Port Reform Watch: Cape Town renewed calls for Transnet to speed up Port of Cape Town efficiency fixes after it was ranked last in the World Bank Container Port Performance Index, warning exporters and investors that the weak performance threatens jobs and competitiveness. Nigeria Market Mood: Nigeria’s NGX extended its bearish slide as investors shed about N2.18tn in a session, with the All-Share Index down 1.27% amid profit-taking and risk-off trading. Hard-Currency Real Estate: Kenya’s first dollar-denominated green property fund (TRIFIC Green USD I-REIT) was oversubscribed by 3%, raising Sh4bn and targeting about 8% annual returns in dollars. Industrial Finance Push: Nigeria says it mobilised over $380m in 90 days under its industrial policy, anchored by an AfDB facility for MSME industrial clusters and plans for a proposed ₦350bn MSME development fund. Energy & Grid Bets: South Africa’s IRP points to 5,200 MWe of new nuclear by 2039, while investors also backed gold project financing—West Wits finalised loan agreements for Qala Shallows to ramp output from 2028. Trade Finance Scale-Up: ITFC reported $9.35bn in trade finance approvals in 2025, supporting energy, food and broader trade across 25 member countries. Ebola Response Funding Gap: Africa CDC warned that despite improved testing in the DRC-Uganda outbreak, contact-tracing capacity, insecurity and funding shortfalls still undermine the continental response. Governance & Accountability: South Africa’s NSFAS and SIU welcomed a court ruling invalidating a student allowance tender as unconstitutional and unlawful, tightening scrutiny on fintech-linked procurement.