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Based on 9 verified sources covering Thailand, Myanmar:

BEIJING -- China Petroleum & Chemical, better known as Sinopec, will pay roughly $900 million for U.S.-based Chevron's businesses in South Africa and Botswana, the Chinese state-owned oil company says. [2]

TOKYO -- Trading house Marubeni will take part in a consortium to build and operate one of the biggest power plants in Botswana, estimated to cost $800 million. [3]

Masina en route to Ndjili, Kinshasa, DRC.Image by Kaysha via Unsplash. License: Unsplash license. By Caroline Alessia Jarjou, MSc in Development Economics at the University of Florence. [4]

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) informed airlines worldwide that it denied entry for passengers from eight African countries in a bid to screen out the Omicron variant of COVID-19. [5]

NAIROBI, Kenya/TOKYO -- In a dimly lit office in a five-story building on Ngong Road in the Kenyan capital, young Africans flip off their shoes, crouch on a sofa and tap away at their laptops. (confirmed by 2 sources) [6]

Premeshin Naidoo is managing director for the Middle East & Asia corridor at Absa Bank in Johannesburg. [7]

Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the coronavirus that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Cumulative global cases have reached 264,784,868, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. [8]

LAGOS, Nigeria/TOKYO -- Nigeria is shaping up as the next hot growth market, pulling in service providers and manufacturers eager to secure access to Africa's largest economy and profit from a surging population. [9]

Sources
[1] MM www.thehindu.com · 2026-02-28 · 85% match

Nine cheetahs from Botswana arrive at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-03-24 · 85% match

Sinopec to buy Chevron assets in South Africa, Botswana

BEIJING -- China Petroleum & Chemical, better known as Sinopec, will pay roughly $900 million for U.S.-based Chevron's businesses in South Africa and Botswana, the Chinese state-owned oil company says.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-12-02 · 85% match

Marubeni tapped in deal to run Botswana power plant

TOKYO -- Trading house Marubeni will take part in a consortium to build and operate one of the biggest power plants in Botswana, estimated to cost $800 million.

[4] MM globalvoices.org · 2026-03-15 · 33% match

François Kaserake Kamate on global complicity and the fight for the DRC · Global Voices

Masina en route to Ndjili, Kinshasa, DRC.Image by Kaysha via Unsplash. License: Unsplash license. By Caroline Alessia Jarjou, MSc in Development Economics at the University of Florence.

[5] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2021-11-29 · 55% match

Thailand bans travelers from 8 African countries from Dec 1

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) informed airlines worldwide that it denied entry for passengers from eight African countries in a bid to screen out the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-08-09 · 42% match

Africa is becoming a hothouse for startups

NAIROBI, Kenya/TOKYO -- In a dimly lit office in a five-story building on Ngong Road in the Kenyan capital, young Africans flip off their shoes, crouch on a sofa and tap away at their laptops.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-11-02 · 38% match

India is driving change by working together with Africa

Premeshin Naidoo is managing director for the Middle East & Asia corridor at Absa Bank in Johannesburg.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-12-04 · 38% match

Coronavirus: Week of Nov. 28 to Dec. 4, South Korea's daily deaths reach record high

Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the coronavirus that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Cumulative global cases have reached 264,784,868, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-08-09 · 36% match

Nigeria draws global interest with promise of growth

LAGOS, Nigeria/TOKYO -- Nigeria is shaping up as the next hot growth market, pulling in service providers and manufacturers eager to secure access to Africa's largest economy and profit from a surging population.

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