🇳🇬 Edun hands over to Oyedele
**Nigeria's finance ministry has entered a new chapter with Maiwo Oyedele officially assuming the role of Minister of Finance and Coordinating Ministe...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Economic Paradox 2026: Why Subsidy Removal Hasn't
Nigeria's economy is sending mixed signals in 2026. While the country removed fuel subsidies—a structural reform many international lenders praised—pu...
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🇳🇬 Sanusi questions Nigeria’s borrowing despite subsidy removal
Nigeria's fiscal paradox has drawn sharp criticism from one of Africa's most influential voices on economic policy. Muhammadu Sanusi II, the Emir of K...
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🇰🇪 Africa's $1.43 trillion domestic capital opportunity awaits
Africa sits on a financial goldmine that few investors talk about: **$1.43 trillion in untapped domestic capital**. This isn't foreign aid, Chinese lo...
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🇿🇦 South Africa keeps policy rate on hold as Iran war seen
South Africa's Reserve Bank held its policy rate at 8.25% this week, signaling caution as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East pose unexpected inf...
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🇳🇬 Sub-Saharan Africa faces 28% aid cuts, AFC warns
Sub-Saharan Africa's infrastructure ambitions face a critical funding crisis. The African Finance Corporation (AFC) has released a stark warning in it...
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🇳🇬 Inflation a 'deadly virus' threatening Nigeria's economy,
Nigeria's inflation trajectory has moved beyond cyclical concern into structural alarm territory. Money Brief host Ugodre Obi-Chukwu's recent characte...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria ranks among top 10 nations facing acute food crisis
Nigeria faces a deepening food crisis that contradicts its rising fiscal capacity. New UN data reveals that 266 million people across 47 countries exp...
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🇳🇬 VAT disbursement hits N551.77bn, up 30% February 2026
Nigeria's Value Added Tax (VAT) disbursement framework continues to deliver strong momentum for state governments, with February 2026 marking a signif...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's lost chance to lead Africa's industrial revolution
Nigeria once dominated Africa's economic narrative. In 1960, as the continent's newly independent powerhouse, Lagos rivalled London in commercial ambi...
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🇳🇬 Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, April 24, 2026
Nigeria's naira has depreciated to N1,355 per US dollar, marking a fresh pressure point in Africa's largest economy as external reserves continue thei...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria Naira Exchange Rate April 2026: Weakening Pressure
Nigeria's currency markets face mounting headwinds as the naira weakened to N1,355 per US dollar on Thursday, April 24, 2026, marking a fresh deprecia...
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🇰🇪 KRA opens till and paybills tax crackdown - Business Daily
Kenya's tax authority has intensified enforcement against informal and semi-formal retailers, focusing on digital payment channels—a critical shift in...
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🇳🇬 Naira weakens to N1,355/$ as reserves drop to $48.48 billion
Nigeria's currency came under fresh pressure this week, with the naira depreciating to N1,355 per US dollar on Thursday—a sharp 0.5% slide from Wednes...
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🇳🇬 Fresh $516m loan: ‘Stop reckless borrowing,’ Atiku tackles
Nigeria's decision to secure a fresh $516 million external loan has reignited debate over the sustainability of the nation's debt trajectory. Oppositi...
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🇿🇦 Broken strategies stunt SA economy as other countries
South Africa's economy has stalled while peer emerging markets accelerated into prosperity. The culprit? A governance strategy that prioritized politi...
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🇿🇦 Reform gains stall as South Africa's municipalities lag
South Africa's economic reform narrative reveals a critical fracture: while national policymakers chart a steady course toward fiscal discipline and s...
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🇰🇪 Kenya: The Price of a 'Middle-Income' Economy?
Kenya stands at a critical crossroads. As East Africa's largest economy and a regional financial hub, the country has achieved middle-income status—ye...
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🇪🇬 Egypt, France discuss economic stability, energy security &
Egypt and France have intensified bilateral economic negotiations, signaling a strategic pivot toward energy independence and foreign direct investmen...
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🇳🇬 Africa’s reserves climb to $530 billion in 2025, buoyed
BRIEF --- **HEADLINE:** Africa Foreign Reserves Hit $530 Billion in 2025: Gold Surge Reshapes Reserve Strategy **META_DESCRIPTION:** Africa's centr...
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