Europe is placing institutional capital behind African artificial intelligence. French state-backed Digital Africa has launched the AI Fuzé Challenge —…
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Benin elects Romuald Wadagni president in 94% landslide — a Harvard economist succeeds Patrice Talon
Benin has elected a new president in a landslide. Romuald Wadagni, a Harvard-trained economist and former Deloitte executive, won 94…
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Sudan’s civil war enters its fourth year — $1.5bn pledged in Berlin, 34 million need aid
Sudan’s civil war has crossed into its fourth year with no ceasefire in sight. Donors at an emergency conference in…
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Ghana cocoa farmers sound the alarm — price cuts and delayed payments are making farming unviable
Cocoa farmers across Ghana’s Ahafo Region are sounding the alarm. Producer prices have been cut and payments delayed to the…
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Ghana’s reserves hit $13.8 billion — cedi crowned Africa’s best-performing currency
Ghana’s international reserves have reached $13.8 billion — up from $8.9 billion just a year ago — as the cedi…
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Citigroup posts best revenue quarter in a decade — $3.06 EPS beats $2.63 estimate, net income surges 56%
Citigroup reported its strongest revenue quarter in a decade on Tuesday, with earnings per share of $3.06 against analyst expectations…
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BlackRock smashes Q1 estimates — $12.53 EPS, $6.7 billion revenue, AUM hits record $13.9 trillion
BlackRock kicked off Wall Street’s Q1 2026 earnings season on Tuesday with a comprehensive beat: earnings per share of $12.53…
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Anthropic signs multi-year CoreWeave deal as 9 of top 10 AI providers now run on the hyperscaler
Anthropic has signed a multi-year compute deal with CoreWeave, making it the ninth of the ten largest AI model providers…
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OpenAI launches GPT-5.4-Cyber — a frontier cybersecurity model in direct response to Anthropic’s Mythos
OpenAI has unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber, a specialised frontier model purpose-built for cybersecurity defence — the company’s direct competitive response to Anthropic’s…
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Canada’s Liberals sweep three by-elections and regain a parliamentary majority
Canada’s Liberal Party has regained a parliamentary majority after sweeping three federal by-elections held on Monday — the first time…
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