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Africa in Brief - February 20, 2026

Feb 20, 2026

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15 min read

Africa in Brief - February 20, 2026

$2.1B Is 0.5% | Venture Debt Gap | Rethinking Exits + River Festival Returns

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - February 13, 2026

Feb 13, 2026

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14 min read

Africa in Brief - February 13, 2026

$29.5T Beneath Africa | Gold’s Real Margin | New Scramble Warning + Sierra Leone’s Secret Forest

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - February 06, 2026

Feb 6, 2026

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14 min read

Africa in Brief - February 06, 2026

Solar +54% | Angels Leveling Up | $1.64B Startup Debt + Fela Kuti Wins Grammy

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - January 30, 2026

Jan 30, 2026

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11 min read

Africa in Brief - January 30, 2026

$1.25B Bonds in a Week | Who Runs Africa’s Tech Stack? | China Lending Slows + Powered by the Sun

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - January 23, 2026

Jan 23, 2026

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13 min read

Africa in Brief - January 23, 2026

$10B Hidden Trade | Rail Revival | Africa’s Youth Wave + Congo River Reframed

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - January 16, 2026

Jan 16, 2026

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12 min read

Africa in Brief - January 16, 2026

$6T Resource Wealth | Aid Cliff Reality | Urban Surge + Africa Travel Temptation

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - January 09, 2026

Jan 9, 2026

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14 min read

Africa in Brief - January 09, 2026

4.4% Growth Outlook | $12B River Trade | Olive Oil Windfall + Cairo’s Last Tailors

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - December 19, 2025

Dec 19, 2025

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14 min read

Africa in Brief - December 19, 2025

51% Stay on Continent | Visa Openness Rises | Suez to Reopen + Oryx Return

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - December 12, 2025

Dec 12, 2025

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13 min read

Africa in Brief - December 12, 2025

87% Mineral Control | 75% FDI Spike | Angola plans $3B Airport + AFCON to Light Up Morocco

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - December 05, 2025

Dec 5, 2025

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16 min read

Africa in Brief - December 05, 2025

25 Instant-Pay Countries | $1T State Assets | 49% Never Paid Digitally + Forest Giants Return

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - November 28, 2025

Nov 28, 2025

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17 min read

Africa in Brief - November 28, 2025

7 G20 No-Shows | Mispriced Africa | 1B Jobs Needed + Rare Eruption

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - November 21, 2025

Nov 21, 2025

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16 min read

Africa in Brief - November 21, 2025

40% Mobile Money | 13x Fintech Growth | Cedi Up 34% + Gabon’s Eco Promise

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - November 14, 2025

Nov 14, 2025

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17 min read

Africa in Brief - November 14, 2025

Compute Crunch | Simandou’s $23B Bet | Debt Squeeze Deepens + Ghana Strikes a New Path

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - November 7, 2025

Nov 7, 2025

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15 min read

Africa in Brief - November 7, 2025

4.1% Growth | Franc Zone Flows | Urban Youth Crunch + Pharaohs Go Prime Time in $1B Museum

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - October 31, 2025

Oct 31, 2025

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12 min read

Africa in Brief - October 31, 2025

$95B Pillar | Congo Forests | Power & Pixels | Nvidia Backs Africa + Beauty in the Tide

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - October 24, 2025

Oct 24, 2025

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21 min read

Africa in Brief - October 24, 2025

$2T Crypto Surge | Term Limits Bend | Smarter Spending Pays | Africa Takes Off + 30 Super-Tuskers

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - October 17, 2025

Oct 17, 2025

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16 min read

Africa in Brief - October 17, 2025

Phones Become Banks | Gen Z Topples a DJ | Sudan’s Women Hold the Line + Rug Revival in Morocco

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - October 10, 2025

Oct 10, 2025

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18 min read

Africa in Brief - October 10, 2025

$295B China Play | Zambia Stands Tall | 600M Without Power + The Woman Who Redefined Man

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - October 03, 2025

Oct 3, 2025

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13 min read

Africa in Brief - October 03, 2025

IMF Guardrails | $300B Gap Persists | Bitter Tea Truth + Meskel Lights Fire

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - September 26, 2025

Sep 26, 2025

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17 min read

Africa in Brief - September 26, 2025

20% UN Cuts | Minerals Miss Jobs | $8.9B AfDB Test | Africa’s Broadband Gaps + Bwindi Gorillas Thrive

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - September 19, 2025

Sep 19, 2025

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15 min read

Africa in Brief - September 19, 2025

Winning the $12.8B | Productivity Lanes Split | Mali’s Junta Bet + Prestige Towers Rise

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - September 12, 2025

Sep 12, 2025

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13 min read

Africa in Brief - September 12, 2025

Stablecoin's Surge | Dam Dreams & Dangers | Africa’s $59B Crypto Hub + The World’s Greatest Migration

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - September 05, 2025

Sep 5, 2025

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12 min read

Africa in Brief - September 05, 2025

3.3% of Trade Sliver | Mineral Math | Engaged Voters + Eternal Egyptian Parties

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - August 29, 2025

Aug 29, 2025

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17 min read

Africa in Brief - August 29, 2025

Outsourcing Africa’s Future | Xi’s Trade Surge | Tokyo’s $5.5B Play | LSE’s £29.8B + Comoros Unpolished

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
Africa in Brief - August 22, 2025

Aug 22, 2025

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15 min read

Africa in Brief - August 22, 2025

AU Rightsizes Africa | E-Wallets Outpace Banks | $64B Grid Need | Borders Debated + Manuscripts Survive Militants

Laura Davis
Laura Davis
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