🌍 In Congo, M23 rebels’ latest fight is to revive the economy
The M23 armed group's recent shift toward economic reconstruction in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signals a fundamental recalibration of...
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🇪🇹 Ethiopia forecasts faster growth next fiscal year - Reuters
Ethiopia's fiscal authorities have signaled optimistic growth projections for the coming fiscal year, marking a potential inflection point for Africa'...
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🇿🇦 Africa's Growth Paradox: Why Trade Diplomacy Cannot Fix
Africa's economic momentum is fracturing along two conflicting trajectories. While diplomatic initiatives promise renewed investment flows through tra...
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🇲🇦 Youth-led unrest exposes cracks in Morocco's economic model
Morocco stands at a critical inflection point. While the North African kingdom has positioned itself as a gateway economy and manufacturing hub for Eu...
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🇳🇬 Social Security: NSITF worries over wasted youth potential
Nigeria's Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has escalated warnings about a systemic failure in youth employment and skills development, framing the ...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria’s foreign reserves slide $547 million over two weeks
Nigeria's foreign exchange reserves have contracted by approximately $547 million over a compressed 15-day window in March 2026, according to Central ...
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🇲🇿 Mozambique's Graphite Boom Masks Broader African
The calculus of African investment is shifting. While American capital flows into Mozambique's graphite sector signal confidence in critical mineral i...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Currency Stability Masks a Manufacturing
Nigeria's foreign exchange market presented a deceptively optimistic picture on March 30, 2026, with the Naira holding firm against both the US Dollar...
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🇳🇬 Foreign investment in manufacturing plunges 51.44% in two
Nigeria's real sector is facing a perfect storm. Foreign direct investment (FDI) flowing into manufacturing has collapsed by over half in just two yea...
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🇳🇬 CBN Moves to Curb Pre-Election Liquidity Risks
Nigeria's Central Bank is executing a calculated monetary tightening strategy ahead of the 2027 election cycle, marking a critical shift in policy foc...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's central bank holds key rate in split decision
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has kept its benchmark repurchase rate unchanged, but the split decision among board members reveals deeper frac...
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🇿🇦 Stats SA confirms systems breach
South Africa's Statistics SA has publicly confirmed a significant cybersecurity breach affecting its internal systems, marking the second major attack...
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🇳🇬 Tinubu vows victory over power woes, inflation amid Middl
President Bola Tinubu's recent assurances to address Nigeria's persistent electricity shortage, spiralling transport costs, and inflationary pressures...
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🇿🇦 South African business confidence rebounds in fourth quarter
South Africa's business confidence index has rebounded sharply in the fourth quarter, signaling renewed optimism among the country's corporate leaders...
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🇹🇿 Tanzania maintains key rate again to support 'robust'
Tanzania's central bank has reinforced its commitment to maintaining elevated interest rates, a decision that underscores policymakers' confidence in ...
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🇿🇦 South Africa manufacturing contracts sharply in December
South Africa's economy is sending mixed signals that demand careful interpretation from European investors seeking exposure to Africa's most developed...
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🇿🇦 SANDF Unaccounted Assets: R68bn Missing in 2024-25 Audit
South Africa's Auditor-General has uncovered a critical governance failure within the Department of Defence: the inability to account for a significan...
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🇳🇬 Corruption fueling capital flight, economic stagnation, i
Nigeria's economic trajectory is being fundamentally undermined by systemic corruption, according to recent analysis from academic economists examinin...
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🇰🇪 CBK forex reserves hit Sh1.82t as Kenya braces for Iran
Kenya's central bank has accumulated foreign exchange reserves totalling $14.02 billion, marking a historic peak that provides the East African econom...
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🇪🇬 IMF sees Egypt growth rising to 5.7% by FY2027/2028
The International Monetary Fund's latest projections signal a significant inflection point for Egypt's macroeconomic outlook, forecasting real GDP gro...
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