Why Nigeria’s Central Bank Slashes MPR to 27%
24/09/2025Nigeria’s Central Bank has broken a long spell of monetary rigidity. At its 302nd Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, the Bank trimmed the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 50 basis.
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Morocco Holds Rates Steady at 2.25% Amid Global Uncertainty
24/09/2025In Rabat, Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib, took a cautious yet deliberate step at its September 2025 meeting, opting to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.25 percent. The.
Africa Development
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Politics and Economy
Ghana’s Bold Rate Cut: How Monetary Policy is Responding to Slowing Inflation
23/09/2025Ghana’s central bank surprised markets in mid-September 2025 by cutting its policy rate by 350 basis points, the single largest reduction in recent memory taking the monetary policy rate to.
Global Development
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UNGA 80: What Africa Must Demand
22/09/2025As leaders converge at the United Nations headquarters in New York for the 80th session of the General Assembly, the air is thick with expectation. Representatives of all 193 UN.
Africa Development
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Leadership
Will Nigeria’s Push for Unified Oil Regulations Across Africa Deliver?
19/09/2025Recently, African petroleum regulators under Nigeria’s leadership have launched a continental forum to harmonise oil regulation, aiming to draw critical investment into the region’s rapidly growing energy sector. Yet, signing.
Africa Development
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Trade and Investment
AGOA at Risk: What It Means for African Industries
18/09/2025The African Growth and Opportunity Act, better known as AGOA, was born in 2000 with the hope of being more than just a trade deal. Envisioned under President Bill Clinton,.
Global Development
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Political leadership
Chad’s Constitutional Overhaul and the Global Stakes
17/09/2025In mid-September 2025, Chad’s National Assembly approved constitutional revisions that extend the presidential term from five to seven years and remove term limits, allowing the president to run for office.
Africa Development
Finance
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What Happened at Africa’s 2nd Climate Summit in Ethiopia?
16/09/2025For decades, Africa has been portrayed as the victim of climate change, its lands scarred by droughts, floods, desertification, and deepening food insecurity. Yet, at the Second Africa Climate Summit.
Africa Development
Environment
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Investing in Clean Cooking in Africa: A $37 Billion Opportunity to Save Lives
15/09/2025Across the world, the way people cook their daily meals is both intensely private and profoundly political. Today roughly two billion people still prepare food on open fires or inefficient.
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What Namibia’s Free University Education Could Mean for Youth Unemployment
12/09/2025Namibia has taken a defining step in reshaping its educational landscape, making tertiary education at state institutions entirely free of tuition and registration fees from 2026. The reform builds on.