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CERTIFIED BRAND INFLUENCER: Catherine Kamau Is Rewriting the Brand-Influencer Playbook

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April 25, 2025
Certified Brand Influencer Q1 2025 Curated Ranks Business  Powered by Ranks Africa  In this edition of the Certified Series, we spotlight Catherine Kamau, a powerhouse of influence whose presence continues to redefine brand partnerships across the continent. With a blend of storytelling, authenticity, and strategic alignment, Catherine emerged—through all our proprietary ranking metrics—as…
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Business Profile

Alibaba founder, Jack Ma, accepted a teaching position in Hong Kong.

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April 21, 2023
The founder of Chinese tech giant, Alibaba, Jack Ma has been made an honorary professor of business at a top Hong Kong university, the school announced Friday. The appointment comes weeks afer the billionaire made a rare public appearance in China following his fall from grace during a government crackdown on the tech industry over two years ago. Ma has kept a low profile since late 2020, when…
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Events

Firm gifts stabbed Lagos voter land

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April 10, 2023
A real estate firm, Riel Homes, has gifted one Jennifer Efidi, who was attacked and injured during the 2023 presidential election in Lagos State a plot of land worth N2.2m. The Lagos resident was assaulted while she was waiting to cast her vote at the Nuru/Oniwo Ward…
Podcast

South Korea seeks extradition of Luna cryptocurrency founder

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March 24, 2023
South Korea has announced that it will seek the extradition of fugitive crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon following the arrest of the founder of Terraform in Montenegro and an outright denial by the US of fraud charges. This was reported by the prosecutor’s office on Friday…
Vetted Brands

Nike's third-quarter profit declined.

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March 24, 2023
American sports goods giant Nike reported a decline in third-quarter earnings on Tuesday despite beating Street expectations. The company reported revenue of $1.24 billion, or $0.79 per share. This compares with $1.40 billion, or $0.87 per share in third quarter of 2022. Analysts on average had expected the company to earn $0.55 per share, according to figures compiled by Thomson Reuters.
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FintechPodcast

Flutterwave denies that N2.9B was stolen by hackers.

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March 6, 2023
African fintech unicorn Flutterwave has denied losing the sum of  ₦2,949,557,867 to hackers. It was earlier reported on Sunday that hackers stole the sum of ₦2,949,557,867, from the accounts of the company and over 300 customers were affected by the fraudulent…
Events

Another earthquake shook the Turkish-Syrian border.

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February 21, 2023
Six people have died in the earthquake that hit the Syrian-Turkish border on Monday, just two weeks after more than 47,000 people died and hundreds of thousands of homes were destroyed. The latest quake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck near the city of Antakya in southern Turkey and was also felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The European Mediterranean Seismic…
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