Africa Business News

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  • Daily news insights and analysis of the African business Landscape, covering from emerging startups to macroeconomics from across the 55 African Union member states com.

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  • Trump Plans ‘100% Tariff’ On All Movies Produced Abroad
    May 6 2025
    US President Donald Trump says he was ordering new tariffs on all films made outside the United States, claiming Hollywood was being devastated by a trend of US filmmakers and studios working abroad. The announcement comes as the White House is coming under mounting criticism over its aggressive trade policies that have seen Trump impose sweeping tariffs on countries around the globe. Trump authorised the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.

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  • Trump Orders Reopening Of Notorious Alcatraz Prison
    May 6 2025
    Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the infamous former prison on an island near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. President Trump says that for too long America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat criminal offenders". The reopening of Alcatraz - once notorious as one of the US's toughest prisons - would serve as a "symbol of law, order, and justice," he said. Leading Democrats said the proposal was "not a serious one". The maximum security facility, also known as The Rock, was closed in 1963 and it is currently operating as a successful tourist site.

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  • Kenyan Banks Say No To Cbk’s New Loan Pricing System
    May 6 2025
    Kenyan commercial banks have rejected the Central Bank’s proposed loan pricing model, arguing it risks reintroducing interest rate controls through the back door. The Central Bank wants lenders to price credit using the Central Bank Rate plus a regulated premium known as “K”—but banks prefer a market-driven benchmark like the interbank rate. The CBK aims to make interest rates more transparent and better aligned with monetary policy however the banks say the new formula could limit their ability to price risk effectively, especially when lending to small businesses. They argue that strict pricing rules would reduce credit flow to riskier sectors and undermine efforts to support economic growth. Banks also noted the potential disruption to their existing SME loan commitments. The Kenya Bankers Association says lenders have pledged to disburse KES150 billion (annually to SMEs. Imposing a rigid pricing formulacould make those goals harder to meet.

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