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Guterres Presses World Leaders to Close Africa's SDG Funding Gap

The UN Secretary-General's call for global support underscores that Africa remains the region furthest off-track on Sustainable Development Goals with the 2030 deadline approaching.

21 Sept · 3 min read
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South Africa: Jobs, Sugar, and Used Cars Face Shifting Odds
21 Sept
02
Vietnam Grants Citizenship to Nigerian, British Footballers Who Take Vietnamese Names
20 Sept
03
BofA Bets on Two More Fed Rate Hikes in 2026, Defying Consensus
20 Sept
04
OpenAI Discloses 6 Safety Incidents as AI Agent Risks Escalate
20 Sept
05
Africa's Tech Moment: What the Pep Talk Must Deliver
18 Sept
06
AI Anxiety Is Reshaping Tech Careers — and Africa Should Pay Attention
18 Sept
07
No Story Here: Sources Yield No Reportable African Business News
18 Sept
08
Africa's AI and Climate-Tech Funding Edges Up Amid Broader Startup Slowdown
18 Sept
09
Dangote's Failures Before the Refinery: Six Bets That Didn't Pay Off
18 Sept
10
SiGMA Opens Africa Startup Pitch Applications for 2027
18 Sept
11
Dangote Gains $22bn as Global Wealth Reshuffles at the Top
18 Sept
12
Morocco, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal Reshape Africa's Energy Map
18 Sept
13
AI Apocalypse Fears Hit Tech Stocks While Cybersecurity Gains
18 Sept
14
Fed Raises Rates for First Time in Three Years: What It Means
18 Sept
15
Kenya in Focus: Stanbic CEO Shift, 15 Rogue Funds, AI Misuse Flag
18 Sept
16
Africa Pulled $438m in August Startup Funding
16 Sept
17
Africa Blockchain Festival Opens Fellowship to Tanzanian Startups
15 Sept
18
Senegal Bets on Sovereign Cloud and AI to Reclaim Digital Control
15 Sept
19
Oracle Launches Fresh Round of Layoffs With Modest Severance
15 Sept
20
Dangote Refinery IPO: Loyalty Bonus and Africa's Biggest Share Sale
15 Sept
21
Dangote Refinery Launches Africa's Biggest-Ever IPO
15 Sept
22
Nigeria–Japan Animation Co-Production Signals New Creative Axis
15 Sept
23
DFC Lends $100M to US-Owned African Telecom to Counter Chinese Tech
15 Sept
24
Ramaphosa Courts Adani at BRICS 2026 Business Forum
15 Sept
25
Ghana Bets on 5G, Fiber, and India Ties to Wire Its Economy
13 Sept
26
Toei Animation Backs Nigerian Studio in Japan-Africa Animation Deal
13 Sept
27
Career Pivots and Interview Edge: What Africa's Job Market Can Learn
13 Sept
28
BRICS Finance Chiefs Push to Rewire Global Development Finance
13 Sept
29
Mastercard, Tether, WHO, FAO Bet Big on Africa's Digital Gap
13 Sept
30
India Woos Africa's BRICS Three With Digital Rupee and Oil Deals
13 Sept
31
Richemont's Rupert Names Son Co-Deputy Chairman in Succession Move
11 Sept
32
Côte d'Ivoire Pension Fund Takes Stake in AFC in Capital Push
11 Sept
33
Chinese EVs and M-KOPA's 10,000 e-bikes reshape African mobility
11 Sept
34
South Africa: Banking Upstart, Airport Rebound, Agri Export Surge
11 Sept
35
IFC's $700M Bet, TerraPay-Alipay+ Deal, COMESA Push Shape Africa's Payments Future
11 Sept
36
AfDB Launches $5.1bn Emergency Plan for Africa's Energy and Fertiliser Gaps
11 Sept
37
Leadership Shifts Across Africa's Trade and Tech Corridors
8 Sept
38
AWIEF 2026 Finalists Named as Africa's Women-Led Ventures Compete
8 Sept
39
Amazon Cargo Crash, Cybercabs, and NYC Politics: This Week's Dispatches
8 Sept
40
PremiumTrust Bank Earns Dual Rating Upgrades as Zimbabwe Eyes Dollar Exit
8 Sept
41
Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crashes at Miami International Airport
8 Sept
42
South Africa Breaks Into World's Top Business Start-Up Destinations
8 Sept
43
UN Votes to Fix Maps That Shrink Africa by Half
8 Sept
44
Tesla's Cybercab Launches in Austin Without a Steering Wheel
7 Sept
45
Nigeria Looks to China's Anti-Corruption Playbook
7 Sept
46
Africa's Internal Market Remains Largely Untapped
7 Sept
47
Masakhane Awards 26 LINGUA Africa Grants to Build African-Language AI
7 Sept
48
336,000 Deportations: Gulf States Target African Workers in 2026
6 Sept
49
Africa's Business Heroes Names 10 Finalists for Rwanda Grand Finale
6 Sept
50
Africa Has No Tech Billionaires Yet — Here's the Structural Reason Why
6 Sept
51
Uber Retreats From Nigeria as Africa's $2.5bn Ride-Hailing Market Fractures
5 Sept
52
IFAD and Equity Bank Launch $200M Climate Fund for African Farmers
5 Sept
53
Africa Food Systems Forum Targets Capital Gap in Agri Value Chains
4 Sept
54
Chain Reactions Africa Ranks 3rd in Inaugural Africa PR Index
4 Sept
55
Africa's Women CEOs 2026: Who Made the Definitive List
4 Sept
56
TLcom's Eloho Omame: African Tech Is Compounding, Not Stalling
4 Sept
57
Washington Summit Puts Diaspora Capital at Africa's Deal Table
4 Sept
58
Tim Cook exits Apple at $4.5T; Uber cuts 10% of staff
2 Sept
59
South Africa Business Confidence Hits 2-Year Low in Q3 2025
2 Sept
60
French Insurer Alan Acquires Senegal's Tanel in First Africa Move
2 Sept
61
Shoprite Earns 12.2%, Woolworths 5.3% as SA Retail Holds Firm
2 Sept
62
Tupac Murder Conviction Lands 28 Years Late—and His Africa Connection
2 Sept
63
University of Reading Bets on Nigeria's Business Talent Pipeline
1 Sept
64
South Africa Courts BPO Investment, Volvo, and HONOR in Same Week
31 Aug
65
Africa's Weakest Currencies and a King's Diplomatic August
31 Aug
66
Taarifa Acquires NMG Majority Stake; Predator Preps Morocco Well
31 Aug
67
Russia's Africa Corps Cements Niger Role at 1,000-Tonne Uranium Base
31 Aug
68
Africa's Washington Deal Push: Pledges Made, Proof Still Pending
31 Aug
69
Lagos Governor Courts Diaspora Capital in Washington DC Push
31 Aug
70
Africa's AI Builders Move Past Proof-of-Concept
31 Aug
71
Olaiya Tapped to Keynote Africa Business & Enterprise Conference 2026
31 Aug
72
Microsoft Names Angela Ng'ang'a East Africa Country Lead
31 Aug
73
Ivorian Firm Leads Race to Acquire Oragroup
31 Aug
74
Fake Engine Sounds and Viral Stunts: When Authenticity Becomes a Product
29 Aug
75
Dangote Plans Ship Fleet After Nigeria-Ghana Cement Logistics Fail
29 Aug
76
Five African Markets Poised to Drive Tech Growth in 2026
29 Aug
77
Africa's Fertiliser Dependence and AI Gap: Two Sovereignty Crises
28 Aug
78
EBRD Puts $8M into Ventures Platform, Swedfund Adds $20M Green Fund
28 Aug
79
EIB, Standard Bank, NBK: Three Capital Moves Reshaping African Finance
28 Aug
80
Ventures Platform closes second Africa fund, larger and pan-continental
28 Aug
81
Kenya, Nigeria, Southern Africa: Three Oil Moves Reshaping African Energy
28 Aug
82
Buffett's Rules and Gates' AI Warning: What Africa's Operators Should Extract
28 Aug
83
MTN Nigeria Sponsors Nigeria-South Africa Chamber Forum
27 Aug
84
Insufficient Source Material to Publish
27 Aug
85
Opinion Roundup: AI Reskilling, Health Data, and Executive Exits
27 Aug
86
China Courts Africa While Squeezing Taiwan's Last Ally
27 Aug
87
Five Investors Shaping African Startup Capital in 2025
