TopCast brings you a shot of the week’s Africa news and analysis in your ears. Curated every Friday. At noon GMT. topcastmedia.co.uk
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This week: Africa keeps its rating agency in-house. Reports that Eritrean troops spotted in northern Ethiopia. Kenya's first Ebola casualty. And can a cake land you in jail in Ghana? References/further reading: https://www.semafor.com/article/10/07/2026/africas-first-credit-rating-agency-set-to-launch https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20261007-african-union-to-launch-continent-s-first-credit-rating-agency-in-mauritius https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6eq3x3v11d5o https://www.aljaze...
2 Oct 2026
The Africa Week - 02/10/2026
This week: Despite breaking ground, the obstacles appear for the Dangote oil refinery. Burkina Faso goes all out for gold. A senior polician killed just after publicising anti-Ebola measures in the DRC. And Morocco welcomes its first ever female PM. References/further reading: https://www.ft.com/content/5bb621fa-2c18-4384-80ab-4a72e51b139a?syn-25a6b1a6=1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmkg8dpwy25po https://www.semafor.com/article/09/30/2026/burkina-faso-opens-first-gold-refinery ht...
25 Sept 2026
The Africa Week - 25/09/2026
This week: Tensions on the rise in Tigray as groups join forces to push out PM. Africa expected to bear the brunt of El Niño. First prosecution of a CAR Seleka commander at the ICC - but could this be the last? Washington heads back to Niger. And a new Afcon kicks off, but what about the last one? References/further reading: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cry8zwwq21pxo https://www.semafor.com/article/09/21/2026/us-lifts-sanctions-on-eritrean-officials https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/...
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