🇰🇪 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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🇲🇦 Desert power: The promise and paradox of solar
Morocco stands at a critical juncture in Africa's energy transformation. The Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex, one of the world's largest concentrated so...
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🇳🇬 The solar-powered medical kiosks bringing doctors to remote
Africa's healthcare infrastructure crisis presents both a humanitarian challenge and a significant commercial opportunity for European investors. Whil...
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🇳🇬 NectarFi raises $170,000 pre-seed to tackle crypto
Nigeria's informal economy is experiencing a structural transformation. New data reveals that 3 million Nigerians now participate in the gig economy, ...
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🇰🇪 Kenya raises petrol prices 16% as import costs surge
Kenya's Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has announced a significant 16% increase in petrol prices, effective April 15, 2026, marking ...
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🇿🇦 TAPPED OUT: Gauteng’s deepening water crisis sparks Human
Gauteng province, home to Johannesburg and Pretoria and responsible for approximately 35% of South Africa's GDP, is facing a critical infrastructure c...
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🇳🇬 Higher Energy Costs To Slow Nigeria’s Economy In 2026 — IMF
The International Monetary Fund has issued a cautionary forecast for Nigeria's economic trajectory in 2026, identifying elevated energy costs as a sig...
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🇰🇪 Pain for commuters as matatus, boda bodas hike fares
**HEADLINE:** Kenya's Transport Cost Crisis Signals Inflation Pressure and Logistics Vulnerability for European Supply Chain Operators **ARTICLE:** ...
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🇰🇪 Govt backs TouristTap to digitize tourism payments
Kenya's government has thrown its institutional weight behind TouristTap, a digital payments platform designed to modernize how visitors transact acro...
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🇳🇬 Three Million Nigerians Participate in Growing Gig Economy
Nigeria's informal employment landscape is undergoing a profound structural shift. New research from Ipsos reveals that approximately three million Ni...
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🇰🇪 Kenya raises petrol prices by 16% as crude import costs
Kenya's Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) announced a significant 16% increase in petrol prices effective April 15, 2026, marking the l...
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🇳🇬 PalmPay Tackles Digital Payment Fraud Crisis in Nigeria
Nigeria's fintech ecosystem is confronting a critical vulnerability. According to data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBBS), Nigerian...
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🇪🇬 El-Sisi directs continued development of military
Egypt's government has signalled a strategic shift toward leveraging its military production capabilities as an economic growth engine. President Abde...
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🇰🇪 State banks on sensitisation forums to unlock Kenya's Pig
Kenya's government is intensifying efforts to unlock the commercial potential of its pig farming sector through a nationwide public sensitisation camp...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria’s insecurity has reached ‘state of war’
Nigeria's security situation has escalated to a critical threshold. The Arewa Forum, a prominent northern Nigerian think tank, has formally characteri...
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🌍 After 3 years of conflict, gold is the driving force behind
As Sudan enters its fourth year of civil war, the brutal conflict that has claimed over 150,000 lives and displaced millions shows no signs of abating...
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🇳🇬 Seplat becomes first NGX stock to cross N10,000 mark
Nigeria's capital markets are sending contradictory signals to European investors this quarter. While Seplat Energy has shattered historical barriers ...
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🇿🇦 Water sector inefficiencies slowing economic growth, says
South Africa's economic stagnation has become increasingly difficult to ignore, and President Cyril Ramaphosa has now publicly identified two intercon...
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🇿🇦 IMF praises South Africa’s resilience despite growth
The International Monetary Fund's recent assessment of South Africa presents a nuanced portrait of an economy caught between resilience and fragility....
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