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Kenya's Inflation Drops to 3.6% in September,
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Kenya’s Inflation Rate Drops to 3.6% in September, Marking a 12-Year Low

Kenya’s inflation rate fell to 3.6 per cent in September 2024, down from 4.4 per cent in August, according to the Kenya National...

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Tanzania Mandates Gold Dealers To Be Selling 20% Of Gold To Central Bank Starting Oct. 1

Tanzania’s mining regulator has mandated that all mining companies and traders exporting gold must sell at least 20 per cent of their gold...

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Zimbabwe’s ZiG Drops Over 40% After Exchange Rate Adjustments

Zimbabwe’s new currency, the ZiG, fell by over 40 per cent after the central bank adjusted the official exchange rate to match the...

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Four Employees of Canadian Mining Firm Arrested in Mali for Financial Crimes

Four employees of Canadian mining company Barrick Gold were reportedly arrested in Mali earlier this week. The arrests come amid rising tensions between...

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CBN Extends Suspension on Cash Deposit Fee to March 2025

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the suspension of cash deposit fees to March 31, 2025. This was stated in a...

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UNICEF Kano Manager Warns That Nigeria’s Little Investment in Education is Affecting Children’s Learning

UNICEF has called for increased investments in Nigeria’s primary education sector to tackle challenges like low enrollment and inadequate learning outcomes. Michael Banda,...

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Libya’s Rival Factions Agree to End Central Bank Dispute, Oil Production to Resume

Libya’s rival factions have agreed to resolve a long-standing dispute over the leadership of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL). This move could...

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Alert: US Oil Giant Exxon Plans $10 bn Lobito Corridor-Style Offshore Extraction Investment In Nigeria

ExxonMobil has announced a $10 billion investment plan in Nigeria’s offshore oil operations. Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, disclosed this during a meeting...

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Sokoto Governor Approves Over N1.1 Billion for ‘Boats and Life Jackets for Flooded Communities’

The Sokoto State government has approved N1.1 billion to purchase motorised boats and life jackets for flood-prone communities across 22 Local Government Areas....

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Naira Hits New Low of N1,670/$ After CBN Interest Rate Hike

The naira has dropped to a record low of N1,667.42 per dollar in the official market on Wednesday. This followed the Central Bank...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a subpoena compelling the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Head of the Legal Services Department of the apex bank to appear before it with specific documents on Monday, September 2, 2024.
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CBN Hikes Interest Rate to 27.25%, Marking 8.5% Increase Under New Leadership

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has voted to increase the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), raising it from 26.75% to 27.25 %. Speaking...

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Cote d’Ivoire Calls for Investments in Its Growing Cashew Industry

Kouassi Adjoumani, Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food Production, has called on local and international investors to tap into the growing cashew...