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Nearly Half of Kenya’s GDP Hangs on Degrading Ecosystems, World Bank Warns in New Study March 18, 2026

Saudi Arabia’s Petroline Pipeline Becomes the World’s Most Critical Oil Artery as the Strait of Hormuz Stays Shut March 18, 2026

COMESA’s Record $65 Billion FDI Surge Cements Eastern and Southern Africa as the Continent’s Investment Powerhouse March 18, 2026

Europe’s EIB Bets €40 Million on Speedinvest to Back Africa’s Next Generation of Tech Champions March 18, 2026

Walton Global Targets Offshore Capital With New U.S. Residential Land Fund Amid Deepening Housing Crisis March 18, 2026

Ethiopia Cements Its Position as Africa’s Second-Biggest FDI Magnet, Pulling $18.6 Billion in Five Years March 18, 2026

Kenya Unlocks Duty-Free Access to China’s 1.4 Billion Consumers for Tea, Coffee, and Avocados March 17, 2026

Cuba Plunges Into Darkness Again: Inside the Island’s Worst Energy Collapse in Decades March 17, 2026

Africa’s Mining Boom: How the Continent Is Racing to Become the World’s Next Critical Minerals Powerhouse March 17, 2026

Kenya’s REIT Market Nears Sh25 Billion as New Listings and Dollar-Denominated Instruments Reshape the Asset Class March 17, 2026

Liontrust Bets on Scale With £9.7m All-Share Deal to Absorb River Global’s Asset Management Business March 17, 2026

$200 Million African Transition Acceleration Fund Targets the Continent’s Most Stubborn Clean Energy Financing Gap March 17, 2026

Kenya Holds Fuel Prices Steady — But the Next Review Could Tell a Very Different Story March 16, 2026

Iran’s Yuan Gambit: How Tehran Is Using the Strait of Hormuz to Wage an Economic War on the Dollar March 16, 2026

How Ethiopia Is Spending Billions in Subsidies to Fight the Global Oil Crisis March 16, 2026

How Zeno’s $25M Series A Is Betting on East Africa’s Electric Motorcycle Tipping Point March 16, 2026

Private Credit Giants Gate Withdrawals As Redemption Requests Soar March 16, 2026

IFC Backs Lightrock Africa’s $200M Growth Fund, Betting on the Continent’s Most Undercapitalised Investment Gap March 16, 2026

Closed Strait, Empty Fields: How the Iran War Is Threatening East Africa’s Next Harvest March 15, 2026

Trump’s Tariff Plan B: U.S. Launches Sweeping Section 301 Forced Labor Probes Into 60 Economies March 15, 2026

Nigeria Bets on Cassava to Fuel the Nation: Inside the Bioethanol Push That Could Save Trillions in Forex March 15, 2026

Rostam Azizi’s NMG Takeover Sends Shares Soaring — and Raises Big Questions About East Africa’s Media Future March 15, 2026

Honda Kills Its Most Ambitious EVs and Faces a $15.7 Billion Reckoning March 15, 2026

A $50 Million Bet on Africa’s Energy Future: The Fund That Goes Where Others Won’t March 15, 2026

Uganda Opens Its Doors: Visa-Free Entry for 40 Countries Signals a Bolder Vision for African Integration March 13, 2026

Operation Epic Fury: US War With Iran Has Already Cost $11.3 Billion in Six Days — and the Bill Is Far From Final March 13, 2026

Nigeria’s Race Against Poverty: Can Tinubu’s 7% Growth Target Deliver Before the Clock Runs Out? March 13, 2026

Mwalimu Sacco Absorbs Sh960 Million Spire Bank Loss While Posting Record Profits — The Full Cost of a Decade-Long Misadventure March 13, 2026

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Walton Global Targets Offshore Capital With New U.S. Residential Land Fund Amid Deepening Housing Crisis

Macro Economic Headline News

Nearly Half of Kenya's GDP Hangs on Degrading Ecosystems, World Bank Warns in New Study

Nearly Half of Kenya’s GDP Hangs on Degrading Ecosystems, World Bank Warns in New Study

Saudi Arabia's Petroline Pipeline Becomes the World's Most Critical Oil Artery as the Strait of Hormuz Stays Shut

