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Google and Cassava Launch Free Gemini AI Access in Africa

Google and Cassava Launch Free Gemini AI Access in Africa

Africa-Press - Mauritius. Cassava Technologies , a global technology leader with African heritage, has announced a strategic partnership aimed at expanding access to Google’s...
Bitcoin dives to six-month lowest

Bitcoin dives to six-month lowest

Africa-Press - Mauritius. Bitcoin fell more than 6% to its weakest level in six months on Friday as growing uncertainty about the US economy...
Markets Rise

Markets Rise

Africa-Press - Mauritius. Global markets moved higher Thursday, buoyed by stronger risk appetite following the reopening of the US federal government after the longest...
Oil slips on oversupply worries, sanctions risk in focus

Oil slips on oversupply worries, sanctions risk in focus

Africa-Press - Mauritius. Oil prices dipped in Asian trade on Tuesday as oversupply concerns outweighed uncertainty over the impact of U.S. sanctions on Russian...
Trade bodies push for AfCFTA fast-track

Trade bodies push for AfCFTA fast-track

Africa-Press - Mauritius. AFRICAN trade bodies have called for a shift from talk to action on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), urging...
GFTEN Launches Africa FX Curriculum Co-Development Tour

GFTEN Launches Africa FX Curriculum Co-Development Tour

Africa-Press - Mauritius. The Global Fintech & Trading Excellence Network (GFTEN) has announced the launch of the Africa FX Curriculum Co-Development Tour 2026, an...
COP30 Reveals 2.5 Tri/- Boost for Mauritius’S Smallholder Farmers

COP30 Reveals 2.5 Tri/- Boost for Mauritius’S Smallholder Farmers

Africa-Press - Mauritius. THE Gates Foundation announced a new commitment to advancing climate adaptation, helping smallholder farmers build resilience to a warming world and...
Afdb Champions Africa’S Climate Finance Reform at COP30

Afdb Champions Africa’S Climate Finance Reform at COP30

Africa-Press - Mauritius. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday received African Development Bank Group President Dr Sidi Ould Tah in Belém,...
Africa’S Startup Ecosystem Grows with $442 Million Raised

Africa’S Startup Ecosystem Grows with $442 Million Raised

Africa-Press - Mauritius. October was an outstanding month for Africa’s startup scene, with startups across the continent securing more than $442 million in funding,...
Commodity Prices Rise Amid Fed Rate Cut and Trade Easing

Commodity Prices Rise Amid Fed Rate Cut and Trade Easing

Africa-Press - Mauritius. Commodity prices saw an upward trend last month, as the Fed continued rate cuts and the trade tensions between the US...