27 Aug
88
Kenya Drops Degree Rule for 2027 Presidential Hopefuls
27 Aug
89
Three Global Signals African Operators Should Not Miss
26 Aug
90
Clearosuite Targets Africa's Fragmented Business Software Market
26 Aug
91
MTN's $7.18bn H1 Revenue Anchors a Three-Front Expansion Push
26 Aug
92
Africa's Digital Ambition Meets Global Capital Shifts in 2025
25 Aug
93
JSE Lists AI ETF, Borderless Bets on Stablecoins, Sintana Drills Deeper
25 Aug
94
Starlink in Uganda, Digital Banks in Egypt, Cards in UAE: Africa's Connectivity Week
25 Aug
95
Nigeria Ditches China Satellites; Namibia Scraps $2.4M AI Deal
25 Aug
96
Climate Fund, Battery Swaps, Nasdaq Debut: Africa's Clean Infrastructure Week
25 Aug
97
UK Entry-Level Hiring Slump Meets the AI Job-Search Dilemma
25 Aug
98
Ramaphosa's Business Pact Targets 8.5m Unemployed South Africans
24 Aug
99
Book Claims Africa Preceded America as Global Civilisation Hub
24 Aug
100
Türkiye's Africa Exports Hit $13.3B in Seven Months of 2026
24 Aug
101
South Africa's 103-Year Monopoly Ends, Tax Squeeze Bites High Earners
24 Aug
102
AU Launches EAN Fellowship Cohort 2 for African MSME Leaders
24 Aug
103
Tag Markets Pitches Forex Transparency as Prediction Markets Gain Wall Street Traction
24 Aug
104
Cell C Bets on MVNOs as Zimbabwe-SA Rail Corridor Awaits
24 Aug
105
Exits MENA to Acquire Avanz Capital Egypt in Private Capital Push
24 Aug
106
AI Rights, Watermarks, and Walmart: Three Tech Shifts to Watch
24 Aug
107
Vast Space Cuts 4% of Staff as Commercial Station Race Tightens
24 Aug
108
Turkey's Africa Exports Hit $13B as Ankara Bets on the Continent
24 Aug
109
Africa's Naval Power, Diesel Gaps, and US Ship Watchlist: A Maritime Snapshot
22 Aug
110
Dangote's $400M Raise, UAE-Egypt Ties, and a Truck Ban: Egypt's Week
22 Aug
111
Rainbow Chicken Eyes African & Middle East Export Push
22 Aug
112
Gold offshore Ghana, E1 racing in Lagos, crypto migration: Africa's week in brief
22 Aug
113
India Eyes Ghana Bauxite, US Lifts Nigeria Ship Ban, AI's Data Wall
22 Aug
114
Algeria Undercuts Saudi Arabia on LPG, Wins India's IOC
22 Aug
115
Kenya Launches National Lottery Adviser Hunt; UPAY Names New CEO
22 Aug
116
MeTL's $250M Mozambique Bet and Ghana's Frozen $34.5M Mineworker Funds
22 Aug
117
Dangote Refinery IPO Gets $1bn Underwriting Boost
22 Aug
118
Kenya Leads Sub-Saharan Future-Readiness as Power Utility Tightens Accountability
22 Aug
119
Equinor Enters Namibia's Orange Basin Alongside Chevron
22 Aug
120
H-1B Anxiety and Thrun's Robotics Bet: Two Faces of US Tech
22 Aug
121
AWS Bets on Konza; Lesaka Maps South Africa's Informal Economy
22 Aug
122
Africa's Power Paradox: 60% of Global Solar Potential, Yet 600M Without Electricity
20 Aug
123
Moderna Stock Surges ~160-177% on Positive Melanoma Trial Data
20 Aug
124
Mali Calls Putin as Wall Street Drops Rate-Hike Bets
19 Aug
125
Data, Blockchain, and Mobile Comms: Africa's Operational Gaps
19 Aug
126
Geregu's $4.4M Bond Default Exposes Nigerian Power Sector Fragility
19 Aug
127
Book Tackles Africa's Tech Internship Gap
19 Aug
128
South Africa Business Confidence Rises in July Amid Inflation Worry
19 Aug
129
EBRD, Eni, and Crypto Firms Reshape West Africa's Capital Flows
19 Aug
130
South Africa Slaps R500 Fee on New Online Visa System Within Days
19 Aug
131
Nigeria vs South Africa: The Startup Funding Gap Widening
18 Aug
132
Cameroon-Flagged Tanker Ties Africa to Russia's Shadow Oil Fleet
18 Aug
133
