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Egypt opens Africa’s longest monorail line

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

Nigeria’s gas is finally heading to Europe

After fifty years of studies, MoUs, and false starts, the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline has a technical team on the ground…

Egypt raised $604m in tech funding in 2025

Egypt raised $604 million across 100 deals in 2025, a 37% year-on-year increase, ranking third in Africa by both funding…

Morocco’s $23bn World Cup investment opens to Spain, Portugal

The Morocco-Spain-Portugal Business Forum on the 2030 FIFA World Cup opened in Salé in February, as Morocco's total World Cup-linked…

Kenya ships first 54 containers to China, targets $4bn deficit

Kenya has flagged off its first shipment of exports to China under the new zero-tariff…

African women hold 1% of global justice power

The inaugural Global Justice 50/50 report has found that women from low-income countries hold just…

TEF turns $100m into $4.2bn across 24,000 businesses

The Tony Elumelu Foundation has disbursed over $100 million in non-refundable seed capital to more…

MTN donates devices to school with perfect matric pass rate

MTN South Africa has donated digital learning devices to Qibing Secondary School in Wepener, Free…