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Rabiu buys $81m jet, nears $20bn

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Africaspoint Editorial

BUA Group Chairman Abdulsamad Rabiu has taken delivery of an $81 million Bombardier Global 8000, becoming the first African to…

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AfricaBusiness

Cardoso wins Central Bank of the Year

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Africaspoint Editorial

Nigeria's Central Bank was named Central Bank of the Year 2026 at the Central Banking Awards in London on June…

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AfricaBusiness

UK launches £15m Nigeria growth programme

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Africaspoint Editorial

The UK and Nigeria launched a £15 million three-year Growth Programme on June 12 during UK Minister for Africa Baroness…

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AfricaBusiness

Standard Bank backs Dangote refinery IPO

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Africaspoint Editorial

Standard Bank Group CEO Sim Tshabalala visited the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lagos on June 10 and pledged that Standard…

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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…

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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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South Africa braces for June 30

South Africa's police service has activated joint operations in all nine provinces at a projected…

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TikTok’s AI purges 4m Nigerian videos

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Nigeria’s trade surplus triples to N7.55tn

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Heirs Energies wins global oil deal prize

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Dangote refinery powers past 700,000bpd

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