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AfricaBusiness

South Sudan launches first instant payments system

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Africaspoint Editorial

South Sudan has launched its first-ever instant payments infrastructure, three years after the proposal was first made, marking a landmark…

AfricaBusiness

MTN and Airtel pocket $2.3bn from Africa data boom

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Africaspoint Editorial

MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa generated a combined N3.6 trillion ($2.3 billion) from data services in 2025, as Africa's mobile…

AfricaBusiness

Zenith and GTCO earn $183m from digital fees

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Africaspoint Editorial

Nigeria's two largest banks by market cap, Zenith Bank and GTCO, collectively earned N283 billion ($183 million) from account maintenance…

AfricaFinance

FTSE upgrade sparks N1.36trn NGX windfall

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Africaspoint Editorial

FTSE Russell's index upgrade of Nigeria triggered a N1.36 trillion gain in Nigerian Exchange market capitalisation within 72 hours, the…

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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…

Afreximbank NigeriaAfrica sovereign debt

Hormuz blockade sends crude past $100 again

Dangote Refinery IPODRC cobalt exports

Dangote refinery eyes $5bn IPO, Africa’s biggest ever

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Africa frontier marketsEthiopia investment 2026

Ethiopia seals $13.1bn at investment forum

John Dramani MahamaKenya investment case

Zenith Bank enters East Africa via Kenya acquisition

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