09:42 · Lagos
Naira firms past ₦1,480 after rate hold
The currency strengthened in early trade as the MPC kept its benchmark steady and signalled it sees inflation easing into single digits by year-end.
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02Africa Today
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08:34:31
Wednesday, 15 July 2026 · local
DevelopingBusiness & Markets · Lagos
Africa's free-trade bloc clears its first single-currency settlement
The Pan-African Payment system routed a cross-border deal between Lagos and Nairobi without touching the dollar — a quiet milestone traders have waited a decade for.
Innovation
Kenya's solar mini-grids now power 2 million rural homes
38 min ago · Nairobi
Politics
Senegal's youngest cabinet sets 100-day reform clock
1 hr ago · Dakar
Markets
Ghana's cedi posts best quarter since 2017 on cocoa surge
2 hr ago · Accra
Tech
Egyptian fintech Paymob crosses 1m merchant accounts
3 hr ago · Cairo
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09:21 · Johannesburg
JSE opens higher on mining and banks
Gold producers led gains as bullion held near a record; the rand traded flat against the dollar.
08:47 · Kigali
Rwanda opens applications for its e-mobility fund
A $40m facility will subsidise electric motorcycles and charging hubs across four cities through 2027.
08:12 · Nairobi
M-Pesa daily volume tops 80m transactions
Safaricom said a record was set over the holiday weekend, driven by merchant payments outside the capital.
07:33 · Cairo
Suez Canal revenues recover to pre-disruption levels
Traffic normalised through May as rerouted carriers returned to the corridor, the authority said.
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Markets · 08:34 WAT
African indices
NGX All-Share
102,418
▲ 0.84%
JSE Top 40
73,290
▲ 0.42%
NSE 20 (Kenya)
1,946
▼ 0.18%
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Run entirely on geothermal energy, the facility promises low-carbon compute for a continent of builders.
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