Namibia has suspended domestic and international livestock trade after detecting foot-and-mouth disease in 63 cattle. The outbreak occurred in an area officially recognized as free of the disease ...

Mali and Burkina Faso recorded the highest inflation rates in WAEMU in July 2026, while Niger remained in deflation with prices down 2% year on year. All three AES economies are expected to keep ...

Kinross cut its 2026 production forecast by 2% to 3%, mainly because of setbacks at mines in Chile and the United States. Tasiast increased first-half gold production by 2% to 263,325 ounces and is ...

Harena Rare Earths is pursuing additional U.S. support to finance its $142 million Ampasindava project in Madagascar. The U.S. Development Finance Corporation has already committed $4.84 million and ...

African filmmakers still face a fundamental challenge at home, with the industry seeking to rebuild local audiences before relying on expansion into overseas markets. The Black Star International Film ...

Senegal’s Islamic Recovery Fund had invested CFAF 7.5 billion by the end of September 2026, using both equity and Islamic financing mechanisms. The fund has expanded beyond its original post-Covid ...

Uganda Airlines will launch four weekly flights to Accra on October 27, giving travelers and businesses another air link between East and West Africa. The Accra route is part of a wider expansion that ...

Kadoo Securities is exploring a possible entry into the DRC, with brokerage, investment advisory and fund management among the activities under discussion. The company has not yet applied for a ...

Guinea’s telecom regulator has launched new measures to strengthen oversight of operators and internet service providers amid recurring consumer complaints. The regulator will expand monitoring beyond ...

Rwanda, Brazil and the United Kingdom have launched a coalition seeking to mobilize $100 million for cleaner, more energy-efficient cooling technologies. The initiative targets lower HFC emissions, ...

Nigeria’s commercial dairy industry is studying Kenya’s value chain as Abuja seeks to double domestic milk output to 1.4 million tonnes a year by 2030. Kenya produced a record 5.5 million tonnes of ...

Treasury officials from about 30 countries said governments must do more than raise climate-linked funding and must prove how they spend it. Benin’s 500 million-euro sustainability-linked Eurobond ...