Saudi Arabia’s Petroline Pipeline Becomes the World’s Most Critical Oil Artery as the Strait of Hormuz Stays Shut

COMESA's Record $65 Billion FDI Surge Cements Eastern and Southern Africa as the Continent's Investment Powerhouse

COMESA’s Record $65 Billion FDI Surge Cements Eastern and Southern Africa as the Continent’s Investment Powerhouse

Kenya Unlocks Duty-Free Access to China’s 1.4 Billion Consumers for Tea, Coffee, and Avocados

Cuba Plunges Into Darkness Again: Inside the Island's Worst Energy Collapse in Decades

Cuba Plunges Into Darkness Again: Inside the Island’s Worst Energy Collapse in Decades

Africa's Mining Boom: How the Continent Is Racing to Become the World's Next Critical Minerals Powerhouse

Africa’s Mining Boom: How the Continent Is Racing to Become the World’s Next Critical Minerals Powerhouse

Kenya Holds Fuel Prices Steady — But the Next Review Could Tell a Very Different Story

Kenya Holds Fuel Prices Steady — But the Next Review Could Tell a Very Different Story

Iran's Yuan Gambit: How Tehran Is Using the Strait of Hormuz to Wage an Economic War on the Dollar

Iran’s Yuan Gambit: How Tehran Is Using the Strait of Hormuz to Wage an Economic War on the Dollar

How Ethiopia Is Spending Billions in Subsidies to Fight the Global Oil Crisis

Closed Strait, Empty Fields: How the Iran War Is Threatening East Africa's Next Harvest

Closed Strait, Empty Fields: How the Iran War Is Threatening East Africa’s Next Harvest

Trump’s Tariff Plan B: U.S. Launches Sweeping Section 301 Forced Labor Probes Into 60 Economies

Nigeria Bets on Cassava to Fuel the Nation: Inside the Bioethanol Push That Could Save Trillions in Forex

Uganda Opens Its Doors: Visa-Free Entry for 40 Countries Signals a Bolder Vision for African Integration

Uganda Opens Its Doors: Visa-Free Entry for 40 Countries Signals a Bolder Vision for African Integration

Operation Epic Fury: US War With Iran Has Already Cost $11.3 Billion in Six Days — and the Bill Is Far From Final

Operation Epic Fury: US War With Iran Has Already Cost $11.3 Billion in Six Days — and the Bill Is Far From Final

Nigeria's Race Against Poverty: Can Tinubu's 7% Growth Target Deliver Before the Clock Runs Out?

Nigeria’s Race Against Poverty: Can Tinubu’s 7% Growth Target Deliver Before the Clock Runs Out?

Ruto Rings the Bell, Kenya Changes Course: How the KPC IPO and a New Infrastructure Fund Mark the End of Kenya's Debt-Driven Development Era

Ruto Rings the Bell, Kenya Changes Course: How the KPC IPO and a New Infrastructure Fund Mark the End of Kenya’s Debt-Driven Development Era

Oil Tops $119 a Barrel and Markets Reel as US-Israel War on Iran Triggers Worst Energy Crisis Since Ukraine Invasion

Oil Tops $119 a Barrel and Markets Reel as US-Israel War on Iran Triggers Worst Energy Crisis Since Ukraine Invasion

South Africa's Economy Ekes Out 1.1% Growth in 2025 — But Missed Targets, Crumbling Industry and Record Joblessness Reveal a Recovery Built on Shaky Ground

South Africa’s Economy Ekes Out 1.1% Growth in 2025 — But Missed Targets, Crumbling Industry and Record Joblessness Reveal a Recovery Built on Shaky Ground

Ruto Signs Kenya’s Sh5 Trillion National Infrastructure Fund Into Law, Betting on Investment Over Debt

Oil Shock From Iran War Puts S&P 500 Earnings Growth at Risk, Goldman Sachs Warns

Oil Shock From Iran War Puts S&P 500 Earnings Growth at Risk, Goldman Sachs Warns

Ghana Defies Global Pressure to Launch Sliding-Scale Gold Royalty as Bullion Trades Above $5,000

Ghana Defies Global Pressure to Launch Sliding-Scale Gold Royalty as Bullion Trades Above $5,000

