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Qatar Bets $103 Billion on Six African Nations

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Qatar's Al Mansour Holdings has announced a $103 billion investment across six African nations as part of a broader Gulf…

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Nigeria Secures $126M European Fibre Investment

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Nigeria has received $126 million in European funding commitments to support its ambitious national fibre optic expansion project known as…

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Africa’s Top Agribusiness Minds Meet in Gqeberha

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The 2026 International Conference on Business Models in Agriculture brings together farmers, financiers, policymakers and innovators in South Africa's Eastern…

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South Africa allocates R848 billion to security forces in crackdown on crime and illegal mining

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South Africa's 2026 budget allocates R848.2 billion over the medium term to peace and security, including R1 billion each to…

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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…

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…

Three gold bars on dark background representing Burkina Faso's record gold production and IMF funding
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Burkina Faso becomes Africa’s gold hotspot as economic boom unlocks fresh $33 million IMF funding

Offshore oil drilling rig on the ocean at sunset, representing Ghana's TEN fields oil operations
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Tullow Oil signs $205 million deal to acquire FPSO John Evans Atta Mills

Construction workers building infrastructure roads in South Africa
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South Africa commits R1 trillion to infrastructure in its largest-ever investment pledge

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Africa’s youth are the continent’s greatest economic asset, and global leaders are finally taking notice

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