Here’s your Forex & Global Economics daily digest 📊. Stay ahead of FX markets, macro trends, and African economic news.
- 🇳🇬 Naira strengthens to N1,362/$, extends gains against dollar
- 🇳🇬 Naira rises to N1,367/$ in first May 2026 trading session
- 🇳🇬 FX reserves seen reaching $51.04bn target despite Middle East turmoil
- 🇳🇬 Services sector drives lending as industry credit contracts in one month
- 🇳🇬 Why the Africa-France summit matters – African Business
- 🇳🇬 Kenya as lynchpin for France’s broader engagements with Africa – African Business
- 🇳🇬 Trump adviser Boulos threatens legal action over claims he benefitted from Lagos-Calabar road contract – TheCable
- 🇳🇬 Jim Ovia retires as chairman of Zenith Bank – TheCable
- How AI helped this 27-year-old boost his investments by $75,000 – Reuters
- Dollar eases as US-Iran deal hopes grow, yen drifts – Reuters
- Crypto’s ‘decentralised finance’ sector hit by investor exodus after hacks
- Coinbase to cut jobs and rebuild the group as an ‘intelligence’
- Asian Currencies Rally on AI Enthusiasm, US-Iran Peace Hopes – Bloomberg.com
- Yen Rallies to Build on Gains Spurred by Recent Intervention – Bloomberg.com
- The EU wants to unshackle its economy. For real this time
- Bad government statistics can cost the economy billions
- Building Resilience, Powering Jobs and Growth for The Gambia’s Future – World Bank Group
- After Cyclone Gezani: Madagascar’s Resilient Response to Restoring Energy and Connectivity in Public Higher Education – World Bank Group
- IMF For Journalists – International Monetary Fund | IMF
- 2026 IMF MENA Research Conference – International Monetary Fund | IMF
That’s a wrap on forex and economics today 🌍. Which currency pair or macro trend are you watching?
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