Kenya’s National Assembly Sets Sh2.878 Trillion Spending Ceiling for 2026/27 Amid Debt Pressures and Growth Ambitions

America’s Labor Market Cracks: US Sheds 92,000 Jobs in February as Oil War Fears Cloud the Recovery

From Factor Growth to Innovation Engine: The UN's Blueprint for Africa's Technology-Led Economic Transformation

From Factor Growth to Innovation Engine: The UN’s Blueprint for Africa’s Technology-Led Economic Transformation

Kenya's Ksh 4.7 Trillion Budget Sets a 5.3% Growth Target — But a Bloated Wage Bill and Revenue Gaps Loom Large

Kenya’s Ksh 4.7 Trillion Budget Sets a 5.3% Growth Target — But a Bloated Wage Bill and Revenue Gaps Loom Large

Israel's War With Iran Threatens to Erase Its Economic Recovery, Costing Up to $3 Billion a Week

Israel’s War With Iran Threatens to Erase Its Economic Recovery, Costing Up to $3 Billion a Week

South Africa Bids to Manufacture Gilead's Game-Changing HIV Prevention Drug at Home

South Africa Bids to Manufacture Gilead’s Game-Changing HIV Prevention Drug at Home

Kenya Pipeline Company IPO Raises Ksh.112.3 Billion in Historic Oversubscription, Paving Way for NSE Debut

Kenya Pipeline Company IPO Raises Ksh.112.3 Billion in Historic Oversubscription, Paving Way for NSE Debut

Dollar Reasserts Safe-Haven Dominance as Iran Conflict Drives Oil Shock and Global Currency Upheaval

Dollar Reasserts Safe-Haven Dominance as Iran Conflict Drives Oil Shock and Global Currency Upheaval

Nigeria's Ports Hit Record 129.3 Million Metric Tonnes in 2025 as Lekki Leads Export and Transshipment Surge

Nigeria’s Ports Hit Record 129.3 Million Metric Tonnes in 2025 as Lekki Leads Export and Transshipment Surge

Investments Headline News

Europe's EIB Bets €40 Million on Speedinvest to Back Africa's Next Generation of Tech Champions

Europe’s EIB Bets €40 Million on Speedinvest to Back Africa’s Next Generation of Tech Champions

Walton Global Targets Offshore Capital With New U.S. Residential Land Fund Amid Deepening Housing Crisis

Walton Global Targets Offshore Capital With New U.S. Residential Land Fund Amid Deepening Housing Crisis

Ethiopia Cements Its Position as Africa's Second-Biggest FDI Magnet, Pulling $18.6 Billion in Five Years

Ethiopia Cements Its Position as Africa’s Second-Biggest FDI Magnet, Pulling $18.6 Billion in Five Years

Kenya's REIT Market Nears Sh25 Billion as New Listings and Dollar-Denominated Instruments Reshape the Asset Class

Kenya’s REIT Market Nears Sh25 Billion as New Listings and Dollar-Denominated Instruments Reshape the Asset Class

Liontrust Bets on Scale With £9.7m All-Share Deal to Absorb River Global’s Asset Management Business

$200 Million African Transition Acceleration Fund Targets the Continent's Most Stubborn Clean Energy Financing Gap

$200 Million African Transition Acceleration Fund Targets the Continent’s Most Stubborn Clean Energy Financing Gap

How Zeno's $25M Series A Is Betting on East Africa's Electric Motorcycle Tipping Point

How Zeno’s $25M Series A Is Betting on East Africa’s Electric Motorcycle Tipping Point

Private Credit Giants Gate Withdrawals As Redemption Requests Soar

Private Credit Giants Gate Withdrawals As Redemption Requests Soar

IFC Backs Lightrock Africa's $200M Growth Fund, Betting on the Continent's Most Undercapitalised Investment Gap

IFC Backs Lightrock Africa’s $200M Growth Fund, Betting on the Continent’s Most Undercapitalised Investment Gap

Rostam Azizi’s NMG Takeover Sends Shares Soaring — and Raises Big Questions About East Africa’s Media Future

