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12 November 2026
Inside Africa’s Informal Economy: Where the Money Actually Moves
57% of people in informal employment in Africa worked in agriculture, according to 2019 national data compiled in the Internat
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Brief
12 November 2026
Investing in Nigeria 2026: What the Great Reversal Changes for New Capital
$4.41 billion. That is the amount of Q1 2026 capital importation recorded through Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, according to BusinessDay’s June 3 report, citing official data.
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Brief
10 November 2026
The Great Reversal: Why Global Banks Are Moving Back Into Nigeria
$4.41 billion.
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Brief
5 November 2026
Fewer Startups, Fewer Investors, Bigger Cheques: What Q3 2026 Says About African Venture Capital
$2.49 billion is up 7.8% year on year — but the money is concentrating. What that means for investors entering now and founders trying to raise.
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Brief
5 November 2026
Tokenised Securities in Nigeria: An Infrastructure Story, Not an Investment Story Yet
A platform, a proposal and a 'coming soon' offering are not an investable market. Here is what has actually been built, and the seven checks before you commit capital.
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Brief
4 November 2026
Africa's Informal Economy: The Market Everyone Quotes and Nobody Measures
The numbers everyone cites do not all measure the same thing. Here is how to read them.
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