India Eyes African Urea; Ethiopia Tops Happiness Index
18 Aug
134
Africa's Tech Growth Is Funded From Within, Not Without
17 Aug
135
Kenya Leads Global AI Adoption as Anker and New Ecosystem Map Arrive
17 Aug
136
Global Procurement Body CIPS Plants Africa HQ in Nairobi
17 Aug
137
South Africa Tightens Controls on Spaza Shop Support Fund
17 Aug
138
Jamaica Plans $60M Deal to Build Ghana's Aluminium Sector
16 Aug
139
Airtel Africa Brings Starlink to DRC in a Continental First
16 Aug
140
Motsepe Wins Court Reprieve in $195M Tanzania Graphite Row
15 Aug
141
Two Open Calls Target African Energy Innovators and Digital Entrepreneurs
15 Aug
142
Egypt, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia Align Against Israel on Syria's Golan
15 Aug
143
Africa's Business Heroes 2026: 20 Finalists, Nairobi Semi-Final Set
15 Aug
144
OpenAI Loses 12 Executives in 2026 as Leadership Exodus Deepens
15 Aug
145
AI May Be Shielding the Global Economy From Recession
14 Aug
146
Africa Tech Festival 2026 Opens Speaker Nominations
13 Aug
147
Africa's Young Disruptors: The Founders Reshaping the Continent
13 Aug
148
14 Zama-Zama Miners Killed in Disused South Africa Mine
13 Aug
149
Dangote Eyes Tanzania Energy and Fertiliser Deals as East Africa Courts Billionaire
13 Aug
150
Arena Group Rebrands as Paradium.AI in AI Pivot
11 Aug
151
Africa's Credit Gap Demands Data, AI, and Smarter Rules
11 Aug
152
Dangote, Rupert Heirs and the New African Dynastic Capitalism
11 Aug
153
Airtel's Africa Unit Drives 37% Profit Jump as India Slows
11 Aug
154
Russia Pitches Digital Partnership to Africa at Sochi Summit
11 Aug
155
DStv Trims Channels as South Africa's EV Sales Climb
11 Aug
156
Where Gen Z Socializes and Rents: The Cities Winning and Losing
9 Aug
157
Greg Abel Opens Berkshire's $334B War Chest After Buffett Exit
9 Aug
158
Southern African Women in STEM Can Apply for 2026 Capital Accelerator
9 Aug
159
Africa Business Innovation Lab Opens Applications for MSME Support
9 Aug
160
Congo Bars Chinese Miners, Senegal Courts France: Africa's Week
8 Aug
161
McDonald's Pressured on Value as Meta Enters AI Coding Race
8 Aug
162
Homegrown African AI Takes On Silicon Valley's Giants
8 Aug
163
Etihad–Africa World Airlines Deal Opens Abu Dhabi Route for Ghana
7 Aug
164
Absa Cuts Debt Review to One Day With AI and OCR
7 Aug
165
Vanuatu's $90,000 Climate Passport and What It Tells Africa
7 Aug
166
Kenya Draws AI, Data Centre, and Fintech Bets in One Week
7 Aug
167
Emirates Expands Africa Footprint via SAA Partnership
7 Aug
168
African Banks Face a Triple Modernisation Test: QA, AI Fraud, and Trust
7 Aug
169
SpaceX Targets US Carriers, AI Valuations Crack: Global Signals
5 Aug
170
Africa's Fastest-Growing Tech Ecosystem: What the Data Shows
5 Aug
171
Kenya Loses Africa's Top Startup Funding Spot
4 Aug
172
Burry's AI Chip Short Pays Off as Nvidia Slides
5 Aug
173
Kenya's Aviation, Banking, and Piracy Numbers Tell One Story
5 Aug
174
OpenAI Africa Lead Headlines Africa Tech Festival 2026
4 Aug
175
Tinubu Bets on Health Tech to Build Nigeria's Next Unicorns
4 Aug
176
Otedola Eyes First Horizon, South Africa Sees 5.6M Tourists
3 Aug
177
South Africa's Economy Under Pressure From Three Fronts
3 Aug
178
Zambia's Next Leader Inherits a Debt Trap and a Fragile Recovery
4 Aug
179
AI Reshapes Work: Job Drought, LinkedIn Slop, and Startup Ambition
3 Aug
180
Comercio Partners Names First Female Board Chair
3 Aug
181
