World Bank Raises Africa’s 2025 Growth Forecast to 3.8%
07/10/2025The World Bank has raised its growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 to 3.8 per cent, up from 3.5 per cent in April, signalling cautious optimism across a region.
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Agri-Business and Education
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Ethiopia’s Industrial Growth Accelerates with Dangote’s $2.5B Fertiliser Plant
06/10/2025When Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, broke ground for a $2.5 billion fertiliser plant in Gode, Ethiopia, it wasn’t just another business announcement — it was a statement about the.
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Infrastructure
Ethiopia’s $10 Billion Investment in Bishoftu Airport
02/10/2025Anyone who has passed through Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport knows the scene: shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, long security lines, and departure halls struggling under the weight of success. Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s.
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Nigeria’s Solid Minerals Minister, Dr Henry Dele Alake, Honoured with African Leadership Award at Global Power Forum
25/09/2025NEW YORK, United States – 25 September 2025 Dr Henry Dele Alake, Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has been recognised with the African Leadership.
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Trade and Investment
China & South Africa Deepen Investment Ties amid U.S. Tariff Pressures
25/09/2025When Washington tightened the screws with steep tariffs on South African exports, Pretoria found itself at a crossroads. No longer assured of duty-free access under AGOA, South Africa now confronts.
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Politics and Economy
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.
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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.
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A Flame of Change: Mamotake Matekane Joins Global Stage in Pursuit of UN SDGs
23/09/2025When the Waterlight Save Initiative (WSI), an ECOSOC-accredited NGO with consultative status at the United Nations, announced the appointment of Mamotake Matekane as its Global Ambassador and Vice President of the.
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World Rhino Day: South Africa Records Drop in Rhino Poaching
22/09/2025South Africa marks World Rhino Day with cautious hope after reporting a decline in poaching, a rare moment of progress in a struggle that has spanned decades. Figures released by.
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UNGA80
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.
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