🇿🇦 PLEDGE THEATRE: ANALYSIS: Smoke, mirrors and Ramaphosa’s
South Africa's annual investment pledging ceremonies have become a carefully choreographed performance where headline-grabbing figures mask a far more...
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🇳🇬 Otedola and Dangote meet President Tinubu to discuss economy
On April 5, 2026, two of Nigeria's most influential billionaires—Femi Otedola and Aliko Dangote—convened with President Bola Tinubu to discuss the tra...
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🇳🇬 Only 10.5% of women in Nigeria have salary-paying jobs
Nigeria's formal employment landscape reveals a critical structural imbalance: only 10.5% of employed women hold salaried or wage-paying positions, ac...
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🇳🇬 FG uncovered 45,000 ‘ghost workers’ with BVN integration
Nigeria's Federal Government has uncovered approximately 45,000 "ghost workers"—individuals receiving salaries without actually performing duties—thro...
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🇳🇬 PEBEC suspends new MDA policies to protect businesses
Nigeria's Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has issued a directive suspending new policy implementations across government mi...
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🇪🇬 Egypt imposes retail closures as energy crisis deepens
Egypt is experiencing one of its most visible economic stress signals in years. The government's decision to impose a month-long early-closing mandate...
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🇰🇪 Treasury takes 50.1pc control of KQ as workers scheme exits
Kenya Airways, the East African nation's flagship carrier, has entered a critical restructuring phase as the government's Treasury department increase...
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🇳🇬 FG raises 2026 borrowing plan to N29.20 trillion as deficit
Nigeria's federal government has substantially increased its planned borrowing for 2026 to N29.20 trillion, marking a significant escalation in debt i...
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🇳🇬 US-Iran conflict: MAN outlines measures to mitigate effect
Nigeria's industrial heartland is bracing for severe headwinds as multiple macroeconomic and geopolitical pressures converge simultaneously. The Manuf...
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🇳🇬 CPPE warns of stagflation risks
Nigeria's Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has raised a critical alarm about the convergence of economic headwinds threatening to...
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🇲🇦 CDG-UIR Partnership Bridges Academic Research and Business
** Morocco is quietly positioning itself as North Africa's innovation hub through a strategic partnership between Casablanca's Mohammed V Airport (CD...
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🇰🇪 Bill seeks inflation-based pension raise for retirees
East African governments are confronting a mounting fiscal challenge as aging populations and persistent inflationary pressures force a reckoning with...
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🌍 Malawi’s vice-president executive ‘reshuffle’ exposes
Malawi's political establishment is grappling with a governance crisis that extends far beyond routine cabinet reshuffles. The recent controversy surr...
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🇿🇦 SAFTU welcomes Public Service Amendment Bill enactment
President Cyril Ramaphosa's enactment of the Public Service Amendment Bill represents a watershed moment for South Africa's governance framework and c...
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🇿🇦 SA secures Iranian approval to transit Strait of Hormuz
South Africa has secured Iranian approval to transit the Strait of Hormuz—a critical chokepoint controlling roughly 21% of global petroleum flows—amid...
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🇿🇦 IMF Urges South Africa to Adopt Fiscal Rule Framework
South Africa stands at a critical juncture. The International Monetary Fund has publicly urged the government to implement a comprehensive fiscal rule...
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🇳🇬 Fuel costs drive food inflation as Lagos traders, shoppers
Nigeria's persistent fuel shortage is creating a multiplier effect across the food supply chain, with transportation costs emerging as the primary dri...
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🇪🇬 Economic reforms boosted trust in Egyptian market: Kuwaiti
Egypt's economic stabilization program, launched in 2016 and refined through successive International Monetary Fund agreements, is producing tangible ...
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🇳🇬 Creating inclusive and sustainable future of work in Africa
The narrative around Africa's employment future has been dominated by a seductive but incomplete story: technology will solve everything. Silicon Vall...
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🇳🇬 Coca-Cola to invest $1 billion in Africa's richest country
Coca-Cola Company's commitment to deploy $1 billion across Nigeria through 2030 represents one of the most significant capital allocations to sub-Saha...
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