British Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to prioritise investment in Africa as she started a three-nation visit to the continent to drum up new trade deals ahead of leaving the European Union.

Her tour of South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya — May’s first to Africa since becoming Prime Minister in 2016 — is seen as an effort to reinforce Britain’s global ambitions after Brexit.

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