🇳🇬 IMF cuts Nigeria’s 2026 growth outlook to 4.1%
The International Monetary Fund has revised its economic growth forecast for Nigeria downward, projecting 4.1% expansion in 2026 rather than the previ...
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🇳🇬 MINT: The playbook of a new economic order
When Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill coined "BRIC" in 2001, he wasn't predicting the future—he was reading the present with demographic precision....
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🌍 Benin elects 49-year-old Wadagni as new president
Benin has elected Patrice Talon's finance minister Sebastien Ajavon as its next president, marking a decisive victory in a nation increasingly watched...
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🇪🇬 Egypt PM says govt working to shield economy amid regional
Egypt's government is executing a deliberate economic stabilization strategy amid escalating regional tensions, according to statements from Prime Min...
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🇷🇼 Rwanda’s visa-free model fuels Africa’s shift toward open
Rwanda's ambitious visa-free entry policy—now extended to 70+ nationalities, including all EU citizens—has emerged as a quiet but powerful catalyst fo...
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🇿🇦 South Africa’s coalition in peril after ANC passes budget
South Africa's fragile governing coalition has entered critical territory following the African National Congress's unilateral passage of the 2024 bud...
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🇿🇦 South Africa wins record investment pledges, but delivery
** South Africa has achieved a milestone that should signal economic optimism: record-breaking investment pledges from both domestic and internationa...
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🇪🇬 Moody's rating reflects confidence on Egypt's economy:
Egypt's macroeconomic stabilization efforts have garnered formal recognition from Moody's Investors Service, signaling to European investors that Afri...
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🇿🇦 Why emerging market peers have outpaced a collapsing SA
The divergence between South Africa and its global emerging market peers has become impossible to ignore. While nations like Poland, Singapore, and So...
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🌍 War pushes poverty in Sudan to 70 percent, UN warns
Sudan's economic collapse has reached a critical inflection point. According to UN assessments, nearly 70 percent of the Sudanese population now lives...
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🇬🇭 Ghana: Moody's Revises Ghana's Outlook to Positive, Affirms
Moody's Investors Service has signalled renewed confidence in Ghana's economic trajectory by upgrading the nation's sovereign outlook to positive whil...
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🇿🇦 Broad-based BEE is not optional, says deputy minister Joel
South Africa's government has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), signaling that compliance is not a...
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🌍 Liberia: Boakai's Priorities in U.S.$45m Supplementary
Liberia's newly inaugurated administration under President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has moved swiftly to reshape the nation's fiscal priorities, submitting...
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🇰🇪 KRA advertises Commissioner General job after Wattanga exit
** Kenya's Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has entered a critical leadership transition at precisely the wrong moment. The departure of Commissioner Ge...
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🇰🇪 Kenya: IMF Urges Kenya to Include Pending Bills in Public
Kenya faces a critical reckoning with its fiscal transparency. The International Monetary Fund's recent directive to include pending bills in official...
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🇳🇬 Lagos youths contribute N4.5 trillion to state GDP annually
Lagos State's youth demographic represents one of Africa's most underestimated economic assets. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's recent disclosure that y...
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🇿🇦 Higher fuel prices threaten inflation outlook
The South African Reserve Bank's pause on interest rate cuts reveals a widening economic squeeze that European investors betting on rand strength reco...
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🇳🇬 Iran, Ukraine and Africa, a continent in search of food
The convergence of geopolitical instability in the Middle East and ongoing disruptions in Eastern Europe is creating a perfect storm for global food s...
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🇰🇪 IMF urges Kenya to include pending bills in public debt
The International Monetary Fund has issued a carefully worded caution that should alarm European investors with exposure to Kenya's sovereign debt or ...
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🌍 IMF Warns Congo Economic Strains Are Worsening Amid Crisis
** The International Monetary Fund's latest warning about deteriorating conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) marks a critical inflect...
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