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One-fifth of the world’s companies are retail or trade
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Improved industrial 3D printer shipments still not back to pre-Covid levels
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SA in the spotlight as top malware target
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Africa risks missing out on global growth trends without pro-trade reforms
The Free Market Foundation (FMF) and the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity (IATP) have called on African governments to radically speed up their implementation of pro-trade policy reforms as part of the wider Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)...
Mobile malware attacks cause concern in Africa
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