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What moved in Africa, and what it means for what gets built next.
From $6 to $221: where Ethiopia's coffee gains its value
Ethiopia ships almost all its coffee green, yet drinks about 40 percent of its crop at home. This guide prices each step from bean to cup, and what a small roaster needs to start.
Nigeria's borrowing costs are falling. What savers fix first
In two years, Nigeria's cost to borrow for one year fell from 23.5 to about 15.9 percent. That is a win for the country. For naira savers, it means today's rates are likely the best they will see for a while.
Poultry farming business plan: the profit is in the feed
On commercial poultry farms, feed can be 60 to 80 percent of production costs. A plan that gets feed right first keeps more of every bird it sells.
The world's data centres just discovered Nigeria's oldest problem
Nigeria has 86 MW of data-centre capacity live and 320 MW planned, all of it engineered for a grid that was never certain.
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