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Pan-African coverage: the continent's economies, side by side.
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EnergyLow
Eskom's planned Thyspunt nuclear plant has moved to a full environmental assessment. It is not approval to build. Here is what the step means and what is still unknown.
Janefrances Neche
EnergyMedium
Aliko Dangote has bought about a quarter of Kenya Pipeline for roughly $327M. Here is what the company does, why the stake matters, and what it does not yet tell us about fuel prices.
Janefrances Neche
EconomyLow
President Mahama says Ghana will end exports of raw mineral ores by 2030. No law or list of minerals exists yet. Here is what the plan says, how it would work and what is unknown.
Betini Udom
EconomyMedium
A UCT study found import duties pushed up South African pasta prices by 9% and frozen chips by 4.7%. Here is how tariffs reach the shelf, and what the study says about who pays.
Betini Udom
EnergyHigh
Niger has prohibited exports of petrol and diesel to keep supply at home. The surprise is how little fuel it has to export in the first place.
Betini Udom
MarketsMedium
NGX Group is taking the Dangote refinery offer to exchanges across Africa. What cross-border capital raising means and why it is hard.
Chiamaka Prudence
FinanceMedium
Ecobank is joining China's CIPS payment system to settle trade in yuan. What CIPS is, why it matters for African importers, and what is still unclear.
Betini Udom
EconomyHigh
Zimbabwe appointed US- and UK-sanctioned tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei as investment minister. What sanctions mean in practice and who is affected.
Betini Udom
EconomyHigh
Drones hit Eritrean troops near Adigrat in Tigray. What the Ethiopia-Eritrea escalation means for its IMF programme, its debt deal and African trade.
Betini Udom
TechnologyMedium
Kenya's 5G users are 3.27% of connections but consume 4x more data each. What that means for Nigeria, MTN, Airtel and the cost of network capacity.
Betini Udom
EconomyHigh
Nigeria cut to 23%, South Africa hiked to 7.25%, Egypt, Ghana and Morocco held. The full report on Africa's diverging interest rate decisions.
Betini Udom
EconomyMedium
Afreximbank and ATDC signed a $500m credit facility to finance intra-African trade. How it works, who it reaches, and what is not yet known.
Betini Udom
TechnologyHigh
The Central Bank has given banks until January 2027 to keep certain data and systems in Nigeria. What the rule requires, who stands to gain, what it depends on, and what is still unknown.
Betini Udom
OpinionHigh
The headline says the funding winter is over. The composition of the money says something different, and founders are about to find out what.
Betini Udom
EnergyHigh
Reserve Bank economists estimate South Africa's oil import bill ran R76bn ($4.68bn) higher from 2021 to 2024 after refinery closures, with 5,400 jobs lost.
Betini Udom
FinanceMedium
Kenya's central bank proposes a capital dial it can turn up in a boom,What the CBK's new 2.5% buffer would mean for Kenya's biggest banks
Betini Udom
EconomyHigh
African air traffic will hit 137.3m in 2026, yet airlines expect a 0.2% margin. Taxes, trapped funds and costly reroutes explain why
Betini Udom
EnergyHigh
Nigeria's IEA associate status sets the stage to double 5-year energy investments, shifting focus to domestic refining, gas infrastructure, and grid power.
Betini Udom
EconomyHigh
Bank credit to Nigerian oil and manufacturing fell by over N11 trillion combined as agriculture surged 23% in Q1 2026. Inside the macro shift reshaping Nigeria’s GDP growth.
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