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US-Iran truce sends oil crashing
A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent crude crashing from a peak…
MTN’s MoMo is going super app
MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to transform its MoMo mobile money…
AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda
The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an international-standard facility capable of handling…
South Africa braces for June 30
South Africa's police service has activated joint operations in all nine provinces at a projected cost of R600 million ahead…
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Ghana’s 1,400bps rate cut leads Africa
Ghana's Bank of Ghana cut its benchmark rate by a cumulative 1,400 basis points from…
Kenya revives $1.2bn JKIA expansion
Kenya has appointed the Trade and Development Bank and Africa Finance Corporation to arrange $1.2…
DStv sets World Cup streaming record
DStv Stream recorded over 900,000 concurrent viewers for South Africa's opening World Cup 2026 match…
Nigeria slams the IMF’s tax prescriptions
A Nigerian think tank, the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics, has criticised the IMF's…