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UBA profit halves as FX windfall evaporates
UBA posted N404.7 billion profit in FY2025, down 47% from 2024, as FX trading swung from a N182 billion gain…
Co-op Bank Kenya restructures for regional push
Co-operative Bank of Kenya announced on April 21 it will restructure into a non-operating holding company renamed Co-opbank Group PLC,…
Capitec crosses $1bn profit with 26 million clients
Capitec Bank posted R16.8 billion ($1.02 billion) in headline earnings for FY2026, crossing the billion-dollar profit mark for the first…
Dangote pledges 650,000 bpd refinery for East Africa
Aliko Dangote pledged at the AFC summit in Nairobi to build a 650,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery in Tanga, Tanzania, identical…
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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…
Nigeria slams the IMF’s tax prescriptions
A Nigerian think tank, the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics, has criticised the IMF's…
Stop checking passports, SA minister warns
South Africa's Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi warned at an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration briefing on…
Dangote’s petrol unit is down 34%
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been running its main petrol-producing RFCCU unit at 34% below…