LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Saturday, September 12, 2026
Your daily briefing for expats and nomads in Latin America: Brazil's real back below 5.10, Argentina's country risk drops to...
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Nigerian Consumer Goods Firms Earn Fewer Dollars Than Before the 2023 Reforms
Nigerian consumer goods firms earned 22 percent less dollar revenue in 2025 than in 2022, even as naira revenue rose...
September 11, 2026
PalmPay Says KudiWave Address and Account Ownership Unknown in Nigeria
PalmPay says KudiWave's address and account ownership remain unknown as a dispute over about US$565,700 deepens in Nigeria.
September 11, 2026
Stampriet Farmer Earns US$32,300 at Windhoek Bonsmara Bull Auction
A Stampriet farmer earned about US$32,300 selling five Bonsmara bulls at Windhoek's G8 auction on 8 September 2026, as Namibian...
September 11, 2026
Movitel Unveils 5G Solutions to Drive Mozambique Digital Transformation
Movitel unveiled 5G enterprise solutions at FACIM 2026, weeks after Mozambique granted 5G licences to Tmcel, Vodacom Mozambique and Movitel.
September 11, 2026
Cimentos de Moçambique Invests US$150 Million to Expand Cement Production
Cimentos de Moçambique is investing US$150 million to expand cement production at Nacala, Dondo and Matola, cutting clinker imports.
September 11, 2026
Rwanda and China Launch Kigali Road Project With Technical Training
Rwanda and China launched construction of a 10.3 km Kigali road on 8 September 2026, pairing a Chinese grant with...
September 11, 2026
Cameroon Seeks Egyptian Expertise to Strengthen Water and Energy Sectors
Cameroon's energy minister Essomba hosted Egypt's Karim Sherif in Yaounde on 10 September 2026 to discuss dams, hydropower and rural...
September 11, 2026
Ghana China Mining Partnerships: Accra Pushes Value Addition in Tianjin
Ghana pressed Chinese investors at Tianjin's China Mining Conference to back refining, iron ore and critical minerals and keep more...
September 11, 2026
MTN, Telecel and Goal cleared for next stage of Ghana 5G licensing
Ghana's NCA cleared MTN, Telecel and Goal for the next 5G licensing stage while disqualifying Infrava Ltd. Minimum prices start...
September 11, 2026
Mauritania Fuel Supply Tender Opens as Addax Energy’s Decade Monopoly Ends
Mauritania's fuel supply tender for a six-month national contract from 3 December 2026 ends Addax Energy's near-decade monopoly; bids close...
September 11, 2026
Algeria Severs Diplomatic Relations with the United Arab Emirates
Algiers severed diplomatic relations with Abu Dhabi on 10 September 2026, expelling the UAE envoy within 48 hours. What drove...
September 11, 2026
Kenya SIM Recycling Rules: Six-Month Wait Before Numbers Are Reassigned
Kenya's new SIM recycling rules require a six-month wait before inactive numbers are reassigned, ahead of a 19 September 2026...
September 11, 2026
Durban Anti-Immigrant Protests: Police Whisk Mayor Cyril Xaba From Hostile Crowd
Durban anti-immigrant protests escalated as police whisked eThekwini mayor Cyril Xaba from a hostile March and March crowd on 10...
September 11, 2026
New Fishcor Board Tasked With Restoring Public Confidence in Namibia
Namibia appointed a seven-member Fishcor board on 10 September 2026 to restore public confidence after the Fishrot bribery scandal.
September 11, 2026
María Fernanda Benítez Killer Receives Eight-Year Maximum Sentence in Paraguay
María Fernanda Benítez was 17 and pregnant. Her teenage killer got the maximum eight years; her mother calls the sentence...
September 11, 2026
Peru Bill Would End Sentence Reductions for Femicide, Kidnapping and Aggravated Robbery
Peru femicide, kidnapping and aggravated robbery convicts would lose work-and-study sentence reductions under a bill by deputy Norma Yarrow.
September 11, 2026
Trinidad and Tobago Frees 31 Emergency Detainees as Wage Deadline Looms
Trinidad and Tobago released 31 preventive-detention detainees as the state of emergency winds down — and gave the PSA union...
September 11, 2026
Bolivia Pushes Three-Month Extension of State of Exception as Reform Referendum Slips a Year Away
Bolivia's state of exception would be extended three months under a resolution passed by a deputies' commission; the constitutional referendum...
September 11, 2026
Amazon Cargo Plane Was Too Fast Before Deadly Miami Crash, NTSB Data Shows
NTSB recorder data shows a pilot warned of excessive speed before Amazon Air Flight 7598 from San Juan overran a...
September 11, 2026