Zedcrest Acquires Leatherback to Build Pan-African Payments Giant
3 Aug
182
Tech Firms Force In-Person Interviews to Block AI Cheating
1 Aug
183
Two Funding Calls Open for African MSMEs in 2025
1 Aug
184
Salt Capital Takes Majority Stake in Dispense Logic
1 Aug
185
GoLemon Folds as Nigeria's Grocery-Tech Sector Stumbles Again
1 Aug
186
Apple Reclaims World's Most Valuable Company Crown From Nvidia
1 Aug
187
Canal+ Africa Marks Badugela's 20-Year Run at the Broadcaster
1 Aug
188
Meta's AI Bet Lifts Engagement but Dents Profits
30 Jul
189
Mozambique Hands Chinese Firms 25-Year Zimbabwe Border Deal
30 Jul
190
Africa's Diesel Divide and Currency Weakness Shape Trade in July 2026
30 Jul
191
No Single Story: Sources Cover Design, Trains, and US Tax Shifts
30 Jul
192
AI, Payments, Cyber, Supply Chain: Africa's Infrastructure Gaps Laid Bare
29 Jul
193
Mozambique Hands Chinese Firms a 25-Year Border Deal
29 Jul
194
CBN Hosts 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum in Abuja
29 Jul
195
Anglo American Platinum: Revenue Surge, Six Deaths, Dollar Exit
29 Jul
196
Three US Executives, Three Career Habits Worth Noting
29 Jul
197
African Female Climate Tech Founders Lean on Grants, Locked Out of Equity
28 Jul
198
Nigeria Launches Startup Accelerator Amid Persistent Funding Drought
28 Jul
199
BCG Warns Africa Could Miss the AI Economy Entirely
28 Jul
200
Africa Summit Diplomacy: Deal Theatre or Real Capital?
28 Jul
201
Sedgwick South Africa Gets New MD as Wayne Klingler Succeeds Ken MacLean
28 Jul
202
Ecobank Launches Podcast Targeting African Entrepreneurs
28 Jul
203
South Africa's R1 Trillion Employer Under Scrutiny as AI Push Accelerates
26 Jul
204
No Usable Source Material for an Africa Business Story
28 Jul
205
OpenAI's Agent Hack and Codex Drop Rattle AI and Software Markets
26 Jul
206
BofA Sell Signal Hits 3-Year High as Birth-Rate Splits Widen
26 Jul
207
Trump's Tariff Squeeze Hits Africa From Two Directions
26 Jul
208
Capex Backlash: Why Tesla and Alphabet Are Being Punished
26 Jul
209
Netflix's Catalog Library Outperforms New Releases in Retention
26 Jul
210
IMF: Africa's AI Billions at Risk Without More Power
25 Jul
211
Houthi Red Sea Attacks Squeeze East African Trade Routes
25 Jul
212
AHF Throws Weight Behind African Union's Debt Reform Drive
25 Jul
213
CATL Wins AfDB Backing for Africa's First Gigafactory in Morocco
25 Jul
214
Egypt Pilots Digital Visa-on-Arrival to Streamline Tourist Entry
25 Jul
215
Afreximbank and IDC Sign Investment Pact to Boost African Trade
24 Jul
216
Breet Built a Crypto Business for 1,000 Days With No VC Money
24 Jul
217
AfDB Backs €100m EV Battery Gigafactory in Morocco
24 Jul
218
Airtel Africa Adds 19.6M Customers to Hit 189 Million
24 Jul
219
Uber Absorbs Glovo and Talabat's Africa Units in €14.8bn Deal
25 Jul
220
Equity-Free Grants Open New Doors for African Fintech Founders
24 Jul
221
Starlink, Congo Mining Rules, and Prediction Markets: Africa in Focus
24 Jul
222
Uber Cuts AI-Displaced Jobs, Nigeria Awards Oil Blocks, Africa Eyes UN Top Seat
24 Jul
223
China's Deepening Grip on Africa: Minerals, Oil, and Money
24 Jul
224
Zenith Bank, Duplo, and Cregis: Africa's Finance Week in Brief
24 Jul
225
Africa's Billionaires Drive Big Deals as Capital Flows Shift
24 Jul
226
Dangote Slowdown, Cable Disputes, and a $1.3bn Fintech Bet
24 Jul
227
Airtel Africa Eyes London IPO for Fintech Arm as Mobile Money Matures
24 Jul
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