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AfricaFinance

Nigeria’s reform raises the bar for Kenya investors

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Nigeria's reform narrative is shifting how global capital prices Africa. For Kenya, competing for the same investor pool under tighter…

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AfricaKenya

Kenya builds digital backbone for 7.2m farmers

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya has released a draft Agricultural Data and Digital Policy to unify fragmented farming systems, with the KIAMIS database already…

AfricaInfrastructure

Kenya hosts Africa urban forum with Azerbaijan

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya has signed a financial and technical partnership with Azerbaijan to support the Second Africa Urban Forum in Nairobi, April…

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East AfricaGeopolitics

US spends $71m on Kenya airbase as ties deepen

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Africaspoint Editorial

IN SHORT: Kenya and the US are deepening defence ties across counterterrorism, maritime security, and emerging technology, with a series…

Africa Finance Corporation AFC $2 billion record syndicated loan infrastructure 2026Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026

AFC closes record $2bn syndicated loan

Africa Finance Corporation raised a record $2 billion syndicated loan on June 4, upsized from…

Africa clean energy solar power investment boom 2026Cape Town Salt River Market affordable housing Communicare 970 units 2026

Salt River Market transformed into 970 homes

Cape Town's Salt River Market site was formally handed to developer Communicare on June 8…

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Rwanda locks in $250m IMF credit facility

The IMF Executive Board approved Rwanda's $250 million, 38-month Extended Credit Facility on June 9,…

Dangote refinery 700000 barrels day capacity expansion 1.4 million 2026Dangote Refinery IPO

Nigeria’s trade surplus triples to N7.55tn

Nigeria's Q1 2026 merchandise trade surplus surged 341% to N7.55 trillion ($4.1 billion) from N1.71…

Han ZhengKenya China relations

Kenya ships first 54 containers to China, targets $4bn deficit

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AGUKA RwandaRwanda youth entrepreneurship

Rwanda’s AGUKA creates 128,000 jobs, eyes next phase

Fuel train and refinery tanks in Trzebinia, Poland, showcasing industrial energy infrastructure.
East African CommunityRural Electrification Tanzania

Tanzania pitches $12.9bn energy pipeline to US investors

COMESAEXIMBANK China

Nairobi hosts Kenya’s biggest investment conference this week

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