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April 2026 — ECONOMY · 61 articles← Back to archive
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  1. 30 AprJapan's Power Giant Joins the Fray: How the Iran War Is Rewriting Corporate Asia's Risk Calculuseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 6 mineconomy
  2. 29 AprJERA's Earnings Freeze Exposes the Invisible Cost of Middle East Instability on Global Energy Planningeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · asia-middle-east · 6 mineconomy
  3. 28 AprJERA's Earnings Freeze Shows How Middle East Conflict Shatters Energy Planning Assumptionseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia-pacific · 6 mineconomy
  4. 27 AprJapan's Largest Power Producer Halts Earnings Forecast as Iran Conflict Disrupts Energy Planningeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Asia / Middle East · 5 mineconomy
  5. 26 AprDeadly Bus Explosion Highlights Ukraine's Ongoing Terror Threat Landscapeeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 5 mineconomy
  6. 25 AprEnd of Loadshedding: Eskom Recovery Plan Stabilizes South Africa Power Supplyeconomy · Yaw Boateng · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  7. 25 AprRuto's Bottom-Up Economics: Kenya's Bold Gamble on the Informal Sector Pays Dividendseconomy · Ibrahim Musa · Kenya · 6 mineconomy
  8. 25 AprRuto's IMF Program Review: Kenya's Fiscal Tightrope Between Growth and Survivaleconomy · Wanjiku Gichuru · Kenya · 7 mineconomy
  9. 25 AprThe Pula Under Pressure: How Botswana's Currency Navigates Global Headwindseconomy · Grace Mutua · Botswana · 7 mineconomy
  10. 25 AprNigeria's Agricultural Revolution: How Fertiliser Subsidies and mechanised Farming Are Reshaping the Sectoreconomy · Kwame Asante · Nigeria · 6 mineconomy
  11. 25 AprNigeria Grid Collapses Five Times in 2026 as Power Sector Crisis Deepenseconomy · Ibrahim Musa · Africa · 6 mineconomy
  12. 25 AprNaira Stabilises at 1,350 Per Dollar as CBN Reforms Deliver Sustained Forex Market Convergenceeconomy · Fatima Bello · Nigeria · 5 mineconomy
  13. 25 AprThe Naira Holds Steady: How Cardoso's CBN Is Defying the Skepticseconomy · Kofi Mensah · Nigeria · 6 mineconomy
  14. 25 AprGuinea Bauxite Export Record of 98 Million Tonnes Masks Deepening Environmental Crisiseconomy · Thabo Molefe · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  15. 25 AprGhana Exits the IMF Programme: Can Fiscal Discipline Survive Without Washington's Oversight?economy · Yaw Boateng · Ghana · 6 mineconomy
  16. 25 AprGhana's IMF Programme Completes: Was the $3 Billion Bailout Worth the Pain?economy · Lerato Phiri · Ghana · 7 mineconomy
  17. 25 AprThe Cedi Stabilises: Ghana's Currency Finds Its Footing After Years of Crisiseconomy · Kwame Asante · Ghana · 6 mineconomy
  18. 25 AprGhana's Cocoa Sector at a Crossroads: Swollen Shoot Disease, Climate Shocks, and the Path to Recoveryeconomy · Nomvula Dlamini · Ghana · 8 mineconomy
  19. 25 AprGhana's Galamsey Crisis: The Human Cost of Illegal Gold Mining and the Struggle for a Solutioneconomy · Grace Mutua · Ghana · 7 mineconomy
  20. 25 AprEast African Community Integration Deepens as Trade Surges 40 Percent and DRC Somalia Joineconomy · Lerato Phiri · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  21. 25 AprDangote Industries Expands Empire: $18 Billion Revenue as Petrochemical and Cement Operations Scale Across Africaeconomy · Yaw Boateng · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  22. 25 AprCongo Cobalt Child Labor Audit Reveals Persistent Gap Between Policy and Practiceeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  23. 25 AprBotswana's Pula Holds Steady as $7.2 Billion Reserves Shield Economy from Diamond Market Volatilityeconomy · Amina Okonkwo · Botswana · 5 mineconomy
  24. 25 AprBotswana Beef Exports: From the Kalahari to Global Markets, Cattle Economy Evolveseconomy · Segun Adeyemi · Botswana · 6 mineconomy
  25. 25 AprBotswana Diamond Decline: Debswana Output Down 18 Percent as Lab-Grown Disruption Intensifieseconomy · Chidi Anyaegbu · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  26. 25 AprDebswana Diamond Revenue Falls 18% as Botswana Confronts Economic Diversification Urgencyeconomy · Thabo Molefe · Botswana · 5 mineconomy
  27. 25 AprAfrica Middle Class Expands Toward 350 Million by 2030 as Consumer Spending Nears $2.5 Trillioneconomy · Wanjiku Gichuru · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  28. 25 AprAfrica Critical Minerals and the Global EV Battery Race: US-China Competition Intensifieseconomy · Zawadi Mwangi · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  29. 25 AprAfrica Free Trade Corridors: Lobito Corridor $1.7 Billion Investment and TAZARA Revival Transform Continental Logisticseconomy · Chidi Anyaegbu · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  30. 23 AprWhite House Alleges 'Industrial-Scale' Chinese AI Theft, Complicating US-China Tech Tensionseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 mineconomy
  31. 23 AprWhite House Claims China Waged Industrial-Scale Theft of U.S. AI Modelseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 5 mineconomy
