Consumer Credit Watch (Nigeria): Nigeria’s consumer credit shrank for the first time in years, with outstanding loans down 19.89% to N3.78tn in 2025 as high interest rates cooled household borrowing. Regulatory Push (Nigeria): Industry players want clearer coordination rules for digital airtime credit, saying FCCPC DEON regulations disrupted services before operators resumed. Fuel Pricing Reform (West Africa): NMDPRA is pushing for a home-grown West African benchmark for refined fuel prices to cut reliance on foreign indices and better reflect local market realities. Food & Health (Kenya): Kenya is tightening rules on harmful industrial trans fats and renewed a Kenya–UK health alliance to boost healthcare, research and innovation. EdTech Funding (Kenya): 12 Kenyan EdTech startups won $100,000 each in equity-free support under the Mastercard Foundation fellowship to scale learning tools for underserved learners. Digital Payments (Rwanda): Rwanda is using digital public infrastructure to turn transactions into verifiable economic history, aiming to unlock credit and insurance access. Public Health Alert (US): A cyclospora outbreak hit Taco Bell sales after iceberg lettuce was linked to illnesses. Trade & Retail (Africa): Malagasy Vanilla says Temu’s Local Seller Program helped it sell directly to consumers across 14 European markets, boosting sales after logistics costs fell.