Namibia's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 7%, aiming to contain inflationary pressures from rising energy costs. Annual inflation accelerated to 5.4% in September ...

Uganda exported $889 million worth of gold in August 2026, accounting for nearly 60% of its merchandise export earnings, as gold shipments rose 68.9% year-on-year. Conflict-affected mining sites in ...

Binance has reported a cyberattack affecting approximately $6.3 billion in digital assets, potentially making it the largest cryptocurrency hack on record. The exchange has frozen about $3 billion in ...

France's development agency AFD and Nigeria's Bank of Industry (BoI) have signed a $30 million financing agreement to support the country's creative industries under its Destination 2030 strategy.

The Green Climate Fund has approved $30 million to help vulnerable Ethiopian households adapt to climate change. The project will improve water access, support climate-resilient agriculture and ...

China's Nanning Agricultural Development Group is considering a CFA88 billion investment in sugar and rice production in eastern Cameroon. The proposal includes a sugar mill with annual capacity of 60 ...

Afentra is moving closer to completing acquisitions in Angola's offshore Blocks 3/05 and 3/05A after authorities published the required executive decrees. The British company will increase its stakes ...

The first phase of Cameroon's revised power link with Chad is now estimated to cost CFA145.2 billion. A CFA287 billion funding gap prompted the two countries to scale back the project and build it in ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide up to $90 million to finance the first phase of Egypt's Dandara solar and battery storage project. The first phase will combine 569 MWp of solar ...

DR Congo's rural electrification agency ANSER is seeking private operators to manage, operate and maintain 28 solar power plants grouped into eight lots across several provinces. The facilities have a ...

Niger has established a national railway company despite having no operational commercial rail network. The move is part of a wider effort by the Alliance of Sahel States to improve transport links ...

Visa and Senegal’s Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Affairs have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a two-year framework for strategic collaboration to support Senegal’s ...