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*Uganda's central bank is due to announce its latest benchmark lending rate decision.

GLOBAL MARKETS

Asian shares slipped on Monday after a run of upbeat economic data from the United States and globally lessened the risk of recession, but also suggested interest rates would have to rise further and stay up for longer.nL4N34M02ZMKTS/GLOB

WORLD OIL PRICES

Oil prices inched up in early trade on Monday after falling around 8% last week to more than three-week lows as jitters over major economies outweighed signs of a demand recovery in China, the world's top oil importer.nL1N34M00SO/R

EMERGING MARKETS

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SOUTH AFRICA MARKETS

The South African rand fell against the dollar on Friday, after the release of a whole-economy survey that showed business activity shrinking in Africa's most industrialised economy.nL1N34J1DY

NIGERIA MARKETS

Nigeria's dollar-denominated government bonds fell on Friday ahead of a review of its credit rating by S&P Global, after the West African oil producer was downgraded by another ratings agency, Moody's, a week earlier.nL8N34J337

NIGERIA CREDIT RATING

Ratings agency S&P on Friday affirmed Nigeria's credit rating at "B-/B" but turned negative on its outlook, citing increasing risks to the country's debt servicing capacity over the next one-to-two years.nL4N34J3F9

NIGERIA PETROLEUM

Nigeria's state-owned national oil company NNPC Ltd has signed a $741 million contract with South Korean firm Daewoo to modernise a refinery in northern Kaduna state, NNPC said on Friday.nL8N34J4UP

KENYA MARKETS

The Kenyan shilling KES= weakened on Friday, remaining under pressure due to dollar demand from importers, traders said.nL4N34J26F

KENYA PMI

Kenya's private sector activity rose for a third consecutive month in January, helped by improved business in agriculture, manufacturing, services and wholesale and retail sectors, a survey showed on Friday.nL1N34J0CC

ETHIOPIA CONFLICT

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met senior leaders of the Tigray region forces on Friday for the first time since they signed a peace deal with the national government ending two years of war, the state-run broadcaster said.nL8N34J52J

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO CONFLICT

East African regional leaders on Saturday renewed their call for an immediate ceasefire by all sides in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that pits the country's military against a rebel group it has accused Rwanda of supporting.nL1N34L07WnL1N34L0G7

GHANA DEBT

Germany's finance minister singled out China during a visit to Ghana on Friday, as he called on countries that have lent to the embattled West African nation to form a creditor committee quickly to help it restructure its debt.nL8N34J4Z5

GHANA TELECOMS

South African mobile operator MTN Group Ltd's MTNJ.J Ghanaian unit has been exempted of tax claims worth about $665 million by the Ghana Revenue Authority, the company said on Friday.nL4N34J331

MOZAMBIQUE NATURAL GAS

The head of TotalEnergies TTEF.PA met Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi on Friday to discuss the humanitarian situation in the Cabo Delgado area, where a 2021 attack on civilians led to a key liquefied natural gas (LNG) project being halted.nL1N34J1RL

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