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Author: By Kennedy Osore
Photo Illustration of fintech. [File] This month, CEOs, heads of state, ministers, and business leaders from across the continent gathered in Abidjan for the 2025 Africa CEO Forum. The energy was palpable, and so was the urgency. The theme, Africa in a Transactional World, asked a bold question: Can a new deal between state and private sector deliver the continent a winning hand? The presidential panel that opened the summit didn’t pull any punches. Leaders from Rwanda, South Africa, Mauritania, and Côte d’Ivoire spoke with rare candour about the continent’s economic path. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame was particularly forthright: if African governments don’t…