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A student and a teacher engage in practical electronics learning in a classroom environment. Photo by Zeal Creative Studios @Pexels
Africa wants 200 million digital learners. Who will pay?
02/06/2026
Kingsley Kobo
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Nigerian youth on the street. Photo by Salem Ochidi @ Unsplash
Nigeria oil hopes fade as Ghana and Kenya face mounting war-driven inflation
13/05/2026
Kent Mensah
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Copper mine. Photo by Jandira Sonnendeck @ Unsplash
Barrick’s gold, copper surge exposes Africa as battleground for mineral supremacy
12/05/2026
Eric Kasongo
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Cash is fading in West Africa as fintech rewrites the rules of money
14/04/2026
Kingsley Kobo
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Man pushing truck with gallons of water in Benin. Photo by Dananjaya Nugraha @ Unsplash
Can West Africa’s development bank scale up without taking on too much risk?
02/04/2026
Alhousseiny Djigo
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West Africa central bank cuts rates again as deflation opens rare policy window
06/03/2026
Brandon Orion Mensah
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Burkina Faso plans $432mn Diaspora Bond to tap overseas citizens
26/02/2026
Kingsley Kobo
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Africa’s collateral economy: How gold, cocoa and copper are reshaping frontier bonds
13/02/2026
Kent Mensah
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