🇳🇬 Nigeria's Currency Stability Masks a Manufacturing
Nigeria's foreign exchange market presented a deceptively optimistic picture on March 30, 2026, with the Naira holding firm against both the US Dollar...
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🇳🇬 Foreign investment in manufacturing plunges 51.44% in two
Nigeria's real sector is facing a perfect storm. Foreign direct investment (FDI) flowing into manufacturing has collapsed by over half in just two yea...
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🇳🇬 CBN Moves to Curb Pre-Election Liquidity Risks
Nigeria's Central Bank is executing a calculated monetary tightening strategy ahead of the 2027 election cycle, marking a critical shift in policy foc...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's central bank holds key rate in split decision
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has kept its benchmark repurchase rate unchanged, but the split decision among board members reveals deeper frac...
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🇿🇦 Stats SA confirms systems breach
South Africa's Statistics SA has publicly confirmed a significant cybersecurity breach affecting its internal systems, marking the second major attack...
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🇳🇬 Tinubu vows victory over power woes, inflation amid Middl
President Bola Tinubu's recent assurances to address Nigeria's persistent electricity shortage, spiralling transport costs, and inflationary pressures...
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🇿🇦 South African business confidence rebounds in fourth quarter
South Africa's business confidence index has rebounded sharply in the fourth quarter, signaling renewed optimism among the country's corporate leaders...
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🇹🇿 Tanzania maintains key rate again to support 'robust'
Tanzania's central bank has reinforced its commitment to maintaining elevated interest rates, a decision that underscores policymakers' confidence in ...
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🇿🇦 South Africa manufacturing contracts sharply in December
South Africa's economy is sending mixed signals that demand careful interpretation from European investors seeking exposure to Africa's most developed...
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🇿🇦 SANDF Unaccounted Assets: R68bn Missing in 2024-25 Audit
South Africa's Auditor-General has uncovered a critical governance failure within the Department of Defence: the inability to account for a significan...
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🇳🇬 Corruption fueling capital flight, economic stagnation, i
Nigeria's economic trajectory is being fundamentally undermined by systemic corruption, according to recent analysis from academic economists examinin...
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🇰🇪 CBK forex reserves hit Sh1.82t as Kenya braces for Iran
Kenya's central bank has accumulated foreign exchange reserves totalling $14.02 billion, marking a historic peak that provides the East African econom...
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🇪🇬 IMF sees Egypt growth rising to 5.7% by FY2027/2028
The International Monetary Fund's latest projections signal a significant inflection point for Egypt's macroeconomic outlook, forecasting real GDP gro...
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🇳🇬 CBN withdraws N4.11 trillion in one week using OMO Sales
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) executed an aggressive monetary tightening campaign in late March 2026, withdrawing N4.11 trillion (approximately $1...
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🇳🇬 UNCTAD flags premature deindustrialization risk across le
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has issued a critical warning that threatens to reshape investment strategies across A...
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🇪🇬 Economic indicators up in 2018 - Cabinet - Egypt Today
** Egypt's economy entered 2018 on a trajectory of cautious optimism, marking a potential inflection point after years of regional instability and ma...
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🇪🇬 Egypt has a big opportunity going forward
Egypt's Finance Minister Ahmed Aboul Magd Mashat has signaled a critical inflection point for the North African economy, positioning the nation as an ...
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🇪🇬 Egypt Positions Itself as Gulf Capital Hub While Africa
Egypt is orchestrating a strategic pivot to capture increased Gulf investment flows while positioning itself as a gateway into Africa's emerging free-...
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🇰🇪 Kenyans urged to invest locally to drive economic growth
Dr. James Mwangi, the influential Managing Director and CEO of Equity Group Holdings, has reignited a critical debate about Kenya's economic developme...
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🇳🇬 Economists urge local value addition to reduce import cost
Nigeria faces a structural economic contradiction that is catching the attention of European investors: the continent's most populous nation imports f...
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