🇳🇬 Capital market stakeholders react after CSCS sweeping
Nigeria's Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) has announced a comprehensive restructuring of its fee architecture effective 2026, marking the mo...
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🇰🇪 Mortgages fall short in solving Kenya's housing crisis
Kenya's housing finance sector faces a fundamental mismatch between product design and economic reality. While mortgage lending has expanded substanti...
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🇿🇦 South Africa’s investment drive is rebuilding the economy
South Africa presents a fascinating contradiction for European investors in 2024. While the International Monetary Fund has trimmed its growth forecas...
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🌍 IMF African Group Concludes Washington Meeting on Debt,
The International Monetary Fund's African Consultative Group concluded its latest meeting in Washington with a joint statement from IMF Managing Direc...
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🇬🇭 Ghana: Ghana Records $4.2bn Trade Surplus for Fourth
Ghana's economy delivered a surprising performance boost in the final quarter of 2025, posting a trade surplus of $4.2 billion—a figure that stands as...
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🌍 Liberia: Infrastructure Gaps Threaten Harper Port's Trade
West Africa's maritime renaissance is reshaping regional trade flows, but not all ports are keeping pace. While Lagos, Abidjan, and Dakar have investe...
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🇳🇬 One Universe Launches to Redefine How People Find and Pay
Nigeria's digital services marketplace sector just welcomed a new heavyweight contender. One Universe, which launched in January 2026, enters a fragme...
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🇳🇬 Breaking: Inflation rate rises to 15.38% in March — NBS
Nigeria's headline inflation rate climbed to 15.38% in March 2026, marking a modest but concerning uptick from February's 15.06% figure. While the mon...
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🇲🇦 Solar power in Morocco's desert: bold vision, mixed results
Morocco has positioned itself as Africa's renewable energy leader, with its ambitious Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex standing as a physical manifestati...
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🇰🇪 Kenya fuel prices surge amid global oil crisis and domestic
Kenya's latest fuel price adjustment has sent shockwaves through East Africa's largest economy, with diesel prices reaching historically unprecedented...
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🇲🇦 World Bank Approves $500 Million to Support Jobs, Green
Morocco has secured a landmark $500 million World Bank financing package designed to accelerate employment creation while advancing the Kingdom's gree...
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🇪🇬 IFC plans expanded cooperation with Egypt in digital
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's private sector arm, is significantly expanding its partnership with Egypt to accelerate ...
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🇰🇪 Kenya: Pain for Commuters As Matatus, Boda Bodas Hike Fares
Kenya's informal transport sector—dominated by matatus (minibuses) and boda bodas (motorcycle taxis)—is experiencing another cost-shock cycle, with op...
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🇳🇬 Breaking: Nigeria’s inflation climbs to 15.38% in March 2026
Nigeria's inflation trajectory is sending complex signals to European investors monitoring Africa's largest economy. The headline inflation rate climb...
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🇳🇬 Corporate Affairs Commission flags security breach, urges
Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), the federal agency responsible for regulating and overseeing corporate entities across Africa's largest ...
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🇰🇪 Govt plans VAT cut to 8pc to ease fuel prices
Kenya's government is pursuing a counterintuitive fiscal approach that combines immediate consumer relief with long-term revenue expansion—a strategy ...
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🇰🇪 Experts urge wider digital tax use as Kenya eyes Sh4.7tn
Kenya stands at a critical fiscal inflection point. With a revenue target of Sh4.7 trillion for the 2026/2027 budget cycle, the East African nation fa...
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🇳🇬 WAEC opens applications for recruitment of Nigerians, sets
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has launched a recruitment campaign across its Nigerian operations, opening multiple positions spanning a...
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🇰🇪 Kenya tightens grip on digital lenders as CBK approves 32
Kenya's Central Bank (CBK) has taken a decisive regulatory stance by formally licensing 32 digital lending platforms, signaling both opportunity and c...
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🇰🇪 Kenya Fuel Prices Surge 16% Despite Government Relief
Kenya's energy sector faces a critical juncture as competing pressures from global commodity markets and domestic policy debates collide. The Energy a...
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