🇰🇪 Kenya’s growth slows to 4.6pc as agriculture drags
Kenya's economic growth has decelerated to 4.6% in 2024, marking a significant slowdown from previous quarters as the agricultural sector—which employ...
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🇰🇪 Kenya Economic Growth Slows to 4.6% on Agriculture Weakness
Kenya's economic momentum has visibly weakened, with growth deceleration to 4.6% in 2026 marking a significant slowdown for the East African powerhous...
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🇰🇪 Africa has a big say in the future of global labour market
EXPANSION --- **HEADLINE:** Africa Labour Market 2050: Why One-in-Three Global Workers Changes Everything **META_DESCRIPTION:** By 2050, Africa wil...
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🇷🇼 China Positions Rwanda as Key African Tech and Logistics Hub
Rwanda has emerged as a cornerstone in China's refreshed African economic strategy, positioning the small East African nation as a critical technology...
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🇺🇬 Go slow on Sovereignty Bill, Bank of Uganda, UN tell govt
Uganda's push to pass a controversial Sovereignty Bill has triggered rare public warnings from two heavyweight institutions: the Bank of Uganda (BoU) ...
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🇿🇦 Why BBBEE must shift from ownership deals to productive
South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) framework has redistributed billions in equity ownership over two decades, yet the nation remains tr...
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🇰🇪 SMEs find new lease of life after Covid struggles
Kenya's micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are staging a decisive recovery from pandemic disruption, reshaping the country's employment and ...
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🌍 Namibia central bank retains 6.50% rate over inflation
Namibia's central bank has signaled continued caution in its monetary policy stance, keeping its benchmark repo rate anchored at 6.50% for the third c...
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🌍 Benin - Trade, Agriculture, Oil - Britannica
Benin stands at a critical juncture in West African economic development. Once overshadowed by larger neighbours like Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire, the n...
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🇿🇦 Consumers under pressure as costs rise
South Africa's consumer sector is entering a critical period of financial stress, according to the latest Household Affordability Index data released ...
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🌍 Central bank holds repo rate at 6.50% - Namibia Economist
The Bank of Namibia (BoN) has held its policy repo rate steady at 6.50%, signaling a measured approach to monetary policy even as inflationary pressur...
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🇳🇬 States retirees threaten nationwide protest over pension
Nigeria's public sector pension system is approaching a breaking point. The National Association of Retirees of State Governments (NARSG) has issued a...
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🇰🇪 Why 'trash for cash' mindset risks hurting Kenya's circular
Kenya's circular economy is at a crossroads. While the nation's economy expanded at a steady 4.6% in 2025, a counterintuitive trend is undermining one...
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🇰🇪 Kenya economic growth steady at 4.6% in 2025, data shows
Kenya's economy maintained a steady growth rate of 4.6% in 2025, according to official data released this week, underscoring resilience in East Africa...
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🇱🇾 Minister of Economy approves four foreign and JV companies
Libya's Ministry of Economy has greenlit four foreign and joint venture companies, marking a significant tactical shift in the nation's investment cli...
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🇳🇬 Naira hits fresh low of N1,896/£1 despite british pound
Nigeria's currency crisis deepened this week as the naira hit a fresh low of N1,896 per British pound, defying expectations that sterling's global wea...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's 2026 Economy: Billionaire Gains Amid Currency
Nigeria's economic landscape is shifting rapidly in 2026, marked by contrasting signals: billionaire wealth concentration at historic highs alongside ...
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🇳🇬 Jollof cooking cost hits N30,435 as fuel shock hits
--- **HEADLINE:** Nigeria Food Inflation 2026: Jollof Rice Now Costs N30,435 as Fuel Crisis Bites **META_DESCRIPTION:** Nigeria's jollof rice cost s...
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🌍 Eritrea’s silent collapse – the world’s most broken economy?
Eritrea stands at a critical economic inflection point. Once positioned as a post-conflict recovery story in the Horn of Africa, the nation of 5.3 mil...
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🌍 Cape Verde Credit Upgrade 2025: Fitch's Positive Outlook
Cape Verde's credit rating trajectory has entered a critical inflection point. Fitch Ratings' recent decision to upgrade the island nation's outlook t...
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