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Firm Supports Young Startups With 'Live It 100' Experience MTN Nigeria has launched a major youth-focused campaign, Live It 100, using innovation, gaming, business, and entertainment to support young Nigerians and

UNCTAD predicts a dip in trade volumes, and other international trade stories Top stories: Trade momentum weakening: UNCTAD; US-China Beijing summit outcomes; UK agrees landmark trade deal with Gulf states.

"This is the continent of growth." Speaking with CNBC Africa, MIGA VP of Operations Junaid Kamal Ahmad shared how the World Bank Group is turning investment potential into reality. With our recent commitment to double annual guarantee issuance in Africa to $6.4 billion by 2030, the World Bank Group Guarantee Platform, housed at MIGA, is de-risking investments to mobilize $23 billion in private capital.

As Junaid notes, despite global uncertainty, investor interest is growing and diversifying. Guarantees will play a critical role in attracting private capital into job-rich sectors, from agribusiness and health care to energy and infrastructure, helping to build robust and stable economies across the continent. Watch the full conversation: http://wrld.bg/BBi750Z4z8p

An 85-year-old man is being praised for helping stop an alleged kidnapping attempt at a rural Oregon mobile home park.

Trump Admin Rule Requires Foreigners in US to Apply for Green Card Abroad Foreigners in the U.S. who want a green card will need to leave and apply in their home country, the Trump administration announced Friday, in a surprise change to a longstanding policy that sowed confusion and concern among aid groups, immigration lawyers and...