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SAATM’s new push promises 108 routes, cheaper fares—and faster cargo

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Friday 12th September 2025 By Inafrika Reporter Africa’s Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM)—often treated as a policy slogan—looked more like an operating system this month. The African Civil Aviation…

EU hands TZS 1bn forest-surveillance kit as blue-economy finance steps up

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Friday 12th September 2025 By inAfrika Reporter Tanzania’s environmental enforcement just received a practical boost. The government took delivery of 74 pieces of conservation equipment—including tourist vans, drones, motorcycles and…

BAL × Afreximbank Bets on Africa’s Sports Economy

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Friday 12th September 2025 by inAfrika Reporter On a week when the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) chalked up a record $48.3 billion in signed deals, the Basketball Africa League (BAL)…

Afreximbank’s A-/Stable Rating Affirmed by Japan’s Credit Rating Agency, Reinforcing Global Credibility

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Wednesday, 10th September 2025 By inAfrika Reporter The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has had its A- issuer credit rating with a stable outlook reaffirmed by the Japan Credit Rating Agency…

Visa Pay Launches to Expand Access to Digital Payments across the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Monday 7th September 2025 By inAfrika Reporter Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, September 4, 2025 — Visa, the global leader in digital payments, has launched Visa Pay, a mobile-first…

Multilateral Development Banks Hit Record $137 Billion in Climate Finance, Driving Sustainable Growth Worldwide

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Monday, 7th September 2025 By inAfrika Reporter Multilateral development banks delivered a record $137 billion in climate finance in 2024, a ten percent rise from the previous year that underscores…

A New Undersea Lifeline: DARE1 to Stretch South to Tanzania by 2028—What Redundancy Means for Prices, Latency and Outage Risk

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Thursday, 4th September 2025. by inAfrika Reporter One of the Horn’s most important internet arteries is coming to Tanzania. Djibouti Telecom has unveiled plans to extend the DARE1 subsea cable—which…

Tanzania’s Central Bank Cuts Rate to 5.75%—and Quietly Rewires Consumer Protections. Here’s What Will Change First

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Thursday, 4th September 2025. by inAfrika Reporter Tanzania’s central bank is sending a dual signal to households and lenders: cheaper money, tougher rules. The Monetary Policy Committee lowered the Central…

EACOP’s Two-Track Week: Construction Tops 66.5% as New Legal Salvos Land—What That Means for Tanga’s Timeline

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Thursday 4th September 2025 by inAfrika Reporter The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) entered September with a paradox: the engineering ticker is rising while the legal docket stays busy.…

OND 2025: ICPAC Warns of Drier, Hotter Conditions Over Much of the Horn—Tanzania’s Utilities and Farmers Should Adjust Now

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Thursday, 4th September 2025 by inAfrika Reporter The Greater Horn’s most important rainfall season for the equatorial belt—October to December (OND)—is arriving with an uncomfortable forecast. The IGAD Climate Prediction…

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