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<p>The 2025 U.S.-Africa Business Summit —now in its 17th year — is set to take place from 22 to 25 June in Luanda, Angola. The summit aims to identify effective solutions to diversify the African economy and increase trade, investment, and business in both the U.S. and Africa. This episode of Focus On gives insights into what lies ahead of this year&#8217;s summit.</p>


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Focus On: 2025 U.S.-Africa Business Summit: Driving Economic Collaboration

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<p>Digital infrastructure is a cornerstone for the adoption and effective use of EdTech across Africa. However, the development of digital infrastructure faces hurdles like high costs of devices and the internet, uneven access to reliable power, and regional disparities in connectivity. Addressing these challenges with strategic investment and partnerships will be critical to unlocking EdTech’s transformative potential in Africa.</p>


EdTech Monday: Underwriting Foundational Infrastructure through Creative use of EdTech Resources

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<p>Today, we unpack the shifting finance landscape: Can Africa fund its own future? From DFIs to domestic capital markets, we explore how blended finance and local mobilization are reshaping investment across the continent.</p>


Focus On Djibouti Business Forum: Domestic Financing & DFIs

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<p>From inflation to fintech, and credit ratings to capital flows — what does stability look like in a time of global uncertainty?&#8221; Strong economies need strong financial ecosystems and Africa’s resilience is being tested and proven in real time.</p>


Focus On Djibouti Business Forum: Financial Markets & Economic Resilience

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<p>In this episode, we zoom into digitization: the new currency of growth. How are governments, entrepreneurs, and investors building the systems to connect, scale, and compete in a digital-first world? Africa’s digital leap is more than a trend, it’s a necessity. But inclusion, infrastructure, and intent must align.</p>


Focus On Djibouti Business Forum: Digitization: The new currency of growth

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<p>In this episode, we zero in on the continent’s infrastructure revolution. From ports to power lines and the trade corridors linking them, we ask: What will it take to build the backbone of regional and global growth?&#8221;</p>


Focus On: Djibouti’s role in Africa’s logistics future

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<p>Ahmed Tidjani Sow brings Africa’s first AI-generated music video to life — a powerful tribute to the Senegalese Tirailleurs. Storytelling meets innovation in a way Africa has never seen before.</p>


Focus On: Mastering AI for growth with Ahmed Tidjani Sow

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<p>Samuel Rutunda, the Chief Technology Officer at Digital Umuganda is using AI and open data to build voice datasets for 100 African languages. From health to education, they’re building the tools to close Africa’s digital divide — one voice at a time.</p>


Focus On: Mastering AI for growth with Digital Umuganda

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<p>Nkosiphambili Molapisi, Co-Founder of Sync Discovery, built an AI-powered platform that helps African artists track airplay &#038; collect royalties in real-time.</p>


Focus On: Mastering AI for growth with Sync Discovery

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<p>Kelvin Rwihimba, CEO of Minetech has  developed a smart sensor system to prevent mining accidents. With 150 cooperatives on the waitlist, Rwanda could be leading a mining safety revolution.</p>


Focus On: Mastering AI for growth with Minetech

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<p>Digital payment technology has transformed the way we make purchases and handle transactions. But with this rapid advancement comes a rise in new forms of fraud and scams — underscoring the urgent need for strong security measures and continuous consumer awareness. This highlights special explores how consumers can stay secure in an increasingly digital world.</p>


VISA CEMEA Security Summit 2025: Highlights Special

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<p>Join us for an insightful panel discussion on &#8220;AI for All: African Youth Voices Shaping the Future&#8221; as experts, industry leaders, and upcoming innovators share their perspectives on harnessing Artificial Intelligence to drive positive change in Africa.</p>


AI for All: African Youth Voices Shaping the Future

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<p>In this Invest Rwanda episode, we explore the rise of Rwanda&#8217;s capital markets and the impressive growth of the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE). Discover how RSE is driving economic development, attracting investment, and positioning Rwanda as a financial hub in East Africa.</p>


Invest Rwanda: The Rise of Rwanda’s Capital Markets

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<p>Join us on Focus On as we explore the Mastercard Foundation&#8217;s innovative efforts to promote AI growth in Africa. Discover how they&#8217;re harnessing the power of AI to drive economic development, create opportunities, and shape the continent&#8217;s future.</p>


Focus On Empowering Africa’s Future: Mastering AI for Growth

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<p>Africa’s economic dependence on natural resources like farming and mining renders a number of its economies vulnerable to the effects of climate change. This episode of Focus On looks at advancing sustainable development on the continent amid reductions in climate grants and development aid.</p>


Focus On: Advancing Africa’s Sustainable Development

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<p>As UNESCO reports, there are widespread concerns that learning outcomes do not match the expansion of education because many countries lack systematic data on who is learning and who is not. To this end, the April edition of EdTech Mondays Africa will review the 2024 EdTech Conference Recommendation No. 4 – “Drive decisions with data by investing in government systems and capabilities for timely collection, analysis and informed decision-making”.</p>


EdTech Monday: Investing in Government Data Systems to Drive Decision Making

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<p>Africa Business Weekly on CNBC Africa brings you the most impactful business stories across sub-Saharan Africa every week. From the capital markets to economic news affecting the regions from East, West ad Southern Africa, we will speak to the major newsmakers from across the sub-Saharan Africa region to get exciting and unique angles to the stories shaping the continent.</p>


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