Latest breaking news and updates from across Africa.
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The African Development Bank’s 2026 Annual Development Effectiveness Review focuses on mobilising Africa’s development financing at scale, highlighting the continent’s persistent capital and execution challenges.
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Renewable energy is moving from climate ambition to infrastructure reality across Africa, with solar and wind projects gaining ground because they are faster to build, easier to finance and less exposed to imported fuel shocks.
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Morocco’s China-backed manufacturing push is becoming a test case for how far African industrial upgrading can go before it collides with European trade-defence politics.
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South Africa’s discounted power tariff for ferrochrome producers shows how electricity pricing has become central to industrial jobs and mineral beneficiation.
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Nigeria’s reform debate is entering a sharper phase as President Bola Tinubu argues that painful policy changes are beginning to stabilise the economy.
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The African Development Bank’s latest growth warning highlights Africa’s exposure to imported fuel, food, fertilizer and financing shocks despite resilient headline growth.
AFRICA
Uganda’s closure of its border with DR Congo after Ebola cases crossed into the country is a health-security decision with consequences for trade, movement and public trust.
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Ghana has begun repatriating citizens from South Africa after anti-immigrant tensions, turning a consular evacuation into a wider test of migrant safety and African diplomacy.
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Pepkor’s plan to launch a bank highlights how South Africa’s retail groups are using store networks, mobile channels and customer data to compete for mass-market financial services.
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Recent Cannes recognition for African and African-linked films underlines growing global visibility, but the next challenge is turning festival momentum into distribution, financing and audience reach.