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Economic by AfricaHeadline unpacks the numbers, policies, and trends shaping Africa’s economies. From agriculture to fintech, trade to inflation, we break down what’s driving growth, and what’s holding it back. With expert insights and grassroots perspectives, we connect economic data to everyday African lives.
July 30, 2026

Ghana exits IMF bailout as debt-distress risk eases to ‘moderate’

Fund’s board approves final $371m tranche of three-year rescue programme, four days after a mid-year
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July 27, 2026

AfricaHeadline launches documentary series as part of the LIKE Angola

“How Angola Pulled It Off” inaugurates a continent-wide documentary series born from the LIKE Angola
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July 22, 2026

Africa’s Refining Race: Dangote towers over a continent still struggling

The Nigerian mega-refinery has redrawn Africa’s downstream map, but idle plants, ageing infrastructure and unreliable
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July 21, 2026

FILDA 2026 puts Angola’s diversification drive to the test

5.3% economic growth, a stronger farm sector and 774,000 new formal jobs bolster the government’s
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July 17, 2026

Angola to use FILDA 2026 to boost investment, Industrial growth

LAGOS – Angola will use the 41st edition of the Luanda International Fair (FILDA) as
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July 10, 2026

Angola’s inflation nears single digits, but households are still waiting

Price growth slowed for a 23rd consecutive month in June, giving the central bank room
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July 2, 2026

Dangote turns to Gulf crude as Nigeria’s supply strains test

Africa’s biggest refinery buys its first cargoes from the UAE, exposing the tension between Lagos’s
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June 30, 2026

Can Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue’s strategic vision build an economy

Equatorial Guinea’s second transformation. JOHANNESBURG – For more than two decades, Equatorial Guinea was one
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June 30, 2026

Equatorial Guinea accelerates economic diversification drive with infrastructure, investment and

MALABO — Equatorial Guinea is pursuing one of its most ambitious economic reform agendas since
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June 30, 2026

Africa’s fastest-growing economies signal a new investment landscape

LONDON — Africa’s economic growth story is increasingly being written beyond the continent’s largest economies.
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