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Zimbabwean tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei pledges $1 million to bring 20,000 stranded Zimbabweans home from South Africa
Kudakwashe Tagwirei and his wife Sandra have pledged $1 million through their Bridging Gaps Foundation to fund emergency repatriation of 20,000 Zimbabweans from South Africa.
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Zimbabwean tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei pledges $1 million to bring 20,000 stranded Zimbabweans home from South Africa
Kudakwashe Tagwirei and his wife Sandra have pledged $1 million through their Bridging Gaps Foundation to fund emergency repatriation of 20,000 Zimbabweans from South Africa.
Africa's richest man signs massive equipment deal with China's XCMG to double his refinery's capacity by 2029
Aliko Dangote has signed a major equipment deal with Chinese machinery manufacturer XCMG to double the Dangote Petroleum Refinery's capacity to 1.3 million barrels per day by 2029.
Madagascar billionaire Hassanein Hiridjee's Axian Energy secures $60 million loan from MCB to expand renewable energy across Africa
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Zimbabwean tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei pledges $1 million to bring 20,000 stranded Zimbabweans home from South Africa
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Zimbabwean tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei pledges $1 million to bring 20,000 stranded Zimbabweans home from South Africa
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