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  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    LexTelecoms
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    Telecoms group is not without competition but digital banking shows great potential to boost revenues

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    News in-depthSouth African economy
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    The island has worked hard to repair its Covid-damaged economy, especially tourism. We look into its status as an offshore centre, the ecological impact of a 2020 oil spill, new tax laws, manufacturing, and the Chagos islanders’ half century of exile

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Mauritius
    Mauritius drives to diversify as manufacturing stalls

    Much of island’s economic success was built on textiles but rising labour costs underline need for high-tech products

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
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    Mauritius aims to shed ‘tax haven’ image

    International pressure prompts overhaul of laws, with nation’s attractions for business expected to remain

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Mauritius
    How Covid-19 interrupted the Mauritian economic miracle

    The government threw everything at the crisis, but to continue its upward trajectory the island needs to reinvent itself yet again

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Mauritius
    Mauritius: offshore finance watchdogs sniff close to home

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    Special ReportInvesting in Mauritius
    Mauritius: after the spending comes the reckoning

    The government mounted an effective Covid stimulus package. It now needs to tame the deficit and curb rising debt

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    This is no time for neutrality in Africa on Ukraine

    In the past decade Russia has stepped up efforts to peddle influence, sell arms and extract minerals in the continent

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    Nigeria’s health system requires radical overhaul, experts warn

    Lancet Commission report makes recommendations to reduce high burden of disease that stymies development

  • Sunday, 27 February, 2022
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    Ethiopia launches fund to lure billions of dollars in foreign investment

    Addis Ababa seeks to open up state-dominated economy as it tries to recover economic momentum

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    South African economy
    Higher commodity prices to help South Africa cut debt

    Better than expected revenues allay fears of looming debt crisis

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Start-ups smooth path to market for Kenya’s smallholders

    Entrepreneurs see opportunities in a deeply fragmented supply chain

  • Sunday, 20 February, 2022
    Ethiopia’s Blue Nile mega-dam starts generating electricity

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  • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
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  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
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    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    From crude oil to palm oil: Nigeria strives to diversify

    The government sees a stronger agricultural sector as vital to its economic strategy

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Dysfunctional politics blights Nigeria’s prospects

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  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
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    For all its economic might, it remains a deeply dysfunctional country

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    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Electoral calculations impede Nigeria’s economic reforms

    Analysts warn of a ‘lost year’ in efforts to revitalise the country’s moribund economy

  • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Nigeria needs a new kind of politics

    Fresh ideas are vital to maximise opportunities for individuals and business

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
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    Total gives green light to $10bn Uganda oil project

    Megaproject will turn east African country into an oil producer for the first time

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    David Pilling
    What is Nigeria’s government for?

    Muhammadu Buhari may go but it’s not the leader who matters, the system itself must change

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