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👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Pay-TV is past its primetime

🇿🇦 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Pay-TV is past its primetime

South Africa tech -0.35 · 07/04/2026

South Africa's pay-TV market is contracting at an accelerating pace, marking a watershed moment for traditional video distribution across Africa. Mark...

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NESG says business confidence weakens despite 101.2

🇳🇬 NESG says business confidence weakens despite 101.2

Nigeria macro -0.35 · 07/04/2026

Nigeria's business confidence index maintained its position in expansionary territory during March 2026, registering 101.2—a reading that on the surfa...

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Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, April 7, 2026

🇳🇬 Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, April 7, 2026

Nigeria finance +0.20 · 07/04/2026

The Nigerian Naira demonstrated resilience on April 7, 2026, maintaining stability across both official and parallel foreign exchange markets—a develo...

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Nigeria's Reserves Fall Amid Electoral Spending Pressure

🇳🇬 Nigeria's Reserves Fall Amid Electoral Spending Pressure

Nigeria macro -0.70 · 07/04/2026

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

🇳🇬 Tax default: Lagos drags 45 firms, individuals to court

Nigeria macro -0.65 · 07/04/2026

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

🇿🇦 eNCA Business | Market update | 7 April 2026

South Africa finance +0.50 · 07/04/2026

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

🇰🇪 Why Africa's growth depends on bankable projects, not

Kenya finance +0.60 · 07/04/2026

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

🇳🇬 This Nigerian founder got an offer from Elon Musk’s xAI

Nigeria tech +0.85 · 07/04/2026

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

🇰🇪 Spotlight on Gulf Energy's dominance of energy sector

Kenya energy -0.65 · 07/04/2026

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 must rethink withholding tax on creative services

Kenya trade -0.65 · 07/04/2026

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

🇰🇪 How three insurers collapsed with Sh3.4bn clients’ claims

Kenya finance -0.95 · 06/04/2026

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

🇳🇬 Rethinking government control in Nigeria’s regulatory bodies

Nigeria health +0.60 · 07/04/2026

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

🇳🇬 Why strengthening Nigeria’s banks matters

Nigeria finance +0.75 · 07/04/2026

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

🇪🇬 President El-Sisi directs continued efforts to reduce

Egypt macro +0.60 · 06/04/2026

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

🇰🇪 Experts: Africa's growth depends on bankable projects, not

Kenya finance +0.60 · 06/04/2026

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

🇳🇬 UHomes REITF vs UPDC REITF: Which offers better value

Nigeria finance +0.75 · 06/04/2026

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 becomes Africa’s second-largest domestic air market

Nigeria infrastructure +0.75 · 06/04/2026

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 ranked No. 1 in FT Africa's fastest-growing companies

Nigeria tech +0.85 · 14/05/2025

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: Why Rwanda's Fuel Demand Surged By Nearly 40

Rwanda energy +0.60 · 06/04/2026

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

🇿🇦 MUNICIPAL SERVICE CHARGES: City of Cape Town hid its budget

South Africa infrastructure -0.75 · 06/04/2026

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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