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SA wins first IFC rand loan

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Africaspoint Editorial

The IFC and Citi have signed a R1.6 billion ($98 million) rand borrowing facility that gives the World Bank's private-sector…

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BlackRock’s $28bn South Africa bet grows

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Africaspoint Editorial

BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners chairman Adebayo Ogunlesi disclosed at a Cape Town summit that BlackRock manages $28 billion in South…

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Dangote’s Ethiopia bet hits $4bn

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Africaspoint Editorial

Aliko Dangote has raised his group's planned investment in an Ethiopian fertiliser complex to over $4 billion, nearly doubling the…

AfricaFinance

AFC backs Africa tech funds with $100m

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Africaspoint Editorial

Africa Finance Corporation has approved a $100 million commitment to Africa-focused technology fund managers, targeting the continent's persistent institutional capital…

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South Africa’s June 30 shutdown arrives

Anti-immigration protesters marched across South Africa's major cities on June 30, the deadline set by…

Angola GDP growth 5.3 percent non-oil diversification Q1 2026Dangote Refinery IPO

US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

Africa startup funding May 2026 $259 million Bima NALA LemFi fintech reboundAI

MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

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AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

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Dangote locks NNPC out of refinery

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Angola DRC power interconnection 1.5 billion 2026Infrastructure

Angola and DRC build Africa’s biggest power interconnection

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Rwanda lands Elsewedy Electric and Schneider at CEO Forum

Africa billionaires Forbes 2026 richest peopleAliko Dangote Africa wealthiest 2026

Dangote hits $35bn as Nigeria billionaires top South Africa

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