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As more first quarter results from listed banks trickle in, analysts at Cordros Securities believe profit-taking in bank stocks may persist as investors adjust their expectations.

Will profit-taking in Nigerian banks persist?

Nigeria’s non-oil export sector recorded a 24.75 per cent increase in the first quarter of 2025, with cocoa Beans accounting for 45 per cent of total non-oil exports. 

Cocoa price surge: How can Nigeria cash in?

Fitch says despite the introduction of US tariffs, it maintains a 4.2 per cent economic growth forecast for Ghana this year, noting that the adverse impact from global trade tensions will be offset by the rise in gold prices. 

GSS: Ghana aims to rebase GDP every 5 years 

Nigeria's Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission says the fine issues to tech giant Meta were as a result of thorough investigations conducted between May 2021 and December 2023. 

Are African regulators equipped to hold big tech accountable? 

South Africa’s April new-vehicle sales delivered an unexpected boost, with a sharp 16.9 per cent year-on-year jump - a welcome surprise in a climate of high interest rates and constrained consumer spending. 

Revving up SA’s car market: Consumers turn to Chinese auto brands

South Africa's Swazi Tshabalala says the African Development Bank requires what she called bold reforms to enable it to become the instrument of change Africa's requires. She joins CNBC Africa for more. 

Swazi Tshabalala guns for AfDB top job 

The Transformation Fund's mission to support black-owned enterprises took center stage at a Business Breakfast attended by Deputy President Paul Mashatile at the Freedom Park Heritage Site and Museum in Pretoria.

South Africa launches Transformation Fund 

From reducing the cost of care to opening new markets for health tech investors, the digital health revolution is a frontier for both public policy and private capital as Africa races toward Universal Health Coverage.

The investment case for digital health in Africa

Kenya’s equity markets are facing pressure, with the Nairobi All-Share Index down 0.4 per cent due to selloffs in major banks and ex-dividend adjustments. 

Ex-dividend pressures, foreign inflows and liquidity challenges in Kenyan markets

This week President Trump marked 100 days in office, a tenure marked by volatility. His second term began with a decline in US GDP, while jobs and prices hold steady. Investors are concerned that the outlook is getting worse. 

Element Investment Managers: 2025 market outlook 

Recently, Botswana's economic outlook was downgraded from stable to negative by Moody's, as a result of the prolonged downturn in the diamond industry. 

Botswana records four consecutive quarters of economic downturn

Some analysts say April is a month of historic volatility and this time around it ended on that same note, with the S&P 500 wiping out a 2 per cent slide for the first time since 2022. 

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