Business

The deals, money, and markets shaping Africa's economic story

BANKING

African banks quietly built a $40B stablecoin rail. Regulators are catching up.

From Lagos to Cape Town, mid-tier lenders are quietly running their own settlement layer — and central banks are now writing the rulebook in real time.

Kwame Asante · 2h · 9 min read

Markets

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EQUITIES

Lagos bourse hits record close as banks lead rally

Naledi Molefe · 1h

BONDS

Eurobond yields ease 25bps as Treasury readies $1.2B roadshow

Chinedu Eze · 2h

Cedi steadies as Bank of Ghana defends 14:1 against the dollar

Kojo Boateng · 3h

COMMODITIES

Cocoa prices retreat from record as West African rains return

Fatima Diallo · 4h

Banking & Finance

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M&A

Access Bank closes Angola deal, expands footprint to 23 countries

Chidera Nwankwo · 4h

FINTECH

Flutterwave's £200M Series E spotlights London IPO ambitions

Tunde Abiodun · 5h

DIGITAL

Mobile-money agents now outnumber bank branches 18:1 across the continent

Grace Mwangi · 6h

CREDIT

Private credit inflows to Africa hit $4.8B as global LPs lean in

David Ochieng · 7h

Energy & Resources

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OIL

Dangote Refinery ships first export cargo as exports cross 500K bpd

Samuel Okafor · 1h

GAS

Senegal's GTA project starts second-train commissioning ahead of plan

Mamadou Sall · 5h

POWER

Solar microgrids reach 2M new rural users in a single quarter

Amina Touré · 8h

MINING

DRC copper output beats forecast on EV-grade investment surge

Kofi Mensah · 10h

Trade & Policy

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AfCFTA

Nigeria–South Africa pact unblocks $9B in long-stalled trade flows

Amina Touré · 3h

TARIFFS

Kenya pulls forward digital-services tax timeline by six months

Grace Mwangi · 4h

BORDERS

Senegal–Mauritania pact reopens long-disputed mining corridor

Mamadou Sall · 5h

WTO

Africa group secures concession on agricultural subsidies in Geneva

Naledi Molefe · 6h