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Why Nigeria’s $5.1 Billion Health Pact Matters for Growth

Nigeria has signed a $5.1 billion five-year bilateral healthcare Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States. This is not simply a health deal. It is a signal of Nigeria’s.

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Why Affordability Is Becoming Africa’s Most Important Economic Indicator

Across Africa, conversations about growth, elections, stability, and reform increasingly circle back to one everyday reality: the cost of living. It’s no longer just an economic statistic buried in reports;.

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The Rand’s Rise and Its Message for South Africa’s Economy

The South African rand’s recently gained against the U.S. dollar as a result of a rise in the prices of precious metals, a key export component for the nation on.

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Africa Financing Africa: What Afreximbank–Heirs Energies Deal Really Signals

Some deals matter less for their size than for what they reveal about confidence, judgment, and timing. The recently announced $750 million financing agreement between Afreximbank and Heirs Energies belongs.

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What Nigeria’s 2026 Budget Reveals About Its Security Priorities

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2026 budget proposal, presented to a joint session of Nigeria’s National Assembly in December 2025, marks a clear strategic shift in the country’s fiscal priorities. Officially.

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AFCON 2025 Morocco and the Reign of Africa’s Football Economy

Football extends beyond the pitch because it remains one of the few global activities capable of cutting across social, cultural, and political divisions. Nowhere is this more evident than at.

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Nigeria’s $30 Billion Budget Reset: Fiscal Reform for 2026?

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has proposed a 43.56 trillion naira ($29.96 billion) budget reset aimed at repealing and re-enacting the 2024 budget to extend through December 2025. The primary.

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Uganda’s Export Boom: How Coffee, Cocoa, Gold, Oil Drive Growth

Uganda’s export performance in October 2025 came with a lot of positivity as merchant goods export earnings nearly doubled year-on-year, climbing to $1.5 billion from $769.6 million in October 2024,.

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Uganda’s $2 Billion Oil Bet Reshaping UNOC, Vitol, and Economy

Uganda’s state-owned National Oil Company (UNOC) is set to acquire a $2 billion loan from Vitol Bahrain EC (VBA) to fund oil-linked infrastructure, including a domestic refinery, pipelines, storage terminals,.

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South Africa’s Central Bank Leads Radical Cash Modernization Initiative

South Africa is set to launch the most transformative change to its cash system in decades. While digital payments have grown, physical cash still dominates about two-thirds of transaction volumes,.

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