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AGRF 2017: Growing Inclusive Economies and Jobs through Agriculture

The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), the platform for global and African leaders uniting continental and global heavy weights, is uniting in Ivory Cost since September, towards one goal: transforming Africa's agriculture. The theme for the seventh “2017” AGRF is “Accelerating Africa’s Path to Prosperity: Growing Inclusive Economies and Jobs through Agriculture”. The AGRF was established…

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Tanzania set to launch the world’s largest drone delivery network

Tanzania is set to launch the world’s largest drone delivery network early 2018, with drones parachuting blood and medicines out of the skies to save the lives of many in the region. Zipline, a Californian drone-delivery startup that has been delivering blood to Rwandan clinics since October, recently announced that it’s expanding its operations into…

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Akon purchasing 50% of Senegalese music streaming service: Musik Bi

Senegalese singer Akon has announced he is purchasing 50% of Musik Bi, a Senegalese company, and African home-grown platform for legal music downloads. Musik Bi launched in Senegal in February 2016 with a mission to promote African artists, pay them properly, and fight internet piracy, however, the platform has been struggling to gain a foothold.…

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Africa’s first airport brewery in Johannesburg

O.R. Tambo International Airport near Johannesburg, has the continent’s first airport-based brewery: Airport Craft Brewers, owned by Phumelelo Marali. Phumelelo Marali is one of South Africa’s few black beer brewers, and is at the forefront of the country’s craft beer revolution. He learned to make beer in 2010, from one of South Africa’s master brewers, Lex Mitchell.…

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