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    Innovation Without Borders: Bavaria Office Visit CcHUB

    Innovation Without Borders: Bavaria Office Visit to CcHUB, a high-level exploration of collaboration between Bavarian tech ecosystems and CcHUB’s vibrant pan-African startup network.

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    Building Bridges in Tech & Bavaria Office Meet Safaricom Management

    Partnerships for the future were at the heart of our recent meeting with Safaricom, one of Africa’s leading purpose-driven technology companies. With over 50 million customers in Kenya and 10.5 million in Ethiopia, Safaricom is the Home of M-Pesa and a trusted enabler of digital transactions and transformation across Africa.

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    Building Bridges in Tech & Bavaria Office Meet Safaricom Management

    Bavaria Office for Africa met with Safaricom leadership in Nairobi to explore opportunities for technology collaboration and digital innovation between German and East African partners.

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    World Bank Launches $424M Program to Expand Clean Energy Access in Ethiopia.

    The World Bank has approved the $424 million Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) in Ethiopia Program-for-Results to provide clean and reliable electricity to nearly six million people, supported by a $400 million IDA credit and a $24 million grant from Denmark.

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    Ethiopian Airlines and AfDB Seal $5 Billion Deal for Africa’s Largest Airport Project

    Ethiopian Airlines Group and the African Development Bank have signed a mandate letter appointing the Bank as Initial Mandated Lead Arranger for the financing of Africa’s largest aviation infrastructure project as a new USD 5 billion mega airport in Bishoftu, Ethiopia.

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    Tanzania’s Real Estate Sector Poised for Stronger Growth Through 2030.

    After press release in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s property market is set for steady expansion through the decade, supported by pro-investment reforms and big-ticket infrastructure. Foreign direct investment jumped to US$6.56bn in 2024 (from US$1.3–1.6bn in 2023), while new policies (TISEZA Act 2025; National Land Policy 2023) are improving market access and approvals.

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    Tanzania Signs 158.3bn/- Strategic Deals to Boost Hunting Tourism

    After press release in Dar es Salaam, The Ministry for Natural Resources and Tourism signed four investment agreements under the Strategic Wildlife Investment Concession Agreement (SWICA) framework, valued at 158.3bn/-, allowing investors to run both photographic tourism and tourist hunting within the same concession areas.

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    Five New SEZs Set to Position Tanzania as Industrial Hub

    After a press release in Dar es Salaam, The government has launched five Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Buzwagi (1,333 ha), Bagamoyo Eco Maritime City (151 ha), Kwala (40.5 ha), Nala (607 ha) and an expanded Benjamin W. Mkapa SEZ in Dar es Salaam (13,000 m²) aimed at boosting value-added manufacturing, jobs and GDP growth.

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    Kenya to Host Inaugural Software Summit in October

    The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy, in partnership with other tech stakeholders, is set to host the first-ever Software Summit on 7th - 9th October this year at the University of Eldoret.