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Visa Pledges R1 Billion to South African Payments Infrastructure as Digital Use Passes 90%
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Mastercard Says Trust, Not Just Access, Will Decide Africa's Digital Decade
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Malawi Bets on Power, Digital Access and Agriculture to Chart a New Growth Path
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How Fanaka Real Estate Built a Multimillion-Dollar Business in Kenya in a Decade
With more than 15,000 land title deeds issued and 25 to 30 percent average annual growth, CEO Moses Muriithi credits an installment-payment model and keeping post-sale logistics in-house rather than outsourcing them.
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Ruto Says Dangote's Kenya Refinery Will Create 60,000 Jobs and Cut Import Dependence
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The $15-16 billion Lamu facility is designed to serve Kenya and six neighboring countries, with Dangote predicting it will pull in a wave of follow-on investment once it's running.
Hormuz Shipping Disruptions Push Fuel and Inflation Risk Back Onto Africa's Radar
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State Police Bill Clears 13 State Assemblies, Still Short of the 24 Needed
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Nigeria Activates Emergency Response After First Ebola Case in 12 Years
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Nigeria Mourns Afenifere Elder Fasoranti as 'Enduring Symbol' of Democracy
Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo led tributes to Pa Reuben Fasoranti, who died at 100 in Akure, recalling a century built on advocacy for true federalism, Yoruba identity and national unity.
Touadera Wins Third Term as Central African Republic President With Nearly 78% of Vote
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Ramaphosa Leads African Condemnation of US Operation That Seized Venezuela's Maduro
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Ghana's Ex-Finance Minister Ofori-Atta Detained in US as Extradition Request Moves Forward
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AU Installs Burundi's President as 2026 Chair, Puts Water Security at Center of Agenda
Evariste Ndayishimiye took over the rotating chairmanship at the Addis Ababa summit under a theme focused on water and sanitation, an emphasis Nigerian officials say speaks directly to the country's own struggles with potable water access.
ECOWAS Women Lawmakers' Group Says It's Kept in the Dark on Its Own Budget
ECOFEPA's leadership, including its newly elected president, says it cannot account for the association's annual funds because the administrative department controlling the account never shares spending details with elected members.
Policy & Governance
ECOWAS Court Swears in Five New Judges for Four-Year Term
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye administered the oath in Abuja to judges from Benin, The Gambia, Liberia, Nigeria and Togo, and urged them to guard the regional court's independence and public standing.
Policy & Governance
Sudan's Army Says It Repelled a Major RSF-SPLM-N Assault in Blue Nile
The military says its 4th Infantry Division and allied forces beat back an attempt to breach their positions in the region's Kurmuk area, destroying vehicles and inflicting heavy losses on the attacking coalition.
Policy & Governance
Burkina Faso Rewrites School Curriculum to Strip Out Colonial-Era Framing
The junta-led government is overhauling history, geography and civic classes, swapping terms like 'explorers' for 'invaders' and adding dozens of new lessons centered on African resistance movements and indigenous political structures.
Policy & Governance
Uganda Pushes Back on Ebola Outbreak Claims After Nigeria Confirms Imported Case
Kampala says a traveler testing positive in Abuja doesn't prove the infection was caught on Ugandan soil, even as Nigeria's health ministry confirms its first case of the Bundibugyo strain in a woman who had recently passed through East Africa.
Policy & Governance
Kenyan Court Convicts Self-Proclaimed Pastor Over 191 Starvation Deaths in Shakahola
Paul Mackenzie and several associates were found guilty of murder after a court ruled they orchestrated an organized starvation campaign among followers of a doomsday sect, most of the victims children.
Policy & Governance
Ebonyi Political Leaders Rally Behind Zoning Formula, Back Governor for Second Term
A stakeholders' summit in Abakaliki endorsed Governor Francis Nwifuru for 2027 and laid out a rotation plan that would hand the governorship to Ebonyi Central in 2031 and Ebonyi South in 2039.
Markets
Abbey Bank Leans on Risk Overhaul as It Moves From Mortgages to Full Commercial Banking
With Central Bank approval secured for a November launch, the Lagos-listed lender says the three-decade mortgage track record it's built its reputation on now has to carry a much wider commercial banking book.
Policy & Governance
Jerry Gana Says Selfish Leadership, Not Lack of Ideas, Is Holding Nigeria Back
The former federal minister told a Abuja lecture that Nigeria's development crisis traces back to leaders who have drifted from the people they govern, and that the fix is a genuine return to accountable, people-first governance rather than another awareness campaign.
Trade & Investment
Ghana's Tax Authority Opens Probe Into 28 Vanished Containers at Tema Port
Importers say some consignments turned up empty, others went missing entirely, and some were diverted to private warehouses — prompting the Ghana Revenue Authority to stand up a nine-member investigation.
Policy & Governance
Liberia Convicts Two Former Weah-Era Ministers in $425,000 Rice Diversion Case
A jury found the former foreign affairs and internal affairs ministers guilty over more than 25,000 bags of disaster-relief rice that never reached the people it was donated for.
Policy & Governance
Macky Sall Drops Out of Race to Lead the United Nations
The former Senegalese president stepped aside after an informal Security Council vote pointed toward a candidate from Latin America and the Caribbean, saying he wants to help build consensus rather than prolong the contest.
Policy & Governance
Nigeria's ADC Warns Tinubu Could Unveil Fuel Tax After 2027 Re-Election Bid
The opposition African Democratic Congress says the legal groundwork for a five percent fuel levy is already in place, and accuses the government of waiting for a second term before switching it on.
ITUC-Africa Says the Continent Must Fund Its Own Development From Its Own Resources
The labor federation argues that swapping crude oil exports for unprocessed lithium and rare earths won't break Africa's dependency on outside financing unless mineral wealth is turned into domestic industry, jobs and revenue first.
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