The female cocoa chief advocates for a price of 4,500–5,000 cedis per sack compared to COCOBOD’s 3,100 price. Farmers worldwide are pushing for a threshold of 6,000–7,000 cedis but are limited by the ...

Church of Uganda and U.S.-based ACEII signed a 3-year deal to improve rural literacy. The project targets dioceses of Luwero, Nakasongola, and Nakaseke with kits and teacher training. Uganda’s rural ...

The World Bank approved $200 million via IDA for Zambia’s energy programme ASCENT. The project aims to bring reliable electricity to over 1 million Zambians within 5 years. Zambia is accelerating ...

LPRC becomes main fuel importer after months of supply shortages and price swings • Gasoline prices rose from 680 to 830 Liberian dollars per gallon between January and July • Private importers lose ...

Chad asks Green Climate Fund to accredit three local entities for climate finance access • Accreditation would cut out foreign intermediaries and speed up project funding • Minister urges GCF to ...

IMF lifts Sub-Saharan Africa’s 2025 growth forecast to 4.0 %, a 0.2-point bump that adds an estimated US$3.6 billion in real GDP versus April. • Revisions driven by a brighter global outlook (3.0 % ...

CCBA invested $20.4 million to expand its Midrand plant’s production capacity. The new line will bottle 72,000 units per hour, targeting growing demand for Bonaqua and Powerade. This is part of a ...

Mali seeks $176M via WAEMU bond offering launched July 28, with 7- and 5-year tranches at 6.55% and 6.35%. • Funds aim to ease fiscal pressure amid flooding, mine shutdown, and 3.4% deficit in 2025. • ...

Nigerian oil firms expand in Africa, led by FIRST E&P’s new deal in Tanzania. • Past ventures include projects in Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, and Namibia. • Local firms gain ground as global majors ...

M&A deals in African tech hit a record 29 in H1 2025, led by fintech and market consolidation. • 20 startups expanded regionally or globally, with Nigeria and Egypt leading. • Funding rose 78% to ...

Africa’s 2024 FDI jumped to USD 97 bn (+75 %), but almost two-thirds came from Egypt’s USD 35 bn Ras El-Hekma smart-city; excluding it, growth was only 12 %. The continent secured barely 5 % of the ...

Tanzania opens Kwala dry port July 31 to ease Dar es Salaam congestion. • Rail link boosts trade with Rwanda, Burundi, and DRC. • Part of broader logistics and infrastructure upgrade. Tanzania is ...