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Seychelles holds Africa’s strongest passport in 2026

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Africaspoint Editorial

Seychelles retains the top spot among African passports in the 2026 Henley Passport Index, ranking 24th globally with visa-free or…

BusinessEgypt

Morocco’s $23bn World Cup investment opens to Spain, Portugal

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Africaspoint Editorial

The Morocco-Spain-Portugal Business Forum on the 2030 FIFA World Cup opened in Salé in February, as Morocco's total World Cup-linked…

BusinessGovernance

Navy destroys illegal crude in Rivers

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Africaspoint Editorial

Nigeria's Navy destroyed an illegal crude oil storage facility containing 17,500 litres of suspected stolen oil in the Bonny area…

BusinessGovernance

Niger adopts digital policy to 2035

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Africaspoint Editorial

Niger is validating a ten-year national digital strategy targeting fibre expansion, e-government, rural connectivity, and startup growth as only 23%…

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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…

Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026CBN Nigeria Central Bank Year award Cardoso reform FX inflation 2026

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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Resolute breaks ground on $539m Ivory Coast gold mine

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Africa TourismAviation

Tunisia spends $1bn on Carthage airport

Critical minerals AfricaDan Gertler

Gertler’s firm pays $30m in DRC bribe probe

Africa Social Media RegulationBola Tinubu

Nigeria consults on child social media age limit

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