Emerging Markets
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Cameroon Sugar Upstart Bets $100 Million Against Castel
Backed by Société Générale, tycoon Nassourou Issa is building a $100 million Cameroon sugar mill to out-produce the Castel family'…
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Telecel Bids £450 Million for TalkTalk’s UK Backbone
Pan-African operator Telecel Group has bid up to £450 million for PXC, TalkTalk's UK wholesale network arm - an African play for B…
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Sawiris Takes Majority Control of OCI as Buyout Nears End
Nassef Sawiris' NNS Holding has pushed its OCI Global stake above 55%, taking majority control as his board-backed €4.10-a-share t…
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Mali and Algeria End 15-Month Rupture and Reopen the Skies
Mali and Algeria returned their ambassadors and reopened their airspace on July 10, 2026, closing a 15-month crisis that began wit…
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Congo Seals Glencore’s Mine Offices Over $3 Billion Claim
Congo's tax agency sealed Glencore's Kamoto Copper offices in Kolwezi over a claim of about $3 billion. Production continues as th…
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Libya Pumps Like It’s 2013, but Libyans See Little of It
Libya’s oil output hit 1.49 million bpd, a 13-year high, and BP, Shell and Exxon are returning — while blackouts and division mean…
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Alikiba’s Big Bet: Turning Kiswahili Into a Music Market
Tanzania’s Alikiba, riding the hit “Finale,” wants East Africa to compete as one 200-million-strong Kiswahili music market against…
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Burkina Faso’s Coris Bank Knocks on Cameroon’s Door
Coris Bank incorporated its Cameroonian unit with CFA26 billion in capital, awaiting COBAC approval to enter Central Africa’s bigg…
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South Africa Turns Off the Money Tap to 69 Municipalities
South Africa froze R13.5 billion in July transfers to 69 municipalities, including Johannesburg, demanding credible repair plans f…
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Burkina Faso Lands $300 Million for Its Biggest Power Plant
AFC reached financial close on $300 million for Burkina Faso’s largest power plant, a 119 MW Aksa Enerji build that should halve p…
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A Port Strike and a Tight Budget Squeeze Uruguay’s President
A strike at Montevideo's main container terminal is diverting ships and rattling exporters, a new front for President Orsi as a te…
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Suriname Draws a Fourth Offshore Oil Bid in Under a Month
Suriname's Staatsolie has drawn a fourth offshore exploration bid in under a month, a sign global drillers still see it as the nex…
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Spain’s Dominion Makes Chile a Priority Market for Growth
Spanish group Dominion is making Chile a priority market, chasing prison, hospital, data-center and renewable-energy work after tw…
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Jamaica’s Regulator Probes an Insurance Clause Cutting Melissa Payouts
Jamaica's financial regulator is reviewing the average clause insurers use to cut payouts to underinsured homeowners after Hurrica…
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Fitch Reviews Guatemala’s Rating as Investment Grade Nears
Fitch visits Guatemala from 15-17 July to review its BB+ rating, one notch below investment grade, as the country enters a pre-ele…
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Guatemala Makes Ethanol in Gasoline Mandatory From August
From 21 August, all Guatemalan filling stations must sell E10, a 10% ethanol blend, tied to a US deal to buy 50 million gallons of…
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British Brand Fred Perry Is Heading to Chile and Argentina
British label Fred Perry is coming to Chile and Argentina next year, with a Santiago mall store and a Buenos Aires street shop via…
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Copper’s Slide Hits Peru’s Market Harder Than Chile’s
A copper slide and a looming US refined-copper tariff rattled the Chile and Peru stock markets, with Lima far more exposed to the …
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Nigeria tourism needs destination marketing, better infrastructure to grow – Boulevard GCEO
In an exclusive interview with Nairametrics, Group Chief Executive Officer of Boulevard Hotel Group, Ekene Nnabuihe, shared his pe…
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What Colombia’s July 20 Tax Reform Would Mean for Foreign Residents
Colombia · Taxes Key Facts The bill. Colombia’s government plans to file a financing law, its fifth tax-reform attempt,…
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LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Sunday, July 12, 2026
Bottom Line Up Front Today’s verdict: Argentina are into the World Cup semi-finals, the region’s last team, and next i…
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Olubadan pays condolence visit to Bode market gutted by fire
Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, the Olubadan of Ibadan, has paid a condolence visit to Bode Market in order to condole read more Oluba…
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Education minister commissions smart school in Abia
…Extols Otti’s investments in human human capital development Maruf Tunji Àlausa, minister of Education, officially co…
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Breaking: NGX meets FTSE Rusell, international investors in London over T+1 concerns
A delegation of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) led by its Chairman, Umaru Kwairanga, has met with FTSE Russell, international i…