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South Africa Responds to US Tariff Hike Threat, Seeks Balanced Trade Resolution
South Africa Today
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July 9, 2025
The South African government has responded to a letter from former US President Donald Trump announcing a 30% tariff on South African exports to the United States. Trump’s correspondence also warned that any increase in South Africa’s tariffs on...
Trump’s action ‘based on inaccurate trade view’
Gulf Daily News Online
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s imposition of a 30 per cent tariff from next month, saying that it is based on an inaccurate view of the two countries’ trade and that negotiations with the US...
Angola Calls for Deeper Trade Ties with Zambia Amid Growing Economic Cooperation
Open Zambia
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The Angolan government has called on Zambia to broaden access for Angolan products in a bid to further strengthen bilateral trade. The appeal was made by Angolan representative Raimundo Dos Santos during a high-level engagement with Zambian...
African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) Secretary General To Speak At The African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Africa Energy Bank Prepares For Launch
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) In a significant step toward bolstering financing for Africa's energy sector, the African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are advancing plans to launch the African...
Oil and Gas Consolidation Reshapes African Market
Oil Price
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July 8, 2025
Africa’s upstream oil and gas sector is undergoing a transformative shift. In recent years, majors have scaled back their exposure to mature, non-core assets across the continent, opening the door for a new wave of regional independents, traders,...
Angola to start producing animal vaccines next year
Ver Angola
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The project, currently under construction in the province of Huambo, has an investment of 125 million euros and is being carried out by the Portuguese-Angolan and German consortium Noráfrica-Gauff, and is expected to begin operating in the first...
Seventh Africa-European Union summit to be held in Luanda on 24 and 25 November
Ver Angola
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The summit, which will bring together the 27 EU member states and the 55 countries that make up the AU, takes place in the year that marks 25 years of partnership between the two blocs and "at a crucial moment when Angola assumes the rotating...
US Is Still Financing UN Mine Action in Nigeria, Surprising Everyone
Pass Blue
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July 8, 2025
A Nigerian police officer demonstrating a manual search drill to locate explosive ordnance as part of IED disposal training in Borno state in the country’s northeast, the epicenter of the continuing conflict with the Boko Haram insurgency. Despite...
South African President says Trump’s 30% tariffs is based on wrong trade data
Profit by Pakistan Today
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July 8, 2025
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose a 30% tariff on South African goods from August 1 is based on a wrong understanding of trade between the two countries. He added that talks...
President Ramaphosa responds to Trump’s 30% tarrif against South Africa, says it’s an inaccurate view of their trade relations
TV47
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July 8, 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa has noted the correspondence from President Donald Trump on the unilateral imposition of a 30% trade tariff against South Africa. Ramaphosa acknowledged that South Africa is one of a number of countries to have received...
South Africa says Trump’s 30% tariff is based on inaccurate trade view
Business Recorder
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July 8, 2025
JOHANNESBURG: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of a 30% tariff from next month, saying that it is based on an inaccurate view of the two countries’ trade and that negotiations...
Iscte will train 45 young people to develop small businesses
Ver Angola
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According to a statement sent to Lusa, the project "Impactful entrepreneurship for inclusion and diversity in Africa", implemented in the two Angolan cities, aims to help 45 young people "between the ages of 14 and 18, who will learn to transform...
South Africa rejects U.S. 30% tariff, pushes for trade talks
Zambian Observer
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July 8, 2025
South Africa rejects U.S. 30% tariff, pushes for trade talks President Cyril Ramaphosa has responded to a unilateral 30% trade tariff imposed by the United States, announced by President Donald Trump on July 7, 2025. The tariff, targeting South...
South Africa will continue to pursue trade deal with US despite Trump’s letter confirming 30% ...
Engineering News
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July 8, 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa will continue with its diplomatic efforts towards a more balanced and mutually beneficial trade relationship with the US after having received a letter from President Donald Trump indicating that a 30%...
‘Not backed by data’: Ramaphosa rejects US tariff, seeks trade solution
African Insider
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July 8, 2025
Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa has responded to US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 30% tariff on imports from South Africa, calling the move a “unilateral” and “contested” interpretation of trade data between the two countries....
Ramaphosa disputes Trump claim: The 30% reciprocal tariff not an accurate representation of trade data
IOL
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has noted the correspondence from United States President Donald Trump on the unilateral imposition of a 30% trade tariff against South Africa. Ramaphosa also noted that South Africa is one of a number of countries which...
Driving Angolan Hydrocarbon Production: Bp Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Murray Auchincloss Joins Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2025
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Murray Auchincloss, CEO of global energy company bp, has joined the Angola Oil&Gas (AOG) conference as a keynote speaker. His participation comes as bp – through its joint venture Azule Energy – advances a series of large-scale...
ISCTE will train 45 young people in Angola to develop small businesses.
Portugal Pulse
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July 7, 2025
The project ‘Impactful Entrepreneurship for Inclusion and Diversity in Africa,’ implemented in two Angolan cities, aims to support 45 youths aged between 14 and 18 in learning to transform simple ideas into small businesses, according to a...
Angola: Project finance of $60M available but constrained by bureaucracy – UNDP
Macau Business
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July 2, 2025
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Wednesday that it has US$60 million available to finance projects in Angola, but warned of constraints caused by bureaucracy. According to the UNDP’s deputy resident representative in Angola,...
Techmediabreaks Sekur Private Data Ltd. (CSE: SKUR) (OTCQX: SWISF) (FSE: GDT0) Appoints Christophe Kabeya To Lead Government, Corporate Sales In Central And Southern Africa
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Investor Brand Network) Sekur Private Data (CSE: SKUR) (OTCQB: SWISF) (FSE: GDT0) , a Swiss-hosted cybersecurity and private communications platform, has appointed Christophe Kabeya as Director of Government and Corporate Sales for...