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Bola Tinubu will face an overflowing in-tray following his inauguration on Monday
Veteran fixer Jean-Yves Ollivier brokers an improbable plan to take six of the continent’s leaders to Moscow and Kyiv
FT-Statista’s top 100, plus: global shocks test continent’s resilience; Nigeria leads; DRC solar offers hope; Egypt must reform to build on success stories; healthcare rises to dialysis challenge; the drive to digital; investors who do their research
The need is to transform the minority of successful Egyptian companies into an overwhelming majority
Entrepreneurial flair continues to be key feature of continent’s economic dynamism
Fast-growing companies thrive despite high inflation, chronic shortage of dollars and difficulties accessing foreign investment
Discerning fund managers say the continent can provide lucrative and stable returns
The region has been buffeted by shocks — but there are three multilateral policy shifts that can support it
Pretoria wants to be both a democracy with a progressive constitution and a friend to dictators
Country told to expect a ‘difficult winter’ with outages that could last as long as 16 hours
China, which is owed $1.5bn, among those that reached agreement on resolving long-running economic crisis
Diplomatic crisis over alleged arms shipments to Russia threatens Pretoria’s prized tariff-free trade access
The decline of a regional champion rings alarm bells for other countries on the continent that overspent when debt was cheap
Beijing’s loans to Sudan at risk as Chinese lenders hit by series of defaults across continent
Move comes amid drop in value of local dollar and persistent inflationary pressures
List of 100 shows that sectors from fintech to renewable energy to healthcare managed to develop their businesses while much of the world shut down
‘Zero financing’ agreement deal with finance ministry helps pave way for $3bn IMF bailout
Deal between Chinese group and Gécamines threatens to put downward pressure on cobalt prices
A new offensive against jihadis aims to help transform a ‘poster child’ of failed states
Fund’s regional chief says a ‘Gleneagles-like moment’ is required to agree desperately needed reforms
IMF insists for first time that a government must deal with local creditors before it will approve a bailout
President threatens to abandon diamond producer unless country’s share of rough stones is increased
Accra’s finance minister is optimistic foreign governments will agree on debt relief deal
Wealthy residents flee Johannesburg as it descends into lawlessness and infrastructural collapse
President Kais Saied says conditions imposed by lender will lead to greater poverty
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