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  "id": 17177122,
  "title": "South Africa’s Absa opens first Gulf office in Dubai to tap $158bn UAE-Africa trade boom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/south-africas-absa-opens-first-gulf-office-in-dubai-to-tap-158bn-uae",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-30T04:01:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arabian Business",
    "slug": "arabian-business",
    "url": "https://www.arabianbusiness.com/abnews/south-africas-absa-opens-first-gulf-office-in-dubai-to-tap-158bn-uae-africa-trade-boom"
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  "summary": "The office will connect Gulf-based companies, investors and financial institutions with Absa’s operations across 16 African markets",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/baic-foton-opens-africa-regional-training-center-in-south-africa",
        "published": "2026-10-29T04:11:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Moneyweb",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/south-africa-readies-backup-plan-for-benchmark-rate-law-delay",
        "published": "2026-10-29T05:18:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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