EMEA: Central African Republic Embraces Crypto | PYMNTS.com

In today’s top Europe, Mid­dle East and Africa (EMEA) news, Cen­tral African Repub­lic Finance Min­is­ter Herve Ndo­ba said the use of cryp­tocur­ren­cies in the nation’s econ­o­my is com­ing, while London’s Tru­eLay­er has intro­duced vari­able recur­ring pay­ments (VRP). Plus, Face­book own­er Meta and Google pledged to per­mit only reg­is­tered finan­cial firms to adver­tise pro­mo­tions on their…

Denver Plans Direct Flights to a “Growing African Continent”

DENVER  — (AFRICA NEWS MATTERS)  Recent­ly we learned Den­ver Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (DIA) and the city of Den­ver, fond­ly called the mile-high city, in the US state of Col­orado, have begun explor­ing pos­si­bil­i­ties for direct flights to con­ti­nen­tal Africa. DIA has set up a team that is work­ing on this ini­tia­tive called Den­ver Air Ser­vice Committee. …

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How the Swahili Language Can Lift Up the African Continent

After so many years of talk about its poten­tial, the African con­ti­nent is wak­ing up to under­stand and appre­ci­ate the pow­er of uni­ty rep­re­sent­ed by a lan­guage.  The African Union (AU) offi­cial­ly adopt­ed Kiswahili or Swahili as one of the offi­cial work­ing lan­guages of the African con­ti­nent, the Assem­bly of Heads of State and Government…

Online Event: Africa Matters to U.S. Cities: U.S. Diplomacy under President Biden

Over the past few decades, Africa has shaped the wealth, for­eign pol­i­cy pro­file, aca­d­e­m­ic suc­cess, and cul­tur­al life of America’s major cities. As part of a year-long research project, the CSIS Africa Pro­gram pro­filed the var­i­ous ties 15 indi­vid­ual U.S. cities have to the con­ti­nent; veer­ing away from the recur­rent themes of doom and gloom…