🇰🇪 CBK flags debt payments, slower inflows in forex reserve
Kenya's central bank has issued a stark warning about mounting external pressures threatening the stability of the East African nation's currency and ...
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🇿🇦 South Africa-founded Refiant AI raises $5 million to build
Refiant AI, a Johannesburg-based artificial intelligence company, has successfully closed a $5 million funding round aimed at scaling its machine lear...
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🇳🇬 CBN's New Agent Banking Rules Reshape Nigeria's Fintech
On April 1, 2026, Nigeria's Central Bank implemented its most comprehensive agent banking framework in a decade, fundamentally reshaping how over 900,...
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🇪🇬 EFG Hermes holds 13th annual conference for MENA investment
EFG Hermes, one of the Middle East and North Africa's most influential investment banking platforms, recently hosted its 13th annual investment confer...
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🇳🇬 World’s largest ride-hailing company pledges over $300
Uber's announcement of a $300 million investment commitment to Nigeria represents far more than a single company's expansion play. It signals a fundam...
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🇿🇦 South Africa: Two Insurance Giants Dominate Sassa Funeral
South Africa's funeral insurance market has quietly become one of Africa's most predictable revenue streams, with Clientèle Life and Sanlam—through th...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria’s manufacturing sector contributes N881.29 billion
Nigeria's manufacturing sector has demonstrated remarkable fiscal resilience, generating N881.29 billion in Company Income Tax (CIT) during 2025—a met...
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🇳🇬 Unilever Plc to merge foods unit with McCormick, Nigerian
Unilever Plc, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods conglomerate, is undertaking one of its most significant portfolio restructurings in years. The company h...
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🇳🇬 Meet Nigerian innovator building STEM platform to support
The narrative of African tech entrepreneurship is shifting. Rather than the traditional "leave and never return" diaspora model, a new cohort of innov...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Energy Grid Shifts to Distribution Focus
Nigeria's energy sector is undergoing a fundamental structural shift. While the continent's largest economy has historically grappled with acute gener...
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🇹🇿 Tanzania: MPs Push for Fuel Tax Relief
Tanzania's Parliament is mounting pressure on the government to reduce import levies and excise taxes on fuel, signalling a potential policy shift tha...
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🇳🇬 INFRASTRUCTURE GAP: Engineers urge use of pension, Sukuk
Nigeria faces a structural infrastructure financing crisis that extends far beyond headline budget constraints. The Nigerian Society of Engineers has ...
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🇳🇬 Zenith Bank acquires Paramount Bank in consolidation deal
Nigeria's financial services landscape is undergoing significant structural transformation. Zenith Bank's acquisition of Paramount Bank, formally appr...
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🇳🇬 PowerLabs builds intelligence layer to fix Nigeria's grid
Nigeria's electricity sector stands at a critical inflection point. The country generates sufficient megawatts to meet demand—approximately 13,000 MW ...
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🇳🇬 Top 10 equity mutual funds by YTD returns in March 2026
Nigeria's equity mutual fund market is experiencing a notable resurgence in 2026, with top-performing funds delivering double-digit year-to-date retur...
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🇰🇪 Kenya’s Digital Payments Growth Hindered by Trust,
Kenya has long been celebrated as Africa's fintech leader, a position built on the back of M-Pesa's revolutionary mobile money platform and a thriving...
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🇰🇪 Integrity as Strategy: Why Ethics Matter for Kenya’s
Kenya's business environment presents a paradox that should concern every European investor considering East African exposure. While corporate mission...
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🇰🇪 World Bank injects Sh71bn into Isiolo–Mandera road corridor
The World Bank's announcement of a Sh71 billion ($600 million equivalent) investment into Kenya's Isiolo-Mandera corridor represents a watershed momen...
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🇰🇪 TECNO Rolls Out Beta of EllaClaw, Kenya’s First Mobile AI
TECNO Mobile has entered a strategically important battleground with the beta launch of EllaClaw, a mobile AI agent designed for emerging markets. Bui...
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🇰🇪 Safaricom’s My OneApp faces first test with login issues
Safaricom's much-anticipated My OneApp platform has encountered significant technical obstacles within days of its rollout, exposing critical vulnerab...
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