Key Highlights Niger’s government has seized full control of SOMAÏR, its only active uranium mine, stripping Orano of its 63.4% stake. Officials accuse Orano of production misappropriation, ...

Olam Agri to onboard 5,000 small-scale farmers in Kwara State under a new soybean supply initiative. • Partnership with IDH and Arzikin Noma offers credit, mechanization, and training to boost local ...

Key Highlights • Somalia inaugurates its first stock exchange, the National Securities Exchange of Somalia (NSES), in Mogadishu. • NSES will start trading in early 2026, focusing on stocks and sukuk, ...

Master Plastics receives undisclosed funding from Nedbank and Investec to expand sustainable packaging production. • Metier Capital Growth Fund III replaces Fund II in ownership shift, signaling a new ...

Sri Lankan textile group, Star Garments, inaugurates its first factory in Africa with an anticipated 4,520 jobs by 2030. • This $15 million project, backed by global lingerie provider Komar and ...

Key Highlights • Ivory Coast ends TSDAR, a petroleum tax introduced in 2018 to reduce SIR’s debt. • Government to redirect two-thirds of revenue to electricity sector via new tax starting July 1. • ...

Kenya allocates $27 million to renovate 19 tea factories as part of sector reforms. • Producers can now sell tea directly on international markets, bypassing auctions. • Government targets major ...

Laurent Gbagbo’s PPA-CI and Tidjane Thiam’s PDCI have joined forces to challenge what they call a rigged Ivorian presidential election process. Both leaders remain banned from the electoral list.

Nigeria plans to establish a real-time tracking system for all exported crude oil consignments to curb the losses Nigerian authorities move to implement mandatory registration of all crude oil ...

Ghana requires approximately $6 billion in funding to implement comprehensive flood prevention and control measures. • Flooding annually impacts an average of 45,000 people in the country, according ...

Mauritius is the most peaceful country in Africa for the 18th year in a row Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region with the most conflicts globally Global peace has dropped to its lowest level since ...

(AfDB)-Kenya and Senegal have claimed the top spots in the African Development Bank’s 2024 Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI), demonstrating exceptional progress in power sector governance and ...