E-Customs: Nigeria Expands Electronic Cargo Tracking and Duty Payment
Nigeria's ports have long been a paradox: a gateway to West Africa's largest economy that too often functions as a chokepoint. Cargo that should clear in days has historically sat for weeks at Apapa and the Lekki corridor, accumulating demurrage, distorting prices and...
E-Customs: Nigeria Expands Electronic Cargo Tracking and Duty Payment
Nigeria's ports have long been a paradox: a gateway to West Africa's largest economy that too often functions as a chokepoint. Cargo that should clear in days has historically sat for weeks at Apapa and the Lekki corridor, accumulating demurrage, distorting prices and...
Abuja Water: FCT Commissions a New Treatment Plant for the Suburbs
Abuja was planned as a model city, yet its growth has consistently outrun the utilities meant to serve it, and water has been among the most visible gaps. The suburbs absorbing the capital's overflow — the satellite towns where most residents of the Federal Capital...
Banking the Rest: CBN Targets 15% Unbanked by 2030
Nigeria has built one of Africa's most celebrated fintech sectors on top of a population that is still, in large part, outside the formal financial system. The country exports payment infrastructure through firms like Paystack and Flutterwave even as roughly a third...
Trash to Cash: Lagos Hosts Africa’s First Circular Economy Summit
Lagos generates more waste than almost any city on the continent, and for decades it has treated nearly all of it as a cost to be buried rather than a stream to be banked. In March 2026 the city tried to invert that assumption, hosting what was billed as Africa's...
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E-Customs: Nigeria Expands Electronic Cargo Tracking and Duty Payment
The Nigeria Customs Service expands e-customs with electronic cargo tracking and online duty payments to cut clearance times. Why predictability matters for
Abuja Water: FCT Commissions a New Treatment Plant for the Suburbs
The FCT commissioned a new water-treatment plant in February 2026 to boost potable supply to Abuja’s growing suburbs, cutting business costs and health risk
Banking the Rest: CBN Targets 15% Unbanked by 2030
The CBN’s 2026–2030 strategy targets cutting Nigeria’s unbanked from 36% to 15% via agent banking, digital ID and consumer protection. What it means for banks
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E-Customs: Nigeria Expands Electronic Cargo Tracking and Duty Payment
Nigeria's ports have long been a paradox: a gateway to West Africa's largest economy that too often functions as a chokepoint. Cargo that should clear in days has historically sat for weeks at Apapa and the Lekki corridor, accumulating demurrage, distorting prices and...
Commercial Courts: Nigeria Designates Specialist Benches for Business Disputes
Nigeria has never struggled to attract commercial ambition; it has struggled to resolve commercial disputes within the lifetime of the deal that produced them. A contract argument that should take months can sit on a general cause list for years, sharing a docket with...
Dangote: Africa’s Largest Refinery Begins Crude Distillation Test Runs
Nigeria is Africa's largest crude producer and, for decades, one of its largest importers of refined fuel. The country pumped the oil, shipped it abroad, and bought the petrol back at a premium set by foreign refineries and freight — paying twice for a resource it...
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Central Banker Doubts 4.2% Growth as Diamond Sales Collapse
Money - Banking · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · June 2026 Botswana built one of Africa's steadiest macro records on a single asset, and that same concentration is now the risk. In June 2024 a senior central-bank official warned that the country could fall...
How Governance Impacts Regional Trade Policies
Governance plays a pivotal role in shaping regional trade policies, influencing everything from cross-border commerce to economic integration. In Southern Africa, where regional trade is a key driver of growth, effective governance ensures that trade policies are...
The Role of Digital Transformation in Public Services
Digital transformation is revolutionizing public service delivery worldwide, and Southern Africa is no exception. Governments in the region are leveraging technology to enhance efficiency, transparency, and accessibility in their interactions with citizens. By...
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Box Office: Naira Stability Lifts Nigeria’s Cinema Ticket Sales
Discretionary spending is usually the first thing to go when a currency is unsteady, and a cinema ticket is about as discretionary as spending gets. So the direction of travel in early 2026 is worth noting: Nigerian cinema chains reported higher ticket sales in the...
National Theatre: Lawmakers Press Abuja to Reopen Lagos’ Cultural Landmark
Nigeria exports its culture more efficiently than it houses it. Nollywood films, Afrobeats and Lagos creatives reach global audiences while the country's flagship cultural venue, the National Theatre in Iganmu, has spent years dark and underused. That gap, a...
Diamba Sud gold project in Senegal — lived-economy effect why it matters for investors
A gold project is priced in ounces and dollars, but it is lived in something else entirely, in roads, rents, rooms and the daily rhythm of a place that was quiet before the machines arrived. Senegal is about to test that distance again. Fortuna Mining said this week...
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E-Customs: Nigeria Expands Electronic Cargo Tracking and Duty Payment
The Nigeria Customs Service expands e-customs with electronic cargo tracking and online duty payments to cut clearance times. Why predictability matters for
Commercial Courts: Nigeria Designates Specialist Benches for Business Disputes
Nigeria designates specialist commercial courts to speed business-dispute resolution. What faster, predictable adjudication means for operators, lenders and
Dangote: Africa’s Largest Refinery Begins Crude Distillation Test Runs
Dangote Refinery begins crude distillation test runs in March 2026, a step toward commercial production that could cut Nigeria’s fuel import bill and ease FX
Digital Stamps: Nigeria’s FIRS Targets Counterfeit Drinks With E-Excise
Nigeria’s FIRS rolls out digital tax stamps on alcohol and beverages to curb counterfeiting and raise excise — why enforcement reach will decide its success.
Looking East: Nigeria Advances Its CEPA Trade Pact With the UAE
Nigeria is implementing a CEPA trade pact with the UAE, prioritising halal-food exports and aviation links — a deliberate eastward bet on diversifying trade.
Botswana’s inflation relief still carries an imported-cost warning
Headline inflation fell to 9.4% in July, but imported tradeables remained far hotter than domestic prices, keeping external costs at the centre of the business outlook.
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Digital Census: Nigeria Pilots Handheld and Satellite Enumeration
Nigeria’s National Population Commission pilots handheld devices and satellite imagery for census enumeration in selected LGAs, testing a more credible
Culture Portal: Nigeria Opens a Digital Shop Window for Its Creatives
Nigeria’s Ministry of Arts and Culture launches an online portal showcasing Nollywood film, music, fashion and tourism assets to global investors.
Smart ID: Nigeria Rolls Out a Biometric National Card With a Wallet
Nigeria’s NIMC rolls out a biometric multi-purpose national ID card with built-in payment functionality, with implications for financial inclusion, KYC and
Transparency: Nigeria Launches a Digital Registry to Track Housing Projects
Nigeria’s housing ministry launches a digital registry to track project progress, budgets and contractors — a transparency tool aimed at deterring corruption.
Kenya’s essay-writing collapse is a warning for Africa’s gig economy
Generative AI did not merely automate a task; it destroyed the price advantage of a labour market that once supported tens of thousands of educated Nairobi workers.
Egypt’s data-centre build is a bet on sovereign AI infrastructure
A project starting at 20MW and targeting 200MW shows that the next phase of Africa’s AI economy will be determined partly by where computing power and data are physically located.