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Gabon offers free tourist e-Visa for international visitors between July and September 2025
Nairametrics
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July 3, 2025
The government of Gabon has announced the introduction of a free electronic tourist visa (e-Visa) for international travellers visiting the country between July 1 and September 30, 2025. The announcement was made during a press conference in...
MAADA BIO SNUBBED AGAIN : President Trump refuses to invite him to the White House for major summit on Africa
Cocorioko
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July 3, 2025
Screenshot By Kabs Kanu U.S President Donald Trump has cast aspersion and scorn on President Maada Bio as done by his predecessor President Joe Biden. Bio’s chairmanship of ECOWAS had counted for nothing as President Trump has refused to invite...
African governments need to consider harmonising tax structures
Times Aerospace
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High taxes, inconsistent policies, and reliance on aviation revenues can stifle the development of a competitive and sustainable aviation sector. To foster greater air connectivity, economic growth, and regional integration, it is critical for...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
African Fish Workers Excluded From International Trade Deals: Report
Inter Press Service
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July 3, 2025
Africa, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Food Sustainability, Food Systems, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Trade &...
Trump to Host Five African Presidents in Push for New Trade Deals
Switch TV
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump is set to welcome five African heads of state to the White House next week for talks focused on business, trade, and what his administration is calling “commercial opportunities.” Leaders from Gabon,...
First summit: Trump to meet with five African presidents next week
Africanews
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July 3, 2025
US president Donald Trump will meet with the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal from 9 to 11 July. The meeting comes as a surprise, although some analysts have taken it as a continuation of intensifying American...
Liberia: President Boakai Among Five African Leaders Invited to Trump Summit as Liberia Appears on Proposed U.S. Third-Country Deportation List
Front Page Africa
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July 3, 2025
MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is among five African heads of state invited to a high-level summit with former U.S. President Donald Trump, scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., from July 9 to 11. The summit, reportedly...
Gabon gets $3.2bn loan to build power stations, railway and factories
Global Construction Review
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July 2, 2025
The newly elected government of Gabon has signed two agreements with the Africa Export-Import Bank accepting loans worth more than $3.2bn for industrial development. The funding is equal to 16% of the West African country’s GDP. The new president,...
Liberia: JNB Among Five African Presidents Invited to Trump Summit, Motives Unclear
Front Page Africa
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July 2, 2025
The meeting, reportedly being coordinated through the U.S. State Department in collaboration with the respective embassies in Washington, will mark a significant diplomatic engagement with Africa by Trump’s camp. Monrovia – FrontPage Africa has...
Major UK mobile network with 10 million customers brings back free roaming
Birmingham Live
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July 4, 2025
UK tourists heading to the European Union have been told Three Mobile will bring back the massive perk for them. A major mobile network with 10 million customers will bring back FREE roaming while abroad this summer. UK tourists heading to the...
Anyaoku Lauds Ramphal as Immeasurable Champion of the Commonwealth
GNN Liberia
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July 3, 2025
By Paul Ejime Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Africa’s first Commonwealth Secretary-General (1990-2000) has praised his late predecessor Sir Shridath ‘Sonny’ Ramphal of Guyana for championing “the universal recognition of the Commonwealth as an organization...
Nigeria Excluded as Trump Meets Five African Leaders for Trade Talks
This Day
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July 4, 2025
•Tinubu’s failure is complete with US’ sidelining of nation, says Atiku Chuks Okocha in Abuja Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has been excluded as the US President, Donald Trump, is scheduled to welcome leaders from five African countries to...
Atiku berates Tinubu as Trump snubs Nigeria
Business Day
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July 3, 2025
Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, on Thursday, berated President Bola Tinubu, as President Donald Trump, ignored Nigeria, only to invite five other African nations to discuss ” Commercial Opportunities”. Trump is expected to host five African...
New Study Reveals Major Progress and Ongoing Gaps in Global Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays
Newswise
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July 3, 2025
Download Photo Download Infographic Newswise — NEW YORK, NY (July 3, 2025) – A new global study led by Florida International University (FIU), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and partners reveals strong conservation progress in...
Gabon secures $3.8 billion Afreximbank pact for gold, manganese and energy projects
Business Insider Africa
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June 27, 2025
Gabon has signed a $3.8 billion memorandum of understanding with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to fund major national development projects across mining, energy, and transport sectors. The agreement, formalized during Afreximbank’s...
CBE Governor: Egypt Commits to Supporting Comprehensive Development in Africa
Sada Elbalad
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June 29, 2025
Sun 29 Jun 2025 | 08:02 PM On behalf of the Egyptian President, Hassan Abdullah, Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) officially inaugurated the 32nd Annual Meeting of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) held recently in Abuja,...
CBE governor represents Egypt at Afreximbank’s 2025 annual meetings in Nigeria
Daily News Egypt
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June 29, 2025
On behalf of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Hassan Abdalla participated in the official opening of the African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) 32nd Annual Meetings, held recently in Abuja, Nigeria. The 2025...
Atiku Mocks Tinubu as Trump ignores Nigeria in invitation to 5 African countries
Nigerian Eye
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July 3, 2025
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said the invitation extended to five African countries without Nigeria is a scathing verdict on the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Atiku in a statement by Phrank Shaibu, his Special...
Nigeria excluded as Trump invites five African leaders to Washington for trade talks
Business Hallmark
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July 3, 2025
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host leaders from five African countries at the White House next week for discussions focused on trade and investment opportunities – with Nigeria conspicuously absent from the invite list. According to...