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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.

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Angola’s economy breaks free of oil

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Africaspoint Editorial

Angola's economy expanded 5.3% year on year in Q1 2026, its strongest quarterly performance since Q2 2024. The non-oil sector…

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Equity’s Congo goldmine: 58% profit surge

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Africaspoint Editorial

Equity Group CEO James Mwangi confirmed plans to establish two insurance businesses in the DRC as Equity BCDC posted a…

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Aspen dumps Asia for R27bn windfall

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Africaspoint Editorial

Aspen Pharmacare completed its R27 billion ($1.65 billion) sale of its Asia Pacific pharmaceutical business to Australian PE firm BGH…

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Mauritius bank plugs Africa’s $92bn trade hole

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Africaspoint Editorial

Mauritius Commercial Bank announced a $1 billion trade finance facility on June 1, to be deployed over four years to…

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Endeavour Mining posts record $880m EBITDA

Endeavour Mining, West Africa's largest gold producer, reported record adjusted EBITDA of $880 million for…

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Africa’s $164bn wealth funds eye mining

Africa's sovereign wealth funds now hold combined assets exceeding $164 billion and are being deployed…

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Abiy unveils Addis Ababa’s riverside makeover

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Entoto-Kebena River and Riverside Development Project in Addis Ababa…

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EU’s steel tariff hits South Africa

The EU's new steel import framework took effect July 1, imposing annual quotas with a…

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Africa’s $164bn sovereign funds eye minerals

OCP secures €450m AfDB green guarantee

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Tinubu’s three-year reform scorecard is mixed

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Zimbabwe’s NRZ wins $150m Afreximbank rescue

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