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Tems at the launch of her Leading Vibe Initiative in Lagos August 2025
AfricaCulture

Tems Takes Leading Vibe Initiative to South Africa

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Africaspoint Editorial

Grammy winning Nigerian artist Tems is bringing her Leading Vibe Initiative to South Africa on March 21, marking the programme's…

BusinessFinance

Nigeria Secures $126M European Fibre Investment

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Africaspoint Editorial

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

BusinessInvest

Dangote to build Africa’s largest detergent raw material plant as refinery hits full capacity

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Africaspoint Editorial

Aliko Dangote has announced a 400,000-tonne linear alkylbenzene plant within the Dangote Refinery complex in Lagos, a facility that would…

African man using mobile banking app to send money internationally
AfricaDiaspora

UBA launches diaspora investment platform to turn Africa’s $100 billion in annual remittances into long-term wealth

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Africaspoint Editorial

UBA has launched a diaspora banking platform in Lagos designed to channel Africa's $100 billion annual remittance flows into structured…

HormuzSouth Africa immigration xenophobia Ramaphosa March deportation crackdown 2026

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…

Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026Uganda Airlines Boeing 10 aircraft fleet expansion Museveni 2026

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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AfricaEconomic Growth

Nigeria’s exchange records its first ever commercial paper listing with Dangote Cement’s 119.87 billion naira issuance

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AfricaNigeria

MTN Group agrees to acquire full ownership of IHS Towers in a $2.2 billion deal

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