🇳🇬 DHL, SON, NAQS, NESREA launch cargo manifest
Nigeria's logistics and trade infrastructure has long been a bottleneck for African commerce. Lengthy customs procedures, paper-based documentation, a...
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🇰🇪 High logistics costs lock Kenyan SMEs out of African
Kenya's manufacturing sector faces a critical paradox: tariffs have fallen under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), yet regional trade ...
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🌍 Registration Opens for the 2026 U.S.-Africa Business
The Corporate Council on Africa's announcement of the 2026 U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Mauritius signals a critical inflection point for European i...
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🇿🇦 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OP-ED: Europe
The relationship between Europe and Africa has long operated within a framework inherited from colonial-era asymmetries. While diplomatic language has...
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🇳🇬 African airlines post 21% air cargo growth in February 2026
African airlines have emerged as the fastest-growing air cargo market globally, recording a remarkable 21% year-on-year increase in freight demand dur...
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🇰🇪 MSC raises shipping costs for Kenyan, East African cargo
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world's second-largest container carrier, has announced a new surcharge regime affecting East African trade ...
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🇳🇬 Market Fires: ONICCIMA demands proactive action in Anambra
Anambra State, home to Nigeria's most vibrant commercial ecosystem and a critical node in West African trade networks, faces an escalating infrastruct...
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🇿🇦 Intercape main complainant in bus 'protection racket' case
South Africa's troubled long-distance bus sector faces a critical turning point following the arrest of seven individuals accused of orchestrating an ...
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🇳🇬 Suzuki Announces Price Slash on all Vehicle Models
Suzuki's announcement of across-the-board price reductions on its Nigerian vehicle lineup represents a significant strategic pivot in Africa's most co...
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🌍 WTO talks in Yaounde end in deadlock over e-commerce
The World Trade Organization's week-long negotiations in Yaounde, Cameroon collapsed on Monday without reaching consensus on cross-border e-commerce t...
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🇳🇬 Exports proceeds repatriation: Manufacturers fault CBN’s
Nigeria's Central Bank has created a two-tier foreign exchange system that threatens to deepen the competitive disadvantage facing non-oil manufacture...
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🇳🇬 FG moves to clean up markets with new anti-counterfeit tr
Nigeria's Federal Government has launched an ambitious initiative to combat counterfeit and substandard goods through the Products Authentication and ...
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🌍 Liberia Targets Global Investment to Unlock Untapped
Liberia is positioning itself as West Africa's next frontier for aquatic resource development. The National Fisheries Investment Conference 2026, conv...
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🌍 Liberia: Liberia's Untapped Blue Economy Gets Its Definin
Liberia is positioning itself at an inflection point. With a coastline stretching 579 kilometers and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) rights extending 20...
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🇳🇬 NPA unveils Eastern Ports upgrade
Nigeria's ports have long been a bottleneck for the continent's non-oil export ambitions. Now, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is attempting to cha...
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🇿🇦 Supply chain realignment offers Africa chance to escape
Africa stands at an inflection point in global economic history. As Western corporations and governments accelerate supply chain diversification away ...
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🇿🇦 Police seize R160m in counterfeit goods
South African authorities have dismantled a coordinated counterfeit operation spanning three provinces, seizing goods valued at R160 million (approxim...
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🇳🇬 Aba’s garment, shoe industry can match oil earnings
Nigeria's crude oil sector has long dominated the nation's export portfolio, accounting for roughly 90% of government revenue. Yet a bold assertion fr...
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🇿🇦 Tourism must be SA’s defining story
South Africa stands at a critical inflection point in its tourism strategy. While international travel patterns have undoubtedly shifted due to geopol...
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🇳🇬 Buhari to sign Nigeria up to African Continental Free Trade
** Nigeria's formal commitment to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) represents a watershed moment for continental commerce—and a ...
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