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SA inflation picks up to 3.1% year on year in March, as expected

SA headline consumer inflation ‌quickened to 3.1% year on year

Rand gains ahead of domestic inflation, retail sales data

Rand gained in early trade on Wednesday

Outcry in Malawi over $70m hotel deal using pension funds  

Controversial property deal in Malawi has sparked public outrage after millions of Dollars in pension funds were used to purchase a hotel

‘Senegal debt fully transparent, aligned with IMF figures’  

Senegal’s Public Debt Director Alioune Diouf said the country’s debt is now “fully transparent”

Nigeria’s Dangote taps Honeywell to expand plastics, detergent petrochems

Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

SA’s central bank sees upside inflation risks, markets pricing for hikes

The South African Reserve Bank said that it expects headline inflation to be higher ​in the near term.