🇳🇬 Nigeria's Reserves Fall Amid Electoral Spending Pressure
Nigeria's external reserves have contracted by approximately $850 million in recent weeks, marking a concerning trend that currency market participant...
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🇳🇬 Tax default: Lagos drags 45 firms, individuals to court
The Lagos State Government has filed lawsuits against 45 corporate entities and individuals in its Revenue Court, targeting tax debts valued in the bi...
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🇿🇦 eNCA Business | Market update | 7 April 2026
South Africa's Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) opened its truncated trading week on Tuesday, 7 April 2026, signaling a critical juncture for Eu...
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🇰🇪 Why Africa's growth depends on bankable projects, not
Africa's development paradox has reached a critical inflection point. While international development finance institutions, pension funds, and impact ...
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🇳🇬 This Nigerian founder got an offer from Elon Musk’s xAI
The African fintech ecosystem has reached an inflection point. What was once dismissed as a "emerging market experiment" is now commanding attention f...
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🇰🇪 Spotlight on Gulf Energy's dominance of energy sector
Kenya's energy landscape is undergoing a dramatic consolidation, with Gulf Energy cementing its position as the dominant player in the nation's nascen...
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🇰🇪 Kenya must rethink withholding tax on creative services
Kenya's creative services sector—once positioned as East Africa's digital hub—faces an unexpected headwind: a five percent withholding tax introduced ...
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🇰🇪 How three insurers collapsed with Sh3.4bn clients’ claims
Kenya's insurance sector has experienced a significant shock with the collapse of three insurance companies, leaving approximately Sh3.4 billion (roug...
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🇳🇬 Rethinking government control in Nigeria’s regulatory bodies
Nigeria's ongoing institutional reform programme, anchored in the Oronsaye Report recommendations, represents one of Africa's most ambitious attempts ...
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🇳🇬 Why strengthening Nigeria’s banks matters
In April 2026, Nigeria's Central Bank completed a landmark banking sector recapitalisation programme, fundamentally restructuring one of Africa's larg...
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🇪🇬 President El-Sisi directs continued efforts to reduce
Egypt's persistent inflation challenge has become a defining economic narrative for the nation, and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's renewed commitmen...
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🇰🇪 Experts: Africa's growth depends on bankable projects, not
The narrative surrounding African investment has long centered on capital scarcity—the notion that the continent simply lacks sufficient funding to un...
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🇳🇬 UHomes REITF vs UPDC REITF: Which offers better value
Nigeria's real estate investment trust funds have emerged as unlikely stars in African capital markets, with both UHomes REITF and UPDC REITF deliveri...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria becomes Africa’s second-largest domestic air market
Nigeria's aviation sector has reached a critical inflection point. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) recently announced that the countr...
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🇳🇬 Termii ranked No. 1 in FT Africa's fastest-growing companies
Termii, a Lagos-based communications technology platform, has secured the top ranking in Financial Times Africa's Fastest-Growing Companies index for ...
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🇷🇼 Rwanda: Why Rwanda's Fuel Demand Surged By Nearly 40
Rwanda's petroleum consumption spike in early April—surging from a baseline of 2-2.5 million litres daily to 3.1 million litres—signals far more than ...
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🇿🇦 MUNICIPAL SERVICE CHARGES: City of Cape Town hid its budget
The City of Cape Town's controversial strategy of burying critical budget information within a dense package of 12 annexures released just before the ...
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🇿🇦 THE BIG CLAWBACK: VBS Bank autopsy: Court judgment is clear
The six-year legal battle following the 2020 collapse of VBS Mutual Bank has reached a critical juncture, with South African courts now ordering subst...
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🇿🇦 PLEDGE THEATRE: ANALYSIS: Smoke, mirrors and Ramaphosa’s
South Africa's annual investment pledging ceremonies have become a carefully choreographed performance where headline-grabbing figures mask a far more...
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🇿🇦 Ferrochrome Gets Eskom Relief Amid Power Crisis
South Africa's ferrochrome industry—a cornerstone of the nation's mineral processing economy and a significant source of export revenue—is experiencin...
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