Business

African business news: M&A activity, earnings reports, leadership changes, expansion moves, and corporate developments across all 54 nations. Essential intelligence for investors and executives.

Zimbabwe mining lithium minerals beneficiation
AfricaBusiness

Zimbabwe’s mineral ban: smugglers triggered it

By
Africaspoint Editorial

Zimbabwe's Cabinet has formally ratified the immediate ban on all raw mineral and lithium concentrate exports, revealing that the rush…

AfricaBusiness

East Africa’s cyber gap is now a macro risk

By
Africaspoint Editorial

82% of African organisations cannot find enough cybersecurity professionals, the highest recruitment gap in the world, as East Africa recorded…

Showmax shuts down in south africa
AfricaBusiness

Showmax shuts down after R4.9bn loss

By
Africaspoint Editorial

MultiChoice has announced it will discontinue Showmax after the platform recorded a R4.9 billion trading loss in its last financial…

Wireless network AI telecoms South Africa
AfricaBusiness

Cell C tests AI network fix with Odine

By
Africaspoint Editorial

Cell C and Odine have signed a proof-of-concept agreement to test AI-driven network quality enhancement in South Africa, aligned with…

Africa clean energy solar power investment boom 2026DStv World Cup streaming record 900000 viewers Bafana South Africa FIFA 2026

DStv sets World Cup streaming record

DStv Stream recorded over 900,000 concurrent viewers for South Africa's opening World Cup 2026 match…

Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026CBN Nigeria Central Bank Year award Cardoso reform FX inflation 2026

Nigeria slams the IMF’s tax prescriptions

A Nigerian think tank, the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics, has criticised the IMF's…

HormuzSouth Africa immigration xenophobia Ramaphosa March deportation crackdown 2026

Stop checking passports, SA minister warns

South Africa's Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi warned at an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration briefing on…

Aliko DangoteDangote refinery 700000 barrels day capacity expansion 1.4 million 2026

Dangote’s petrol unit is down 34%

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been running its main petrol-producing RFCCU unit at 34% below…

Bolt South AfricaBusiness Regulation

Bolt is now legal in South Africa

Africa Defence IndustryAfrican Security

Africa is done buying weapons it cannot fix. Now it is building its own.

Doing Business in Africa: The Essential Guide for 2026

Investing in Africa: The complete guide for 2026

Show More