Economic

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.

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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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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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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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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Africa’s Inflation battle enters a new phase as price pressures

Falling inflation is improving the outlook for investors, but Nigeria, Egypt and Angola remain among
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Tunisia’s inflation climbs above 5% as rising food prices deepen

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s inflation rate rose above 5% last month, driven largely by soaring
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FATF Grey List remains a challenge to investment ambitions

Africa’s financial integrity test. By AfricaHeadline | Analysis LAGOS — Africa’s ambition to attract foreign
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Europe wants a new partnership with Nigeria. Turning investment into

Brussels is replacing aid with capital, but Nigeria’s structural weaknesses remain the greatest obstacle to
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Africa draws capital in a World of retreating investment: Egypt,

By AfricaHeadline | Global Economy As global foreign direct investment (FDI) recorded its second consecutive
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João Lourenço’s economic diplomacy delivers results as non-oil FDI reaches

LAGOS – The US$959.4 million in non-oil Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) attracted by Angola in
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