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      <news:title>Ghana&apos;s 1,200MW gas plant: more megawatts, same old problems?</news:title>
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      <news:title>CEMAC Awards Financiers: Private Investment Push or PR?</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-05-02T15:48:55.067Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Kenya&apos;s fuel import bill hits Sh528bn as price pain mounts</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-05-02T15:38:26.777Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Nigeria Broadband Tops 50% – What Does This Milestone Really Mean?</news:title>
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        <news:name>Africa Business News</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-05-02T15:27:53.101Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>FSD Ethiopia CEO Joins INPRF Board to Shape NGO Reporting</news:title>
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    <loc>https://africabiznews.com/gh/markets/bog-2025-loss-analysis</loc>
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      <news:title>BoG&apos;s 2025 Loss: A Deeper Look at the Central Bank&apos;s Record Deficit</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-05-02T07:31:49.518Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>KfW&apos;s Sh4.1b ATIDI Stake: Trade Insurance in Kenya Markets</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-05-02T07:18:49.348Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Techcyte&apos;s $15M Raise Tests South Africa&apos;s AI Readiness</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-05-01T15:43:57.496Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>MTN Nigeria&apos;s MoMo handover, Kenya&apos;s UrbanTok, and Somalia&apos;s quiet cybersecurity push</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-05-01T15:30:27.487Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Kenya&apos;s China trade deal: gift or trap?</news:title>
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    <loc>https://africabiznews.com/tz/markets/tanzania-gas-gamble-lng-delay-us-warning</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-05-01T15:25:03.147Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Tanzania&apos;s Gas Gamble: 57tcf and No Deal Yet</news:title>
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