🇳🇬 Naira depreciates to N1,392/$ in parallel market
Nigeria's currency continued its depreciation trajectory this week, with the naira weakening to N1,392 per US dollar in the parallel market—a 0.3% sli...
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🇺🇬 From exile to economic powerhouse: Indians now contribute to 65%
Uganda's Indian diaspora has transformed from historical exile into an economic powerhouse, now accounting for approximately 65% of the country's tax ...
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🇪🇬 Egypt’s General Authority for Investment and Free Zones Is Building
Egypt's General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAITF) is architecting a fundamental shift in how African economies attract, route, and retai...
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🇬🇭 NIA workers to strike May 13 over Conditions of Service
Ghana's National Insurance Authority (NIA) faces a significant operational disruption as workers have announced a strike scheduled for May 13, citing ...
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🇸🇳 Ratio of national debt to GDP of Senegal from 1996 to 2031 - Statista
Senegal stands at a critical fiscal juncture. As West Africa's self-styled reformer and the African Union's current chair, the nation's debt-to-GDP ra...
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🇿🇦 SA recovery remains mainly jobless
South Africa's labour market is in crisis. The country shed 345,000 jobs in the first quarter of 2026 alone, pushing the unemployment rate to 32.7%—a ...
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🇷🇼 Rwanda’s Growth Model Draws Global Attention Amid Debate
Rwanda has become a textbook case of African economic ambition. With consistent double-digit GDP growth, a business-friendly regulatory environment, a...
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🇷🇼 African business leaders meet in Rwanda for CEO forum
Africa's most influential business leaders gathered in Rwanda this week for a landmark CEO forum that underscored the continent's determination to ass...
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🇳🇬 IFC To Send Investment Mission To Nigeria After Tinubu Meeting
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's private sector arm, has committed to sending a dedicated investment mission to Nigeria f...
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🇹🇳 Tunisia's Economy Suffers After UK Travel Warning (Ij55u3GiHc)
Tunisia's economy faces renewed headwinds following the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's (FCDO) updated travel advisory on security con...
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🇬🇭 Ghana, Malawi hold dialogue on climate, carbon market - BusinessGhana
--- ## HEADLINE: Ghana–Malawi Climate Dialogue: African Carbon Markets at a Crossroads in 2025 ## META_DESCRIPTION: Ghana and Malawi launch joint cl...
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🇷🇼 Leaders call for deeper regional integration at Africa CEO Forum
Africa's most influential CEOs gathered at the Africa CEO Forum to voice a unified message: regional integration is no longer optional—it's existentia...
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🇿🇦 ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION: Minister Parks Tau must untangle
South Africa's Department of Trade, Industry and Competition is at an inflection point. Minister Parks Tau must steer the nation's economic transforma...
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🇷🇼 Why Rwanda is positioning itself as East Africa’s next investment hub
Rwanda is making a strategic pivot to position itself as East Africa's premier investment destination, challenging Kenya's traditional dominance in th...
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🇿🇦 'It is a lie' - Ramaphosa adamant BEE not an economic impediment
South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policy remains one of Africa's most contentious economic reforms—and President Cyril Ramaphosa is draw...
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🇷🇼 Africa CEO Forum opens in Rwanda with call to defend Africa's
The Africa CEO Forum convened in Rwanda this week, bringing together the continent's most influential business executives, policymakers, and instituti...
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🇷🇼 African SMEs face finance, fragmentation and succession crisis, warns
--- **HEADLINE:** African SMEs Face $100B Financing Gap as Succession Crisis Looms **META_DESCRIPTION:** African SMEs lack $100B in capital and face...
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🇳🇬 ADC slams FG over fresh loan, says Nigeria running on ‘Ponzi economy’
Nigeria's fiscal trajectory has become a focal point of intense political and economic debate as the government pursues fresh borrowing despite persis...
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🌍 Nobel winner Mukwege warns of predatory US deal for DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo faces a critical juncture as international diplomacy collides with resource security concerns. Nobel Peace Prize winn...
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🌍 Why Côte d’Ivoire wants to stay under the IMF umbrella
Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa's fastest-growing economy and the world's largest cocoa producer, has signalled its intention to remain under an IMF Extend...
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