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Pan-African coverage: the continent's economies, side by side.
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FinanceMedium
Ecobank is joining China's CIPS payment system to settle trade in yuan. What CIPS is, why it matters for African importers, and what is still unclear.
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EconomyMedium
The IMF has reached a staff-level deal on a new three-year, $1.47bn facility for Zambia. What it funds, what Zambia must do, and what to watch next.
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EconomyHigh
Zimbabwe appointed US- and UK-sanctioned tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei as investment minister. What sanctions mean in practice and who is affected.
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EconomyHigh
Drones hit Eritrean troops near Adigrat in Tigray. What the Ethiopia-Eritrea escalation means for its IMF programme, its debt deal and African trade.
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TechnologyMedium
Kenya's 5G users are 3.27% of connections but consume 4x more data each. What that means for Nigeria, MTN, Airtel and the cost of network capacity.
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EconomyHigh
Nigeria cut to 23%, South Africa hiked to 7.25%, Egypt, Ghana and Morocco held. The full report on Africa's diverging interest rate decisions.
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EconomyMedium
Afreximbank and ATDC signed a $500m credit facility to finance intra-African trade. How it works, who it reaches, and what is not yet known.
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MarketsHigh
Ecobank is taking subscriptions for the Dangote refinery IPO at ₦525 a share, minimum 10 shares, until 13 October. What you are buying and what to check first.
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TechnologyHigh
The Central Bank has given banks until January 2027 to keep certain data and systems in Nigeria. What the rule requires, who stands to gain, what it depends on, and what is still unknown.
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OpinionHigh
The headline says the funding winter is over. The composition of the money says something different, and founders are about to find out what.
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EnergyHigh
Reserve Bank economists estimate South Africa's oil import bill ran R76bn ($4.68bn) higher from 2021 to 2024 after refinery closures, with 5,400 jobs lost.
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FinanceMedium
Kenya's central bank proposes a capital dial it can turn up in a boom,What the CBK's new 2.5% buffer would mean for Kenya's biggest banks
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EconomyHigh
Egypt's urban inflation fell to 14.5% in August, below the 15.5% forecast, as food inflation slowed to 6.3%. Nigeria's food inflation is rising.
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EconomyHigh
African air traffic will hit 137.3m in 2026, yet airlines expect a 0.2% margin. Taxes, trapped funds and costly reroutes explain why
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CompaniesHigh
Dangote Petroleum Refinery posted a record ₦19.13tn H1 revenue, setting the stage for a landmark ₦2.15tn IPO on the NGX at ₦525 per share.
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EnergyHigh
Nigeria's IEA associate status sets the stage to double 5-year energy investments, shifting focus to domestic refining, gas infrastructure, and grid power.
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FinanceHigh
President Duma Boko courts Aliko Dangote for Botswana's Trans-Kalahari Railway, urging local pension funds to co-finance major infrastructure.
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EnergyHigh
Oando Energy Resources warns African governments that traditional regulatory friction threatens upstream capital retention.
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EnergyHigh
Nigeria's DisCos failed to collect ₦301bn in six months, creating a severe liquidity squeeze upstream for GenCos and natural gas suppliers.
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TechnologyMedium
Nexus deploys AI diagnostic tools across African healthcare systems, turning shortage-plagued medical imaging into a high-speed digital pipeline.
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EconomyHigh
Bank credit to Nigerian oil and manufacturing fell by over N11 trillion combined as agriculture surged 23% in Q1 2026. Inside the macro shift reshaping Nigeria’s GDP growth.
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