A curated snapshot of Africa’s latest developments across business, technology, geopolitics, security, and human rights—focusing on reports from today and yesterday.
🏢 Business
- Nigeria’s GDP surges 4.23% in Q2 2025, fastest since 2021, driven by Dangote Refinery and new Tax Acts (Deloitte ).deloitte
- Ghana’s GDP grows 6.3% in Q2, led by fishing, ICT, finance; inflation drops to 9.4% in September (Deloitte ).deloitte
- South Africa preps G20 Leaders’ Summit Nov 22-23, prioritizing global development amid U.S. tariffs ([G20](https://g20.org/g20-media/media-statement-by-minister-ronald-o-lamola-on-preparations-for-the-g20-leaders-summit-17-november-202 …) ).g20
- African businesses diversify exports at Bloomberg Africa Summit in Johannesburg to counter U.S. tariffs (Polity.org.za).
- South Africa’s “Butterfly Strategy” accelerates trade deals with 90 countries amid U.S. rift (tralac).
💻 Technology
- FSD Africa launches $30M insurtech fund yesterday to expand digital financial services (techparley.com).
- Africa eyes single digital market by 2030 at Transform Africa Summit in Conakry: “AI for Africa” theme (ALN).
- AU workshop in Nairobi trains girls in STEAM, digital innovation, financial literacy (ZAWYA).
🌍 Geopolitics
- 7th AU-EU Summit in Luanda yesterday covers trade, energy, migration, security, Ukraine (EC ).europa
- Russia opens embassies in Gambia, Liberia, Togo, Comoros to boost African presence (The News Chronicle).
- IMF cuts Mali’s 2025 growth to 4.1% due to fuel shortages from GSIM attacks (Ecofin ).ecofinagency
- Trump bars South Africa from 2026 G20 over alleged human rights abuses (Fox News).
🔒 Security
- Sahel terrorists drive 19% of global attacks, displacing 4M+ (UN News).
- Tinubu pushes African UNSC veto seats, cites Boko Haram progress (Nairametrics).
- JNIM ramps up ops in Mali, Burkina Faso, hits fuel convoys (africansecurityanalysis.org).
⚖️ Human Rights
- Nigeria: 400+ abducted this November (mostly schoolchildren), 88 freed (UN News).
- HRW urges AU-EU rights focus at Luanda Summit for conflict zones (HRW).
- African Commission’s Banjul session pushes death penalty abolition (World Coalition).
- Sudan conflict causes mass displacement, service collapse (gicj.org).
