Infrastructure

African infrastructure news: ports, railways, roads, airports, power plants, telecoms networks, and major construction projects across the continent.

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AfricaFinance

Platinum overtakes coal as SA’s top export

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Africaspoint Editorial

South Africa's platinum export volumes rose 18% year-on-year in Q1 2026 as China and European demand rebounded, with PGMs overtaking…

AfricaBusiness

Nigeria’s oil birthplace runs on solar now

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Africaspoint Editorial

Oloibiri, the Nigerian village where Shell struck the country's first commercial oil in 1956, now runs on solar after 15…

AfricaBusiness

SA mining hits 2-year high on platinum surge

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Africaspoint Editorial

South Africa's mining output surged 9.7% year-on-year in February, the fastest pace since February 2024, driven by a 52.3% jump…

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AfricaEthiopia

Ethiopia seals $13.1bn at investment forum

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Africaspoint Editorial

Ethiopia secured $13.1 billion in investment agreements at its 2026 Invest in Ethiopia forum, led by partners from China, India,…

Endeavour Mining gold West Africa $880m EBITDA Assafou Burkina Faso Cote Ivoire 2026Kenya Airways $2 billion turnaround investor debt equity KQ Kamal 2026

Endeavour Mining posts record $880m EBITDA

Endeavour Mining, West Africa's largest gold producer, reported record adjusted EBITDA of $880 million for…

Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026Africa sovereign wealth funds $164 billion mining minerals EIH FONSIS Guinea Simandou 2026

Africa’s $164bn wealth funds eye mining

Africa's sovereign wealth funds now hold combined assets exceeding $164 billion and are being deployed…

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Abiy unveils Addis Ababa’s riverside makeover

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Entoto-Kebena River and Riverside Development Project in Addis Ababa…

HormuzSouth Africa immigration xenophobia Ramaphosa March deportation crackdown 2026

EU’s steel tariff hits South Africa

The EU's new steel import framework took effect July 1, imposing annual quotas with a…

Afreximbank NigeriaBola Tinubu

Dangote secures $4bn loan to power Africa’s biggest refinery

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Somalia offshore oilTPAO Somalia

Somalia sits on $8.5trn in oil. Drilling starts now.

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Bola TinubuNigeria electricity reform

Nigeria clears $2.1bn in decade-old power debts

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Kenya energy securityKenya fuel corruption 2026

Kenya chiefs arrested in Ksh4bn fuel fraud

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