Honda Kills Its Most Ambitious EVs and Faces a $15.7 Billion Reckoning

Honda Kills Its Most Ambitious EVs and Faces a $15.7 Billion Reckoning

A $50 Million Bet on Africa's Energy Future: The Fund That Goes Where Others Won't

A $50 Million Bet on Africa’s Energy Future: The Fund That Goes Where Others Won’t

Mwalimu Sacco Absorbs Sh960 Million Spire Bank Loss While Posting Record Profits — The Full Cost of a Decade-Long Misadventure

Nvidia Bets $2 Billion on Nebius as the Race to Build the AI Cloud Infrastructure of the Future Heats Up

Pan African Resources Moves to Absorb Emmerson in $218 Million All-Share Deal, Betting on Tennant Creek’s Untapped Depths

Tanzanian Billionaire Rostam Azizi Takes Control of Nation Media Group as Aga Khan Ends 66-Year Chapter

Tanzanian Billionaire Rostam Azizi Takes Control of Nation Media Group as Aga Khan Ends 66-Year Chapter

Outpost Raises $17.5M to Eliminate the Hidden Cost of Going Global as Trade Complexity Reaches a Breaking Point

NjiaPay Raises $2.1M to Fix Africa’s Payment Fragmentation Problem — One Routing Decision at a Time

Kenya's Ksh2.81 Trillion Pension Pot Is Sitting Idle — Duale Wants That to Change

Kenya’s Ksh2.81 Trillion Pension Pot Is Sitting Idle — Duale Wants That to Change

Abu Dhabi's Judan Financial Makes Bold US Debut With $29 Billion Alpha Wave Stake — Targeting AI-Native Insurance

Abu Dhabi’s Judan Financial Makes Bold US Debut With $29 Billion Alpha Wave Stake — Targeting AI-Native Insurance

World Bank Green-Lights $10 Billion Blended Finance Push to Rescue South Africa's Crumbling Infrastructure

World Bank Green-Lights $10 Billion Blended Finance Push to Rescue South Africa’s Crumbling Infrastructure

Kenya Taps $825 Million Pipeline IPO Windfall to Kickstart JKIA Expansion as Ruto's Infrastructure Fund Goes Live

Kenya Taps $825 Million Pipeline IPO Windfall to Kickstart JKIA Expansion as Ruto’s Infrastructure Fund Goes Live

India Climbs to Fourth in Global Real Estate Rankings as APAC Investment Hits $71.9 Billion in H1 2025

India Climbs to Fourth in Global Real Estate Rankings as APAC Investment Hits $71.9 Billion in H1 2025

Gulf War Drums Put Africa's $100 Billion Investment Lifeline at Risk as UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar Count the Cost

Gulf War Drums Put Africa’s $100 Billion Investment Lifeline at Risk as UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar Count the Cost

Kenya's $820 Million Pipeline IPO Marks a New Chapter for East African Energy Ownership — and Uganda's Strategic Gambit

Kenya’s $820 Million Pipeline IPO Marks a New Chapter for East African Energy Ownership — and Uganda’s Strategic Gambit

Morgan Stanley Cuts 2,500 Jobs Amid Record Profits as AI Reshapes Wall Street and the City

Morgan Stanley Cuts 2,500 Jobs Amid Record Profits as AI Reshapes Wall Street and the City

AfDB's €6.5 Million Bet on Saviu II Is a Turning Point for Francophone Africa's Underfunded Tech Ecosystem

AfDB’s €6.5 Million Bet on Saviu II Is a Turning Point for Francophone Africa’s Underfunded Tech Ecosystem

GHARAGE Ventures Closes €40 Million Fund I To Digitise Airports And Travel Retail Globally

GHARAGE Ventures Closes €40 Million Fund I To Digitise Airports And Travel Retail Globally

South Africa and the EU Launch CTIP Dialogue, Signalling a New Era in Clean Trade and Industrial Partnership

South Africa and the EU Launch CTIP Dialogue, Signalling a New Era in Clean Trade and Industrial Partnership

Flocash and Quest Financial Services Roll Out Prepaid Visa Card in Zimbabwe, Deepening Digital Financial Access

Flocash and Quest Financial Services Roll Out Prepaid Visa Card in Zimbabwe, Deepening Digital Financial Access