The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies took effect on Sept. 15, 2025, after 111 of the organization’s 166 members accepted it, but the pact still does not fully restrict subsidies that contribute to ...

Ivory Coast and Guinea plan to strengthen intelligence sharing and security cooperation to counter cross-border crime and terrorism as West Africa faces persistent organized-crime threats. The 2025 ...

Ethiopia has doubled the annual capacity of the Mojo logistics hub to about 1 million 20-foot containers from 500,000 as the landlocked country seeks greater control over its domestic logistics chain.

The Central Bank of Kenya plans to impose additional capital, liquidity and risk-management requirements on domestic systemically important banks to strengthen financial stability and reduce the risk ...

The Trump administration will provide Africell with a $99.6 million loan through the Export-Import Bank of the United States to finance purchases of US and allied technology, mainly for the operator’s ...

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has ordered boards and chief executives of state-owned enterprises to strengthen governance and comply with rules on procurement, conflicts of interest and the ...

About 225 million adults in sub-Saharan Africa could not read or writein 2025, accounting for roughly 30% of the global total, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. The region raised its ...

Senegal plans to develop 60,000 hectares of oil palm plantations across central and southern regions through cooperation with Indonesia as Dakar seeks to revive stagnant domestic production. Senegal ...

US cybersecurity company Cybastion plans to mobilize about $300 million for digital projects in Senegal, including cybersecurity, cybercrime prevention, data centers, technology transfers and skills ...

SanlamAllianz has paid its first dividend three years after Sanlam and Allianz combined their African operations, marking the venture’s first direct cash distribution to shareholders. Sanlam expects ...

Solar Industries has agreed to buy South Africa’s Omnia Holdings for 21.8 billion rand, offering shareholders a 14.3% premium to the company’s pre-announcement share price. The deal would deepen Solar ...

Botswana has begun land assessment and valuation work for the proposed 4,000-hectare Zotus City development in Ghanzi District. The exercise is expected to support compensation arrangements and inform ...