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Ethiopia hits 10,000 MW power milestone

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Africaspoint Editorial

Ethiopia's power generation capacity has crossed 10,000 megawatts, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed confirmed, driven by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…

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AfDB lines up $2.8bn for Brazzaville meetings

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Africaspoint Editorial

The African Development Bank is heading into its May 2026 Annual Meetings in Brazzaville with $2.8 billion in new Arab…

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Flutterwave gets Nigerian banking licence at 10

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Africaspoint Editorial

Flutterwave secured a Nigerian banking licence on April 2, allowing Africa's most valuable fintech to hold deposits, lend directly and…

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SA’s Biovac wins $108m to build Africa’s vaccine factory

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Africaspoint Editorial

Cape Town's Biovac has secured €75 million from the EIB and $20 million from the IFC to build Africa's first…

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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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South Sudan launches first instant payments system

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MTN and Airtel pocket $2.3bn from Africa data boom

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Zenith and GTCO earn $183m from digital fees

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FTSE upgrade sparks N1.36trn NGX windfall

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