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Pedestrians walk outside the Safaricom mobile phone customer care centre during the launch of its 5G internet service in the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya, 27 October 2022. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Kenya's Safaricom raises $117m with local sustainability-linked loan

Source: Brics Competition Law and Policy Centre.

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Image source: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

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Jonathan Houston 26 Sep 2018

John Kamaro, director for Global Gaming Africa

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Beijing has lent $90bn to African governments, SEOs

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Andy Walker 28 Jun 2018

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Image source: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

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