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Hormuz closure sends buyers to West Africa

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Africaspoint Editorial

The near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz is redirecting global crude buyers toward West Africa and Latin America, creating…

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Nigeria catches its fugitive power minister

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Africaspoint Editorial

Nigeria's EFCC arrested former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman at 3:30am on May 19 in Kaduna, more than a week…

Ghana pushes miners for 30% gold

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Africaspoint Editorial

Ghana's central bank is pushing large-scale gold miners to sell 30% of annual output to the state, up from 20%,…

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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…

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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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Ghana hits 7.7% growth, fastest since debt crisis ended

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Dangote hits $35bn as Nigeria billionaires top South Africa

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Dangote targets $50bn valuation in Africa’s biggest IPO

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Nigeria banks hit record N20.2tn capital

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