Category: Business
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UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2026 says Africa took about USD 70 billion in FDI. A smaller, more careful number hides inside it, and it changes the story.
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Zambia’s economy expanded 7.7% in Q1 2026, and the government now targets 7% a year for three years. The World Bank projects 4.7%. The gap is the story.
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Next Monday, Eswatini stops being a small kingdom on the map and becomes the room where the continent talks about food. The African Union convenes its Inaugural Africa Seed Summit (also billed as the Inaugural Seed Investment Summit) from 5 to 7 October 2026 at the Palazzo Convention Centre in Ezulwini, Eswatini. The theme: “Resilient…
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UAE-Africa trade hit USD 158 billion in 2025, up 41.6 percent, with a USD 168 billion project pipeline behind it. The opportunity is real. The leverage is the unresolved part.
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Africa took its pitch for a bigger share of the global economy to the UN General Assembly. The ambition is real. Whether the math moves fast enough is another question.
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The trade deal that gives 33 African countries duty-free access to the US market expires in 97 days. Washington is still debating whether to renew it. The rest of the world is not waiting.
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Forecasters put the odds of a strong El Nino above 90 percent through March. For a country where most smallholders farm rain-fed land, the next six weeks decide the year.
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After a decade, the ride-hailing giant has pulled out of two more African markets and now operates in just four countries on the continent.
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Below-average rains are threatening next year’s cocoa pods in the world’s top producer. If it stays dry to mid-October, farmers say the main crop could end early.
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Being online and working online are two different things. Five checks any small business can run in ten minutes.