Kenyan Banks Strengthen as South African Rivals Enter
Moody’s says Kenya’s banks are more profitable, yet they hold government debt worth 1.7 times their equity as South African...
October 2, 2026Section
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Nigeria Claims US$200 Billion in Free Zone Investment
Nigeria says its free zones drew over US$200 billion of foreign investment. The tally is cumulative, and new rules cap...
October 2, 2026
Senegal River Flood Runs Low, Threatening Podor Farmers
The river at Podor, northern Senegal, is two metres lower than a year ago, leaving floodplain farmers without the water...
October 2, 2026
Kenya Plans Raw Gold Export Ban Amid Turkana Fight
Kenya plans to ban raw gold exports, yet over 90% of its gold comes from informal miners. A Turkana licence...
October 2, 2026
Ghana Mobile Money Hits US$44 Billion in August
Ghanaians moved about US$44 billion through phone wallets in August, up 46.5% in a year. Now banks are training hairdressers...
October 2, 2026
Ghana Plans Law Forcing State Buyers to Buy Local Food
Ghana will rewrite its public procurement law so schools and other state buyers must buy food from local farmers, squeezing...
October 2, 2026
Morocco and Mistral AI Unveil Moroccan Arabic AI Tools
Morocco and France's Mistral AI unveiled two AI tools that understand Darija, the Arabic most Moroccans speak. Morocco wants AI...
October 2, 2026
Burundi’s Rwanda Imports Double Despite Closed Border
Rwanda's recorded exports to Burundi more than doubled to US$13.4 million in April to June 2026, though Burundi shut the...
October 2, 2026
Somalia and Djibouti Leaders Meet Amid Ethiopia War
Ethiopia’s war has flared near the route that carries over 90% of its trade. Somalia’s president flew to Djibouti on...
October 2, 2026
Namibia Unveils 176-Carat Diamond From Coastal Mine
Namibia unveiled Owishi, a 176-carat diamond, its coastal mine's biggest in 20 years, just as De Beers, its 50:50 mining...
October 2, 2026
US Envoy Presses Polisario Front on Western Sahara
Washington's UN envoy met Western Sahara's Polisario Front as a UN mission set up in 1991 for a referendum that...
October 2, 2026
Cape Town Moves to Charge Airbnb Hosts Hotel Rates
Cape Town wants Airbnb hosts letting homes over 183 nights a year to pay commercial rates, up to three times...
October 2, 2026
How the Comoros Economy Runs on Perfume and Remittances
The Comoros has about 883,000 people, lives on diaspora money worth a fifth of GDP, and grows more than half...
October 2, 2026
Doing Business in the Central African Republic
The Central African Republic has 5.5 million people, a euro-pegged currency and new mining licences, but power reaches fewer than...
October 2, 2026
Eswatini Lifts Interest Rate to 7% After South Africa
Eswatini's central bank lifted its key rate to 7% on 25 September, two days after South Africa hiked, as fuel...
October 2, 2026
Living in Equatorial Guinea: What Expats Need to Know
Equatorial Guinea named a new capital in 2026 and has blocked Facebook and TikTok. Visas, cash, safety and health rules...
October 2, 2026
Lesotho Drought Risk Rises as El Niño Returns
Lesotho drought risk rises as El Niño cuts rain from October. About 311,000 people face food insecurity and the disaster...
October 2, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso
Argentina's Merval fell 2.15% to 2,758,840 on October 1 as country risk hit its highest since December 2025. Peso steady...
October 2, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso
Chile's IPSA fell 0.56% and the peso hit its weakest since April 2025 at 986 per dollar, pressured by a...
October 2, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.60% to 63,828.60 on Thursday while the peso weakened 1.26% to 18.30 per dollar. Read the...
October 2, 2026