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The Pulse

OPay Files For New York Stock Exchange IPO With Up To $200 Million Standard Bank Investment

Nigeria-focused fintech OPay filed an F-1 for a NYSE listing as OPAY, with Standard Bank's Stanbic Africa set to buy up to $200 million in a private placement. The Black Executive Journal — Daily Edition

By BEB Editors • 11 min read

The Pulse

Africa Credit Rating Agency Launches In Mauritius To Rate African Sovereign And Corporate Credit

The Africa Credit Rating Agency launched in Port Louis to rate African sovereign, sub-sovereign and corporate credit, as Afreximbank backed African-led ratings. The Black Executive Journal — Daily Edition

By BEB Editors • 10 min read

The Pulse

World Bank Raises Sub-Saharan Africa Growth Forecast To 4.3 Percent As Median Inflation Climbs

The World Bank's Africa Economic Update lifts Sub-Saharan Africa's 2026 growth outlook to 4.3%, with upgrades for Angola, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Zambia. The Black Executive Journal — Daily Edition

By BEB Editors • 11 min read

The Week Ahead

IMF Publishes World Economic Outlook In Bangkok As BLS Releases September Consumer Price Index

IMF opens its Bangkok Annual Meetings with the World Economic Outlook, BLS publishes September CPI Wednesday, and Fed Chair Warsh joins Georgieva Thursday. The Black Executive: Weekly Market Watch

By BEB Editors • 17 min read

Featured Series

The Money Exists. It Went Somewhere Else.

Black American households command $1.6 trillion in annual buying power. Affluent Black households alone spent $246 billion last year. The capital to fund permanent policy infrastructure has never been the constraint. The decision to deploy it that way has been. (Part 3 of 6)

By Noah Carmichael • 10 min read

The Pulse

OPay Files For New York Stock Exchange IPO With Up To $200 Million Standard Bank Investment

Nigeria-focused fintech OPay filed an F-1 for a NYSE listing as OPAY, with Standard Bank's Stanbic Africa set to buy up to $200 million in a private placement. The Black Executive Journal — Daily Edition

By BEB Editors • 11 min read

The Pulse

Africa Credit Rating Agency Launches In Mauritius To Rate African Sovereign And Corporate Credit

The Africa Credit Rating Agency launched in Port Louis to rate African sovereign, sub-sovereign and corporate credit, as Afreximbank backed African-led ratings. The Black Executive Journal — Daily Edition

By BEB Editors • 10 min read

The Pulse

World Bank Raises Sub-Saharan Africa Growth Forecast To 4.3 Percent As Median Inflation Climbs

The World Bank's Africa Economic Update lifts Sub-Saharan Africa's 2026 growth outlook to 4.3%, with upgrades for Angola, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Zambia. The Black Executive Journal — Daily Edition

By BEB Editors • 11 min read

Black business history

Black Executive Journal Launches Connected History on Diaspora Desk Daily

New editorial experience connects Black business history across centuries, industries and continents, bringing the people, enterprises and institutions behind the stories into focus.

By Noah Carmichael • 4 min read