Morocco: Safran Announces €$305 Million Investment to Build One of the World's Largest Landing Gear Plants
DRC’s Butembo Copper Project Taken Over by U.S.-Listed Company
Google-Backed Resilio Africa Launches to Tackle Rising Cyber Threats Across Major African Economies
Benin Named Guest of Honor at 2026 African Book Fair in Paris
Egypt Unveils Sovereign AI Model “Karnak” as Cairo Hosts Global AI Summit
Ghana Orders Sweeping COCOBOD Reforms to Stabilize Cocoa Sector and Relieve Farmers
Swedish Tech Giant Ericsson Launches Digital Innovation Hackathon in Nigeria
French Maritime Giant CMA CGM Opens Africa Headquarters in Abidjan
DRC Expands State Gold Buying to Curb Artisanal Smuggling
European Companies Expand Into Congo’s Artisanal Cobalt Industry
Silver Demand Set to Shrink in 2026, Investment Drives Sixth Deficit
DRC Clears 233.8 MW Solar Plant for Kamoa-Kakula Mine
Petrobras’ Return to Africa and the Race to Secure Its Post-2030 Future
Kenya tea exports rise in 2025, revenue slips on lower prices
Cameroon Tests Market with CEMAC’s First 15-Year Bond
Mozambique Faces $1 Million Power Restoration Bill in Cabo Delgado
Zimbabwe Deepens Cooperation With UNESCO on Digital Transformation
EcofinAgency
Egypt Launches $1.1 Billion Red Sea Project, Targets 30 Million Tourists by 2030
Nigeria: 2026 Targeted For New Round of Public Asset Sales, 91 Federal Holdings Identified to Be Privatised
Ghana's Prospective-IMF Economic Program’s Exit: A Test of Domestic Fiscal Institutions’ Maturity
Harith to Buy Low-Cost Carrier FlySafair in Portfolio Expansion
CEMAC: Devaluation Risk Recedes as Internal Adjustments are still lagging
New AfDB President Outlines Financing and Reform Agenda in Abidjan
From payouts to prevention: why climate and health risks will be a Pivot for Africa’s insurance market in 2026
Rio Tinto to Name New CEO by End of 2025 as Stausholm Plans Exit
Morocco Signs Agreements to Boost Local Beldia Cannabis Industry
Copper Deficit Could Reach 30% by 2035, Warns IEA
10 African Fintech Unicorns and Upstarts Make World’s Top 300
Côte d’Ivoire’s Fuel Price Cuts Haven’t Slashed Transport Costs–Yet
Finance
AfDB lends Tunisia €180 million to reduce regional disparities
Attijariwafa Bank to build giant tower in Casablanca Finance City
ODI says Brexit could cost developing nations about €400m
Nigeria: Inflation spikes to highest in 11 years after naira is floated
Zambia’s currency appreciates 13% after Glencore approves $1.1 billion project
Control Risks’ ranking of African countries by political risks
Algeria will build a port linked to main highways to transport goods to Africa
Agricultural Bank of China and a Congolese consortium inaugurate Banque Sino-Congolaise pour l’Afrique
Equity Bank gets green light from regulators to buy ProCredit Bank in DR Congo
Public Management
86 million “climate migrants” will come from sub-Saharan Africa by 2050, World Bank indicates
Burkina Faso generated CFA1,022 billion from mining activities in 2016, the ministry of mines reports
Agriculture
Egypt To Build Five Wheat Silos With $14.1M EU-Backed Funding
"Africa’s Food Future Plays Out A Few Feet Underground," (Simon Heck)
Africa agribusiness, a US$1 trillion business by 2030
Agri-tech can turn African Savannah into global food basket – African Development Bank
Ghana to lose $300 million as a consequence of bearing price drop of cocoa on the international market
Côte d’Ivoire: Cocoa producers generated CFA1,356 billion during 2017/2018 campaign (government)
Guinea : Cosumar acquires 55% stake in Comaguis
Côte d’Ivoire : Cocoa farm gate price set to CFA750 per kilo for 2018/2019 season
Ghana : cocoa freight fees reduced by 9.4%
Electricity
ABREC increases capital by CFA182 million to improve operations
African Development Bank urges power sector to capitalize on women’s capabilities
Ghana and Burkina Faso inaugurate a 225 kV power line
"Mamane le Gondwanais" plans a renewable energy awareness-raising campaign in Niger
Tanzania seeks $3.6 billion for 9 energy projects
OPIC backs SET Fund for off-grid solar projects in Africa and Asia
Jacobs Engineering SA commissioned to upgrade electrical infrastructures in Benin
Kenya : Kipeto Wind Energy to build a 100MW wind power plant in Nairobi South
Burkina Faso plans large electrification projects to extend its electricity network
Mining
South Africa: Harmony Gold achieves output target for 2016
Botswana: Botswana Diamonds and Alrosa start exploration in Orapa
Telecom
Morocco: ANRT orders Maroc Telecom to publish its offer for unbundling before mid-October
DR Congo: the installation of fiber optic has been “disastrous” according to Thomas Lukaha Losendjola
Orange group strengthens its position in Méditel capital and takes over control of Board
Comms
Kenya : Facebook to partner with Africa Check to report fake news
“Panafricaines”: 2nd edition to be held in Morocco on October 26-27
Tunisia: Cinema as a tool for fight against corruption
Rwanda: Caricaturing officials is now a punishable offense
Tunisia: 2 residents out of 3 have no faith in the media (Barr Al Aman)
Côte d’Ivoire: Disney and UniFrance organize the first edition of Festival Afrique Junior
Reuters launches an Africa-focused video service
10 countries are expected to attend Abidjan for the FEJA, the biggest eSport and video game event powered by Paradise Game
Senegal: Start Network launches insurance policy to cover drought-related risks
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