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Economic Impacts of South Africa’s Strong Rand on Global Markets

South Africa’s rand (ZAR) in mid-December 2025 traded around 16.85 to 17.10 per US dollar, reflecting a 5.66% appreciation over the past year. This resurgence is tied to a combination.

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How Lagos Street Art 2025 Elevates Africa’s Contemporary Art Scene

Lagos continues to live up to its reputation as the nerve system of African creativity, and with the debut of the Lagos Street Art Festival (LSAF) 2025, themed “Legendary Lagos:.

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Egypt Launches Hurghada Airport PPP Driving Aviation, Economy, And Investment

Egypt has implemented a tender that enables the management, operation, and development of Hurghada International Airport to private companies. The government is not simply outsourcing an airport; it is signalling.

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Ethiopia Gains $261 Million IMF Support to Advance Stability and Development

Ethiopia has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This will, in effect, bring in $261 million in fresh financing, pending board approval. For Ethiopia, this is.

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South Africa Confronts Rising Pressure as U.S. Moves to Redraw AGOA Framework

The U.S. House of Representatives’ committee on trade signalled that it will take up a proposed three-year extension of AGOA, the landmark trade initiative that for over two decades provided.

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Ghana Posts 5.5% Economic Lift in Q3 2025

Ghana’s economy expanded by 5.5 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025. The data, released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), underscores a rebound in activity across a.

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Namibia’s Swakop Uranium Project Boosts Africa’s Global Uranium Importance

Namibia has a joint venture with Swakop Uranium and NamWater to construct the Erongo Sunam Desalination Plant near Swakopmund, which underscores the strategic convergence of natural resources, infrastructure, and foreign.

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Congo’s Cobalt Quotas Shake Global EV Supply Chains

In a move with sweeping global ramifications, the DRC, responsible for more than 70 per cent of the world’s mined cobalt, has overhauled how it exports this critical mineral. In.

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Analysing Africa’s 2025 HDI Rankings and Economic Outlook

As 2025 draws to a close, Africa’s development story is increasingly defined not by the size of its GDP alone, but by the lived experiences of its people. Education quality,.

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Nigeria Clears Troop Deployment to Benin as Government Foils Coup Plot

A pulse of alarm rippled through West Africa on Sunday, 7 December 2025, when a small group of mutinous soldiers in the Republic of Benin attempted to topple the government.

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