South Africa’s Renewed Currency Confidence
15/12/2025South Africa’s currency recently gained ground in early trade, supported by higher gold prices, as local investors look to the year’s last bit of economic data for clues on the.
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Ethiopia Gains $261 Million IMF Support to Advance Stability and Development
11/12/2025Ethiopia 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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Ghana Posts 5.5% Economic Lift in Q3 2025
10/12/2025Ghana’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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Sustainability
Namibia’s Swakop Uranium Project Boosts Africa’s Global Uranium Importance
10/12/2025Namibia 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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Analysing Africa’s 2025 HDI Rankings and Economic Outlook
10/12/2025As 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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Oil & Gas
What South Africa Gains From the PetroSA–Shell Offshore Oil Agreement
09/12/2025South Africa’s PetroSA has facilitated a deal giving Shell Offshore a 60% stake in Block 2C off the west coast. This represents a strategic shift in how the country approaches.
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Transport
What South Africa’s R3.4 Billion Rail Deal Means For Industry
08/12/2025South Africa has secured its biggest private-sector investment in freight rail to date, with Traxtion committing R3.4 billion, a little over $200 million, to enhance the country’s rail capacity. The.
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Sustainability
Egypt’s Non-Oil Sector Hits Five-Year Growth Peak
03/12/2025Egypt’s non-oil private sector recorded its most significant growth in five years in November 2025, according to the latest S&P Global Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data. The headline PMI rose.
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Nigeria’s Economy Steadies at 3.98% as Non-Oil Sectors Lead
02/12/2025Nigeria’s economy expanded by 3.98% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). That pace represents a small slowing from the 4.23% expansion.
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2025 G20
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G20 Crossfire: Ramaphosa, Trump and the Battle for Global Respect
01/12/2025The Group of 20 (G20) has long served as the pre-eminent forum where the world’s largest economies convene to coordinate on global economic stability, climate change, debt management and international.
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