Alikiba’s Big Bet: Turning Kiswahili Into a Music Market
Alikiba, OkayAfrica’s July Artist of the Month, is turning hit song “Finale” into a bet that Kiswahili can unite East...
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Alikiba, OkayAfrica’s July Artist of the Month, is turning hit song “Finale” into a bet that Kiswahili can unite East...
July 12, 2026
Mohammed Dewji plans $275 million for graphite mining and a Zanzibar island resort, targeting $10 billion in MeTL revenue by...
July 11, 2026
A Johannesburg court cleared Patrice Motsepe’s ARC in a $195 million graphite dispute with US-linked Pula, which now hinges on...
July 9, 2026
Dangote Kenya refinery confirmed: Lamu will host a 700,000-barrel-a-day plant costing up to $17 billion, with soil tests and engineering...
July 9, 2026
A Tanzania investment mission led by Equity Group brought more than 50 global investors to Dar es Salaam to explore...
July 8, 2026
Dangote Tanzania plans took shape on June 29: a new port, a 2,000 MW power plant and a urea fertiliser...
July 6, 2026
African stock exchanges now link 11 markets after 4 new additions—Botswana, Ghana, Eswatini, Uganda—as AELP targets full continental capital integration...
July 4, 2026
Zanzibar International Film Festival's 29th edition screened 65 films from 100+ countries in Stone Town, spotlighting AI's role in reshaping...
July 1, 2026
A new China minerals law gives Beijing a legal lever over strategic metals, raising the stakes in Africa, where it...
June 30, 2026