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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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AFC summit: Africa has $4 trillion, not enough pipes

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Africaspoint Editorial

The Africa Finance Corporation's inaugural Africa We Build Summit in Nairobi on April 23 and 24 unveiled a $45.8 billion…

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Nigeria signs $1.3bn alumina refinery deal

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Africaspoint Editorial

Nigeria's Solid Minerals Development Fund and the Africa Finance Corporation signed a $1.3 billion MOU in March covering an alumina…

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AfricaInfrastructure

Nigeria gets $900m MDB backing for fibre rollout

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Africaspoint Editorial

Nigeria's Project BRIDGE has secured $900 million in MDB commitments from the AfDB, World Bank and EBRD as part of…

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BP enters Namibia with 60% Walvis Basin stake

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Africaspoint Editorial

BP has agreed to acquire a 60% operating interest in three Walvis Basin exploration blocks in Namibia from Eco Atlantic…

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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…

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Nigeria slams the IMF’s tax prescriptions

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

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Stop checking passports, SA minister warns

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

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Dangote’s petrol unit is down 34%

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

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MTN buys back its towers in $6.2bn deal

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Ivory Coast launches strategic sovereign wealth fund

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IDC saves Tongaat Hulett from liquidation for now

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IMF cuts Africa growth to 4.3% as war hits imports

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