Africa

Pan-African business news covering all 54 nations. Continental trade, AfCFTA developments, multi-country investment, and business intelligence spanning the entire African continent.

China lends Cameroon $181m for fibre

Cameroon has secured a loan of 108.4 billion CFA francs (around $181 million) from EXIMBANK-China to fund the fourth phase…

Kenya BPO sector eyes $1bn by 2030

Kenya's business process outsourcing sector is valued at $270 million in 2025 and is targeting $1 billion by 2030, as…

Museveni takes EAC chair, warns on unity

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has assumed the chairmanship of the East African Community, succeeding Kenya's William Ruto at the 25th…

Burkina Faso unveils $64bn development plan

Burkina Faso has adopted the National Development Plan 2026-2030, a $64 billion five-year roadmap structured around security, governance, human capital,…

Ghana takes slavery reparations to the UN

President Mahama tables a landmark UN resolution on March 25 formally declaring the transatlantic slave…

China VP arrives as Kenya-China ties deepen

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng arrived in Kenya on March 22 for talks with Deputy…

Egypt opens Africa’s longest monorail line

President Sisi inaugurated the 56.5km East Nile Monorail on March 20, connecting Cairo Stadium in…

Ghana’s lithium problem isn’t geology. It’s people.

Ghana's Ewoyaa lithium project is set to produce 3.6 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate over…