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US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

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MTN’s MoMo is going super app

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MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to transform its MoMo mobile money…

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AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

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The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an international-standard facility capable of handling…

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Egypt’s FDI hits $9.3bn, economy grows

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Rwanda and Tanzania greenlight $2.5bn railway

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SARB cuts repo to 6.5 percent

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Africa’s startup funding races toward $1bn

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OCP backs $150m Africa agro-industrial fund

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South Africa’s rate decision lands Thursday

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Mombasa goes green as LNG ship docks

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Nigeria becomes a net fuel exporter

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$25bn Nigeria-Morocco pipeline deal locks in

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AfDB: 12 fastest economies are African

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Asahi’s $2.3bn EABL deal clears regulators

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Equity Bank bets on Lobito Corridor