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Tonderayi Mukeredzi

Tonderayi Mukeredzi

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Customers shopping for groceries in a supermarket in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: Panos / N. Rixon

One-stop border post will boost trading

Southern African trader is cautiously optimistic about a free trade area
Young men using computers in a cybercafe in Cairo, Egypt, where Khaled (Jaled) Said, a 28-year-old blogger, was arrested and beaten to death by police in 2010. Later, 400,000 people joined the ‘We’re all Khaled Said’ campaign on Facebook is considered one

Uproar over Internet shutdowns

Governments cite incitements to violence, exam cheating and hate speech
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Chadian President Idriss Déby, flanked by African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, show off their new pan-African passports at the AU summit in Kigali in July 2016. Photo: African Union

Pan-Africa passport to open up borders

AU launches a continental passport while Brexit closes doors
A partial view of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam under construction. ??Reuters/T. Negeri

Can Africa fund its own growth?

Mobilizing domestic resources is a key source of finance

Young Zimbabweans warming up to gambling

Punters driven by a growing appetite for gaming and the need to make that extra coin
The Chinese currency, the yuan. Photo: Africa Renewal/Bo Li

Chinese yuan penetrates African markets

Could it be the next global reserve currency?