Emerging Markets

Colombia Court Upholds Pension Reform but Returns Nine Articles

Colombia's Constitutional Court has upheld the core of the pension reform approved under President Gustavo Petro after two years o…

CBN to sell N700 billion Treasury Bills today in second August auction

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on behalf of the Debt Management Office (DMO), will offer N700 billion across the 91-day, 182-d…

Keeping Tango Alive Means Letting It Change: Ollantay Rojas on the Past, Present and Future of the Dance

Choreographer Ollantay Rojas curates tango at Casa de la Cultura, honours Claudio Segovia at the Buenos Aires Legislature and, wit…

Atiku vows to restore petrol subsidy, rejects aide’s conflicting position

Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that he will restore petrol subsidy …

TotalEnergies Says Its Namibian Oil Decision Cannot Wait

The company says engineering is finished and contractor tenders will not stay valid indefinitely, putting pressure on talks with t…

Grains Wrap: Corn Extends Rally, Soy Rebounds

Corn funds rose after the Pro Farmer tour cut the US yield estimate, wheat firmed on Black Sea disruption, and soybeans slipped de…

Latin America Steel: SLX Gains, CSN Slips Tuesday

Latin American steel moved on Tuesday, August 25, 2026: SLX rose, Gerdau gained, CSN fell and Ternium edged up on tariffs and Chin…

Oil Slides as Iran Sanctions Fail to Stop Selling

US crude proxy fell sharply Tuesday on Iran negotiation hopes and a surprise US inventory build. Petrobras, YPF, Ecopetrol tracked…

Bitcoin Slips Under US$80,000; Stablecoins Rule LatAm

Bitcoin settled at US$78,565 on Tuesday after briefly piercing $80K. Altcoins fell harder while Latin American volumes stay domina…

FG blames concessionaire for Benin-Asaba road failure, plans concession review

The Federal Government has blamed the concessionaire of the Benin-Asaba Expressway for the deteriorating condition of the highway …

Zinc Wrap: Nexa Jumps 3.94% as LME Zinc Tightens Further

LME zinc held a four-year peak on Tuesday with cash at a $134 premium, lifting Nexa Resources 3.94% and Buenaventura 2.10%. Chines…

Lithium Wrap: LIT, Albemarle, SQM Fall on Aug 25

LIT, Albemarle and SQM slid on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 as Chinese futures reversed. Read the Lithium Triangle and EV-battery dema…

Iron Ore Wrap: Vale ADRs Rise 1.93% on Steady China

Iron ore held near flat on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, while Vale's New York shares jumped. Read the drivers for Brazil's mining gia…

Dangote Refinery raises petrol price again to N1,200/litre

Dangote Refinery has raised its gantry price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, by N15 to N1,200 read more…

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Gold, Silver Ease From Three-Month Highs

Gold held near a three-month high while silver pulled back on Tuesday. A softer dollar and lower real yields framed the move. Here…

Nigeria doesn’t need another fuel subsidy debate. It needs a credible mechanism

When former Vice President Atiku Abubakar unveiled the petroleum component of the Atiku Economic Recovery Plan (AERP), the immedia…

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Agri-processing is the anchor load rural mini-grid need – PIND CEO

As West Africa navigates the dual pressures of macroeconomic shifts and climate change, the race to build sustainable, climate-res…

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IMF urges Nigeria, AU’s largest economies to deepen fiscal, monetary, governance reforms

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Nigeria and other major African economies to deepen reforms across fiscal poli…

Saipem and CHEC Land Algeria’s Big Phosphate Contracts

Sonatrach and the Algerian Fertilizers Company awarded engineering contracts to Saipem and China Harbour Engineering for a phospha…

Afreximbank’s Profit Rose 30% in a Rough Year for Its Members

The Cairo-based trade bank reported net income of US$534.7 million for the first half of 2026, with lending up and non-performing …

Record 70,177 Tonnes Lift Congo’s Kipushi Into Zinc’s Top Three

Kipushi produced a record 70,177 tonnes of zinc in the second quarter as prices reached their highest level since 2022, lifting a …

Kagame Says Rwanda Wants a Stake in Dangote’s Lamu Refinery

Rwanda is weighing a stake in the US$16 billion refinery Aliko Dangote plans at Lamu, President Paul Kagame said, though he cautio…

Cloud dependence exposes African AI startups to hidden cost risks – Expert

African AI startups could be exposed to hidden financial and operational risks from their dependence on cloud computing providers,…

Nigeria’s Exports to China Jump 81% After Tariffs End

Nigerian goods sold to China reached US$2.25 billion in the first half of 2026, an 81% rise, after Beijing scrapped tariffs on 53 …