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Google announces $1bn investment in Africa

Google鈥檚 $1bn pledge is the biggest investment by the US tech company in Africa.

Google has announced an investment of $1bn in Africa over five years to help boost the continent's digital transformation. We hear from the company鈥檚 Managing Director in sub-Saharan Africa.

Plus Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has named a new cabinet and has brought in three opposition members to join the government.

And we have a report on Mali鈥檚 disappearing lakes which many say is due to global warming.

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