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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. 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

4. 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.

5. Ethiopia: Ethiopian Authorities Pursuing 'Campaign to Dismantle' Independent Newsroom - CPJ

   [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned what it described as an escalating campaign by Ethiopian authorities against Addis Standard, calling for an immediate end to actions targeting the publication following the detention and assault of its Editor-in-Chief, the raid on its newsroom, destruction and seizure of equipment, and an eviction order served against its offices.