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Daybreak Farms, a chicken company controlled by Africa’s biggest fund manager, plans to seek loans to stabilize operations and fix its balance sheet following years of mismanagement trib.al/yAZ9eqi

Africa’s biggest wireless carrier, MTN, has opened a research lab with Huawei in Johannesburg, deepening ties with the Chinese company and potentially accelerating the roll out of new technologies on the continent trib.al/TcrW4oM

Africa’s biggest wireless carrier, MTN, has opened a research lab with Huawei in Johannesburg, deepening ties with the Chinese company and potentially accelerating the roll out of new technologies on the continent trib.al/pLEVXav

A high-stakes standoff between Congo and the country’s biggest telecom operators ended with the companies paying an extra $5.8 million a month to the government trib.al/NkiwP2g

NEW: Must-read investigation about how a tiny Swiss company called 5C Energy run by a Belgian diamond trader helped the Congolese government raise taxes on telecom operators by millions of $ -- for a hefty fee. by Loni Prinsloo bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Coca-Cola is gearing up for a potential IPO of its African bottling business as soon as next year after previously putting the plans on hold trib.al/wMEWKk9

Vodacom Group Ltd., Africa’s largest wireless carrier, declared a full-year dividend that missed estimates even as revenue and operating profit grew by more than 20%. trib.al/TWwx9jU

E-retailer Jumia Technologies plans to focus on Nigeria, Africa’s most-populous nation, as part of a bid to turn profitable trib.al/BgXB8ge

Election results from India, Mexico and South Africa are causing wide swings in emerging-market currencies trib.al/41QLpK8

South African 🦄 unicorn on the way!

The UK's development finance arm, BII, makes its first commitment to green energy in Tanzania trib.al/HFpdg27

The UK's development finance arm, BII, makes its first commitment to green energy in Tanzania bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Green Loni Prinsloo

African Infrastructure Investment Managers. is in talks with companies including BlackRock to sell a stake in one of the continent’s biggest renewable energy businesses. trib.al/ONWp4CN

Investor demand at South Africa’s weekly government bond sale rose, signaling improved sentiment after political parties in the country agreed to form a governing alliance. trib.al/Q6zx3Yx

Rainbow Chicken, a poultry firm backed by South African billionaire Johann Rupert, rose on its debut on the Johannesburg stock exchange trib.al/rI6n7wT

BIG story here: As South Africa negotiates with billiomaireittal on the future of Africa's largest steel operation. Lots of moving pieces.

A South African DFI is considering taking a majority stake in the local unit of ArcelorMittal SA as it tries to halt the planned closure of two steel mills crucial to the nation’s manufacturing sector Loni Prinsloo Ntando Thukwana bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Big colorful feature piece here, exclusive from Bloomberg on Formula One and thr different people trying to get the race to Africa - the only populated continent where there is no F1 motorrace currently : bloomberg.com/news/features/…

The race is on in this cool Businessweek piece by Loni Prinsloo and Rivaldo bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Bloomberg exclusive, packed with scoops on dealings between the Middle East's biggest economy, and Africa's largest economy South Africa, read more here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…