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Pan-African business news covering all 54 nations. Continental trade, AfCFTA developments, multi-country investment, and business intelligence spanning the entire African continent.

AfricaBusiness

Africa’s first big battery is rewriting energy

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Africaspoint Editorial

South Africa's HEX Battery Energy Storage System in Worcester is delivering 100 MWh of stored power to Africa's first utility-scale…

AfricaBusiness

Bolt is now legal in South Africa

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Africaspoint Editorial

Bolt South Africa has become the first major ride-hailing platform to register under the country's new e-hailing regulatory framework, receiving…

AfricaBusiness

Africa is done buying weapons it cannot fix. Now it is building its own.

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Africaspoint Editorial

Africa's militaries have spent decades buying weapons from China, Russia, the US, France and Turkey that break down, sit idle…

AfricaBusiness

Doing Business in Africa: The Essential Guide for 2026

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Africaspoint Editorial

A practical guide for executives and investors doing business in Africa in 2026 — covering the easiest markets to enter,…

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DStv sets World Cup streaming record

DStv Stream recorded over 900,000 concurrent viewers for South Africa's opening World Cup 2026 match…

Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026CBN Nigeria Central Bank Year award Cardoso reform FX inflation 2026

Nigeria slams the IMF’s tax prescriptions

A Nigerian think tank, the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics, has criticised the IMF's…

HormuzSouth Africa immigration xenophobia Ramaphosa March deportation crackdown 2026

Stop checking passports, SA minister warns

South Africa's Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi warned at an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration briefing on…

Aliko DangoteDangote refinery 700000 barrels day capacity expansion 1.4 million 2026

Dangote’s petrol unit is down 34%

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been running its main petrol-producing RFCCU unit at 34% below…

Rocket launch space satellite Nigeria space programme
African Space AgencyBola Tinubu

Nigeria Unlocks Space Funding and Orders a New Launch Centre. Africa’s $1 Trillion Race Just Got a New Contender.

AYUSH GhanaGhana Health

India and Ghana Just Signed Four Health Deals. 70% of Ghanaians Will Feel It.

AfCFTA energy tradeAfrica energy sovereignty

Africa Sits on 125 Billion barrels of Oil, yet it pays World prices anyway.

Gold bullion bars precious metals South Africa markets
Bank of AmericaGold Price

JSE Up 44% in a Year. BofA Says the Run Is Not Over Yet.

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