren’t Expecting
Fodors Travel Guide
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July 11, 2025
Seeing predators catch their prey on a safari is highly likely at this camp in Botswana. N o one prepared me for my first safari. I suppose as a travel writer I ought to have had a baseline understanding of how things were going to go, but I was...
Contaminated Limpopo River cause for concern in Beitbridge
Southern Eye
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Beitbridge district development co-ordinator, Sikhangezile Mafu Moyo, yesterday published a notice advising the community about the contamination. BEITBRIDGE residents are worried about water in the Limpopo River that has turned green and is...
Resources Top 5: West Coast Silver aglow with high-grade results and strong silver price
Stockhead
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July 16, 2025
West Coast Silver is glowing in the light of high-grade results from the Elizabeth Hill project. Pic: Getty Images West Coast Silver clocks 1m at 15,071g/t silver among results from first two diamond holes at Elizabeth Hill A 2000m diamond...
Desert Bush Walk Battles On
Botswana Gazette
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July 16, 2025
Organisers of this year’s Desert Bush Walk – that beloved charitable hiking event – say the 9th edition will go on in Jwaneng inspite of financial odds, proving that resilience, unity, and community upliftment are still at its heart GOSEGO MOTSUMI...
WCE has “exceptional” drilling start
Townsville Bulletin
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July 16, 2025
West Coast Silver clocks 1m at 15,071g/t silver among results from first two diamond holes at Elizabeth Hill A 2000m diamond drilling program underway at EUR's Tanbreez REE project in Greenland LKY poised to take advantage of the US critical...
Great European Eclipse 2026: When is it and how to view the eclipse
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 11, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma
Media Monitors Network
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July 14, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal becomes the ninth country in WHO’s African Region to have achieved this feat. “I commend Senegal for freeing its population...
Competition Law as a Catalyst for Ghana’s 24-Hour Economy an...
Modern Ghana
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“Competition policy is not a luxury or a regulatory nicety. It is an essential underpinning of the market economy. Developing countries need it as much as, or even more than, rich countries, because the risks of market abuses, cronyism, and...
FG Hails Super Falcons’ Victory
New Telegraph
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July 11, 2025
The Federal Government through the Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman- Ibrahim, has expressed deep pride and excitement following the Super Falcons’ narrow but decisive 1–0 victory over Botswana in the ongoing 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of...
High Jewelry Highlights from Haute Couture
Harper's Bazaar
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July 15, 2025
From nature-inspired brooches at Boucheron to celestial pendants at Dior, couture week in Paris was a glittery affair. In a city with romance entrenched in its bones, unique gems brought fairytales and love stories to life. Below, we've rounded up...
Health Equity Matters add their voice to calls for global HIV funding
OUTinPerth
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July 16, 2025
The national federation for Australia’s leading HIV and LGBTIQA+ organisations has warned that global progress towards ending HIV transmission is at risk of being undone, following new UN estimates showing millions of deaths and new infections...
Minerva commit to Zim Open Chess tourney
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Branded the Minerva Zimbabwe Open, the tournament is set to take place from August 20 to 24 at Joina City in Harare. THE Zimbabwe Chess Federation (ZCF) has announced the continuation of its partnership with Minerva Risk Advisors, who will sponsor...