  32. 23 AprSouth Korea's Q1 Rebound Shows How Tightly Its Fate Is Bound to the Chip Cycleeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 4 mineconomy
  33. 23 AprHonda's Korea Exit Tests the Limits of Japan's Auto Presence in East Asiaeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 4 mineconomy
  34. 22 AprWarren presses Warsh on Epstein ties and Trump loyalty at confirmation hearingeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 4 mineconomy
  35. 22 AprThe Price of Swagger: What the IRGC's Anniversary Statements Reveal About Iran's Economic Bindeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 mineconomy
  36. 22 AprKevin Warsh Calls for 'Regime Change' at the Fed — But Markets Don't Buy an Immediate Rate Cuteconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 5 mineconomy
  37. 22 AprBitcoin Breaks Key Level as Inflation Pressures Mounteconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Europe · 3 mineconomy
  38. 22 AprBessent's Oil Math: How Sanctions Relief and an Iran Ceasefire Could Reshape Energy Marketseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · United States · 7 mineconomy
  39. 21 AprUS Treasury Rolls Fresh Iran Sanctions Package as Diplomatic Silence Deepenseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 mineconomy
  40. 21 AprKevin Warsh's Confirmation Hearing Puts Fed Independence in the Hot Seateconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 4 mineconomy
  41. 21 AprIran's Parliament Speaker Uses MAGA Slogan to Frame U.S. as Warmonger in Social Media Posteconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 mineconomy
  42. 21 AprCeasefire Clock, Tariff Tape, and the Iran Probability: Three Deadlines Converge on Wednesdayeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · US · 5 mineconomy
  43. 21 AprBoJ Holds as Iran Signals Energy Disruption Riskeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 5 mineconomy
  44. 21 AprAsia's Solar Surge Rewrites the Rules of the Global Energy Ordereconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 4 mineconomy
  45. 20 AprIran Moves to Monetize Decades-Old War Damage as Oil Revenues Climbeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 mineconomy
  46. 20 AprIran Authorises Sale of War-Damaged State Assets in Sign of Fiscal Straineconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 5 mineconomy
  47. 20 AprAsia's clean energy surge reshapes global fossil-fuel demand as solar eclipses growtheconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 4 mineconomy
  48. 19 AprU.S. Navy Intercepts Iranian Cargo Vessel TOUSKA in Gulf of Omaneconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 6 mineconomy
  49. 19 AprU.S. Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Vessel in Gulf of Oman; Tehran Vows Retaliationeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 mineconomy
  50. 19 AprIran's IRGC Says Missile Modernization Accelerating During Ceasefire Windoweconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mineconomy
  51. 19 AprHiPP Recall Tests the Fault Line Between Manufacturing Defect and Deliberate Contaminationeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Austria / Germany / European consumer markets · 5 mineconomy
  52. 18 AprBond Vigilantes and the Deficit Myth: Why Rachel Reeves Faces a False Choiceeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · United Kingdom / Global · 8 mineconomy
  53. 18 AprBond Vigilantes and the Welfare State: Rachel Reeves Confronts the Structural Contradiction of UK Fiscal Politicseconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe / United Kingdom · 9 mineconomy
  54. 18 AprPaulson's Warning and the Dollar's Slow Abdication: When the Ex-Treasury Chief Fears the Bond Marketeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · United States / Global · 9 mineconomy
  55. 18 AprAid Cuts in a Shock Economy: How the Global North Is Externalising the Cost of a War It Startedeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global / Global South · 9 mineconomy
  56. 18 AprFrom Karachaganak to CITIC: Kazakhstan's Gas Sector Realignment and the Accelerating Fracture of Western Resource Hegemonyeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Central Asia / Global · 9 mineconomy
  57. 18 AprPerfectly Timed Billions: The Iran War Prediction Market Scandal and the Structural Conditions That Made It Possibleeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global / United States · 8 mineconomy
  58. 18 AprThe Twilight Zone Convenes: IMF Spring Meetings Confront the Worst Energy Shock Since the 1970seconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 8 mineconomy
  59. 18 AprThe IMF in the Twilight Zone: Energy Shock, Conditionality, and Who Pays the Price of Crisiseconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global / Washington DC · 9 mineconomy
  60. 18 AprFrom the Strait to the Pump: How the Hormuz Oil Shock Is Transmitting Through UK Consumer Priceseconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe / Middle East · 8 mineconomy
  61. 18 AprKlingbeil's Reckoning: Germany's Energy Dependency, Supply-Chain Decoupling, and the Return of Industrial Policy in Europeeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe / Germany · 8 mineconomy