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1. Africa: From Capital to Prosperity - Can Africa build the financial engine for its industrialisation?

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2. Africa: Africa Has Ideas - What It Lacks Is a Fair Hearing from Global Capital

   [allAfrica] Why good African businesses and projects can struggle to cross the funding redline

3. Namibia: Stars, UNAM's African Opponents Announced

   [Namibian] African Stars will face Mangasport of Gabon while Unam FC will face Kabuscorp of Angola in the qualifying rounds of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederations Cup respectively.

4. Africa: A Landmark for African Finance - Europe's First African Sovereign Bond ETF Opens a New Chapter

   [allAfrica] For years, African finance ministers have made the same case at investor conferences and multilateral summits: the continent is not short of bankable projects, it is short of affordable capital. This week, that case took a tangible step forward. Legal & General Asset Management, one of Britain's largest institutional investors, launched the L&G LSF African Government Bond (USD) UCITS ETF -- the first exchange-traded fund of its kind available to European investors -- built on the

5. Benin: Ex-Benin President Talon Makes Political Comeback Via Newly Founded Senate

   [RFI] Benin's newly created Senate elected former president Patrice Talon as its leader on Thursday in Porto-Novo, less than three months after he left office. He will serve a five-year term at the head of the country's new second chamber of Parliament.