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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.

AfricaFinance

Brent drops 6% on ceasefire hopes after Iran clashes

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Africaspoint Editorial

Brent crude fell roughly 6% over the week to settle near $101 per barrel on Friday as Trump insisted the…

AfricaBusiness

Somalia’s Hormuud finances 100,000 smartphones for poor

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Africaspoint Editorial

Somalia's Hormuud Telecom is financing 100,000 smartphones for low-income subscribers through deposit and instalment payments via its EVC Plus mobile…

AfricaBusiness

Kenya’s first private agri-securitisation at $2.1m

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Africaspoint Editorial

Fintech Kaleidofin has completed Kenya's first private-sector agriculture-focused securitisation at $2.1 million, converting smallholder farmer loans into tradeable securities and…

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AfricaGeopolitics

US invites Kenya to lead Africa minerals trade zone

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Africaspoint Editorial

The US has invited Kenya to lead a preferential critical minerals trade zone as East Africa's AI market grows rapidly,…

Africa fintech unicorn public listing 2026Africa startup funding Q1 2026

Airtel Africa profit triples to $813m as data beats voice

Airtel Africa reported FY2026 profit after tax of $813 million, up 147%, on revenue of…

Africa fintech unicorn public listing 2026Africa telecom infrastructure consolidation

Safaricom FY2026: record KSh80bn dividend, profit up 67%

Safaricom posted group net income of KSh99.7 billion for FY2026, up 67%, and declared a…

Enoch Godongwana Treasury fiscal policySouth Africa energy transition load shedding end

South Africa unemployment hits 32.7% as 345,000 jobs lost

South Africa's unemployment rate rose to 32.7% in Q1 2026 from 31.4% in Q4 2025…

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Dangote picks Mombasa for $17bn East Africa refinery

Aliko Dangote told the Financial Times he is leaning toward Mombasa over Tanzania's Tanga for…

Africa Forward Summit Nairobi 2026Africa We Build Summit AFC 2026

Nairobi hosts Africa-France summit as Macron and Ruto co-chair

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Africa outpaces Asia growth FDI 2026Dangote Forbes $30 billion 2026

Dangote bets $1bn on Zimbabwe’s industrial recovery

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Africa oil supermajors upstream investmentAfrican Union infrastructure 2026

Somalia prepares first offshore oil drill in historic first

Africa outpaces Asia growth FDI 2026Africa startup funding Q1 2026

Shiprazor raises $2.65m to fix Africa e-commerce logistics

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