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AfricaFinance

Kenya and Rwanda sign fintech passporting deal

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya and Rwanda signed the Kigali Declaration on Fintech Licence Passporting in March, allowing payment service providers to expand between…

AfricaFinance

Nedbank wins clearance for $856m NCBA Kenya deal

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Africaspoint Editorial

South Africa's Nedbank has secured Kenya's Capital Markets Authority exemption to proceed with its $856 million acquisition of 66% of…

AfricaInfrastructure

Novastar closes $147m Africa fund with Japan capital

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Africaspoint Editorial

Novastar Ventures has closed its Africa People and Planet Fund III at $147 million with major Japanese institutional backers including…

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AfricaHealth

SA startup raises $5.2m for AI TB stethoscope

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Africaspoint Editorial

Cape Town's AI Diagnostics raised $5.2 million to scale its Ostium AI-powered digital stethoscope, which screens for tuberculosis by analysing…

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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…

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…

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ARECOMS DRC mineralsDRC cobalt strategic reserve

DRC creates state cobalt reserve for 9,600 tonnes

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Morocco’s OCP makes Africa’s first dollar hybrid bond

ADNOC Africa expansionShell South Africa exit

ADNOC eyes Shell’s 600 SA fuel stations for $1bn

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ACSA South Africa airportsCape Town International Airport upgrade

SA airports open door to private concessions

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