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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…

DStv sets World Cup streaming record

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

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…