Egypt is building a new electric rail network to add capacity beyond the heavily constrained Nile Valley system, with the first line tentatively targeted for passenger service in July 2027. The ...

Royal Air Maroc has received a new Boeing 737-8, its sixth delivered by Aviation Capital Group in six months. The aircraft adds capacity while supporting the Moroccan carrier’s fleet renewal and ...

Food inflation accelerated to 8.4% in September, with poultry, fruit, meat, vegetables and fish recording some of the sharpest price increases. Rising food costs helped push overall inflation to 5.6%, ...

Guinea’s new 2027-2033 partnership with the World Bank Group will focus on fiscal management, human capital, infrastructure and private sector-led job creation. Guinea is expected to receive about ...

West African countries are tightening control over raw shea exports in different ways, creating sharply divergent market conditions and price trends across the region. Efforts to channel more nuts ...

Niger is opening a new fiber route through Algeria, giving the landlocked country another path to international Internet infrastructure. The Algeria link is part of a wider backbone connecting Niger ...

Fuel prices rose by an average 10.7% in October after international oil and refined-product prices increased in September. Gasoline rose 12.43% to 197.20 escudos per liter and normal diesel 12.34% to ...

South Africa is targeting Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates to expand agricultural exports in a region that already buys about $1.3 billion of its farm products each year. Foot-and-mouth ...

East Africa added 5.6 GW of renewable power capacity in 2025, nearly half of Africa’s 11.3 GW increase. The region’s renewable power fleet jumped 42% to 18.7 GW, according to IRENA. Africa grew ...

Côte d’Ivoire signed a 24-month agreement with TerraKora AI to strengthen environmental monitoring with satellite data and artificial intelligence. The technology will support forest monitoring and ...

The $164 million project will increase Kananga’s drinking water capacity to about 125,000 cubic meters per day. New and upgraded infrastructure is expected to provide water to nearly 1.5 million ...

Café Barbera has opened its first Kenyan location in Nairobi’s Upper Hill business district. Kenya’s food-service market is projected to grow 9.44% a year through 2028, when it is expected to reach ...