Brazil: Desenrola 3.0 to Buy Up US$29 Billion in Family Debt at Up to 90% Discount
Brazil's Desenrola 3.0 will buy up to about US$29 billion in defaulted family debt at up to 90% discount. Who...
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Datafolha Poll Shows Lula Leading Flávio Bolsonaro 40 to 36 as the Runoff Stays a Two-Point Tie
Datafolha poll (Sept 22–24, 2,002 voters, BR-00304/2026): Lula 40%, Flávio Bolsonaro 36% in the first round; runoff 47–45, a
September 25, 2026
Best Time to Visit Brazil 2026: Weather and Seasons by Region
When to visit Brazil in 2026-27: Rio is best April-June and September-November, the Pantanal May-October, the Amazon July-December. Carnival 2027...
September 25, 2026
Brazil Launches Plan to Buy Old Household Debts at 90% Off Before Vote
Brazil’s Desenrola 3.0 will buy old household debts from banks at 90% off, aiming at US$29 billion of unpaid loans...
September 25, 2026
Brazil Bans Online Betting: Deposits Stop, Sites Go Dark on 6 October
Brazil's online betting ban: no new deposits from publication, withdrawals until 5 October and sites blocked from 6 October, the...
September 25, 2026
Quickmart Kenya Grows on Supplier Credit Rather Than Bank Debt
Quickmart Kenya funds new stores from cash and supplier credit rather than bank borrowing, the model behind its proposed Nairobi...
September 25, 2026
Nigeria Motor Insurance May Shift to Third-Party Cover, an Insurer Says
An insurance executive expects Nigeria motor insurance buyers to move from comprehensive to third-party cover as fuel and running costs...
September 25, 2026
Rwanda AI Hub Takes Its Health and Farming Pitch to the UN
The Rwanda AI hub went to a session on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, where the claims in...
September 25, 2026
Volta Economic Forum in Ghana Asks Investors for Signatures, Not Speeches
The Volta Economic Forum met in Ho in September 2026 with a blunt theme: turn pledges into signed projects. Five...
September 25, 2026
Uganda Pharmacists Press the State to Bankroll Home-Grown Medicines
Uganda pharmacists have asked the government for a dedicated fund for pharmaceutical research and local manufacturing, at their annual meeting...
September 25, 2026
Rwanda Fodder Scheme Is Small Money Against a Big Dry-Season Milk Gap
The Rwanda fodder scheme earmarks about US$68,000 for youth-run hydroponic fodder, against a national target to more than double daily...
September 25, 2026
Comoros UN Speech Presses France on Mayotte and Counts the Cost of War
The Comoros UN speech on 24 September 2026 restated the claim to Mayotte and set out what a distant war...
September 25, 2026
Somalia UN Speech Promises a Vote as the President’s Term Is Disputed
The Somalia UN speech promised the first one-person-one-vote election since 1969, delivered by a president whose own mandate expired in...
September 25, 2026
Seychelles UN Speech Says Small Islands Should Not Pay for Distant Wars
The Seychelles UN speech on 23 September 2026 argued that small island states should not carry the economic cost of...
September 25, 2026
Sierra Leone Security Council Push Reaches the UN, With Reparations
The Sierra Leone Security Council demand and a reparations case shaped the president’s UN General Assembly speech on 22 September...
September 25, 2026
Brazil Is Helping Angola Write a New Military Penal Code
Brazil's military prosecutors are helping Angola draft a new military penal code, the quietest strand of a widening South Atlantic...
September 25, 2026
Mozambique Backs 284 of 292 UN Rights Recommendations and Rejects Eight
Mozambique has told the UN Human Rights Council it supports 284 of the 292 recommendations made at its review, and...
September 25, 2026
Foot-and-Mouth Breaches Namibia’s Beef Export Zone, Halting Slaughter
Foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed inside Namibia's export zone on 23 September 2026, halting slaughter and livestock movement across the country.
September 25, 2026
Nigeria’s Gas Fund Says Public Capital Pulled In 2.4 Times as Much Private Money
Nigeria's MDGIF says it used public capital to attract about 2.4 times as much private gas investment across 31 projects...
September 25, 2026
South Africa’s Airports Operator Hands Its Former Finance Chief the Top Job
Airports Company South Africa has appointed former finance chief Siphamandla Mthethwa as chief executive from 1 November 2026, ahead of...
September 25, 2026