Philippe Aghion sees mobile money as a strong example of creative destruction in Africa, showing how innovation can bypass older systems and raise productivity He argues that governments must protect ...

Global Atomic raised C$56.97 million to advance its Dasa uranium project, while a proposed U.S. financing facility could provide up to $414.2 million Uranium market conditions have strengthened ...

Gabon is replacing free public transport with a fare-based system run by the newly created Compagnie Nationale de Transport, which launches with 149 vehicles and a phased national network. The ...

PI-SPI will no longer make all domestic person-to-person electronic-money transfers free, with the free daily threshold set at CFAF 8,000 from November 2, 2026 The platform is becoming WAEMU’s central ...

BHP’s agreement with Zambia is focused on strengthening geological exploration capacity, particularly drilling and mineral data, rather than investing directly in a mine. The deal gives BHP deeper ...

Malawi is considering importing Kazakh wheat, a move that could give Kazakhstan its first recorded wheat market in sub-Saharan Africa after years of sales concentrated in North Africa. Malawi imported ...

Burkina Faso has become a major destination for Cotonou’s transit cargo, with nearly 1 million tons routed there since 2025 Port traffic jumped 52.3% in 2025 to 14.7 million tons, with exports and ...

ATLS is developing a new petroleum terminal at Doraleh with an initial 288,000 cubic meters of storage and operations scheduled to start in June 2027 The terminal could shift part of Ethiopia’s fuel ...

Banks still dominate CEMAC’s government securities market, but their share fell to 75.1% at the end of June 2026 Outstanding government securities passed CFAF 10 trillion, rising 17.8% year on year to ...

Ghana’s agrifood exports to the EU jumped 68.7% in 2025 to €2.91 billion, with cocoa accounting for more than 90% of the total EU agrifood exports to Ghana reached €775 million in 2025, led by poultry ...

Libya’s teachers escalated a 15-day sit-in into a nationwide strike after talks with the government failed to produce concrete measures Teachers are demanding higher pay, settlement of financial ...

About 334 million hectares of land in Africa were classified as degraded in 2019, equivalent to nearly 12% of the continent’s land area. Africa accounts for the world’s largest quantified forest ...