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UBA profit halves as FX windfall evaporates
UBA posted N404.7 billion profit in FY2025, down 47% from 2024, as FX trading swung from a N182 billion gain…
Nigeria signs $1.3bn alumina refinery deal
Nigeria's Solid Minerals Development Fund and the Africa Finance Corporation signed a $1.3 billion MOU in March covering an alumina…
Nigeria gets $900m MDB backing for fibre rollout
Nigeria's Project BRIDGE has secured $900 million in MDB commitments from the AfDB, World Bank and EBRD as part of…
Dangote lines up Africa’s biggest IPO at $5bn
Dangote Petroleum Refinery is preparing a pan-African IPO targeting up to $5 billion across multiple African exchanges, with the offer…
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Airtel Africa profit triples to $813m as data beats voice
Airtel Africa reported FY2026 profit after tax of $813 million, up 147%, on revenue of…
Safaricom FY2026: record KSh80bn dividend, profit up 67%
Safaricom posted group net income of KSh99.7 billion for FY2026, up 67%, and declared a…
South Africa unemployment hits 32.7% as 345,000 jobs lost
South Africa's unemployment rate rose to 32.7% in Q1 2026 from 31.4% in Q4 2025…
Dangote picks Mombasa for $17bn East Africa refinery
Aliko Dangote told the Financial Times he is leaning toward Mombasa over Tanzania's Tanga for…