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Gabon’s Ministry of Digital Economy, Digitalisation and Innovation has delayed the closing event of KIMBA Connect’s debut edition, after participating startups raised concerns about how the programme was run.
For audiences, Cirque du Soleil is about wonder: gravity-defying performers, breathtaking costumes, immersive music, and moments that feel almost impossible. But behind every performance is something just as remarkable: a highly complex global business operation.
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By ABS News Desk | August 4, 2026 YAOUNDÉ — The Trump administration has formally notified the United States Congress of plans to close the American Embassy branch office in Douala, Cameroon, ending Washington’s permanent diplomatic footprint in the country’s largest city and commercial nerve centre, according to separate notices sent to lawmakers late last week and obtained by the media. The Douala branch office, which employs 14 local staff members and no direct-hire American personnel, is one of five smaller U.S. diplomatic missions earmarked for closure. The others are the U.S. Embassy in Grenada, consulates in Nagoya, Japan, and…
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Electra Mining Africa, taking place from 7 – 11 September at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Nasrec, will showcase the latest mining industry trends and bring together technology providers, manufacturers, engineering specialists, and industry experts.
PalmPay, one of Africa’s fastest-growing digital payments companies, is considering a listing in Hong Kong after reaching a valuation of more than $1 billion, positioning the company to become one of the continent’s few fintech unicorns to test public markets following the slowdown in global startup funding.
Africa is home to 18% of the world’s people but holds less than 1% of global data centre capacity, and only about 40% of its population is online. That gap in compute, connectivity, and digital skills is what a new pan-African research call wants to close.
