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President Cyril Ramaphosa Closing Ceremony of G20 Summit in Johannesburg - photo by : G20 South Africa Facebook

G20 South Africa Summit 2025: Final Outcomes and Global Impact

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G20 Leaders Summit in Johannesburg - photo by Department of International Relations and Cooperation, SA (dirco)

Day One at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg: Key Highlights and Reactions

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The event will be hosted by Nandi Madida, award-winning artist, entrepreneur, and advocate, whose presence bridges Africa’s creative energy with its global cultural influence

TIME Africa G20 Impact Summit: Africa Steps Onto the Global Stage

Business

Lagos at the Vanguard: Why Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Received the TIME Africa Special Recognition Award

Africa

Elevate Africa: How a Royal Vision Is Reframing the Continent’s Future

Africa

Milken Institute’s Middle East and Africa Summit: A New Architecture for Cross-Regional Prosperity

G20

TIME Africa G20 Impact Summit: A Defining Moment for Pan-African Leadership

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A Defining Moment for African Economic Transformation

Opinion

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Africa is entering a decisive chapter of economic self-determination. With the G20 gathering on African soil for the first time in 2025, the focus shifts from traditional aid to unlocking trapped capital—redesigning global financial systems to serve the world’s youngest and fastest-growing population.
Africa

400 Years After The TransAtlantic Slave Trade Separated Them, Ghana and Barbados Are Reconnecting. This Time on Their Own Terms

Opinion

Financing the future: how Africa and Europe can drive global reform to boost domestic resource mobilisation

Africa

Yasin Hacıoğlu Leads $1 Billion Infrastructure, Construction, and Mining Expansion from West Africa to Central Africa

G20

Africa is on the move, a new Africa is emerging

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Sudan’s Crisis in the Shadows

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‘A Politics of No Translation.’ Zohran Mamdani on His Unlikely Rise

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Vanessa Nakate Wants Climate Justice for Africa

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The 100 Most Influential People of 2021: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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Why Art Is the Antidote for Our Times

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Nelson Mandela, 1918–2013: Remembering an Icon of Freedom

G20

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Cultural figures and moderators, Nandi Madida and Vusi Thembekwayo at TIME Africa Impact Summit in Johannesburg

TIME Africa G20 Impact Summit: A Defining Moment for Pan-African Leadership

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President Cyril Ramaphosa Closing Ceremony of G20 Summit in Johannesburg - photo by : G20 South Africa Facebook

G20 South Africa Summit 2025: Final Outcomes and Global Impact

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G20 Leaders Summit in Johannesburg - photo by Department of International Relations and Cooperation, SA (dirco)

Day One at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg: Key Highlights and Reactions

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Africa is on the move, a new Africa is emerging

PEOPLE

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Nzinga Qunta, masterfully steered the proceedings at G20 Women to Africa event
Nzinga Qunta, masterfully steered the proceedings at G20 Women to Africa event

Nzinga Qunta

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Zohran Mamdani

Voices

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AI Engineers Need Their Own Hippocratic Oath. Here’s What It Should Say

Britain Is Getting the Immigration Debate All Wrong

Americans’ Energy Costs are Rising. You Can Blame Trump and Big Tech

How Weight-Loss Drugs Impact Your Dating Life

AI

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Parents Allege ChatGPT Is Responsible for Their Teenage Son’s Death by Suicide

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A New Stanford Analysis Reveals Who’s Losing Jobs to AI

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We Need to Eradicate Zero-Sum Thinking in the Age of AI

Health

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Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling (Source Images: MirageC/Getty Images, Ljupco/Getty Images)

Your Quest for Perfect Sleep Is Keeping You Awake

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Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling

Stop Saying These 5 Things to People With Social Anxiety

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You Should Be Washing Your Shoes. Experts Explain How

Climate

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The Kingdom of Lesotho and the Republic of Botswana strengthen bilateral ties - image by Boitelo Rabele (Facebook)

Southern Africa Unites to Secure Water for the Future

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H.E. Dr Nabhit Kapur , Permanent Observer of the Pan African Intergovernmental Governmental Agency for Water and Sanitation (WSA) to the United Nations - courtesy of UNGA

At the 80th UNGA, Africa’s WSA Pushes Water and Sanitation to the Forefront of Global Debate

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Her Mother Died in a Heat Wave. Is Big Oil Responsible?

Entertainment

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Kunle Afolayan, son of Ade Love, is Africa’s most important filmmaker. Photo courtesy KAP Hub.

After Sembène: The New Architecture of African Cinema

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The 46 Most Anticipated Movies of Fall 2025

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Announce They Are Engaged

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