Benin has appointed Damien Mama, a former senior UN official with more than 25 years of development experience, to help oversee its regional development reform. The reform will group the country’s 77 ...

Senegal estimates it needs $24.9 billion by 2035 to cut emissions and protect communities from flooding, drought and coastal erosion. Planned projects include renewable energy, cleaner public ...

Egypt raised $500 million from international investors, securing additional funding despite regional tensions and pressure on government finances. Reopening existing bonds helped limit issuance costs, ...

Kenya Railways has introduced a freight service for vehicles imported through Mombasa. The first train carried 21 vehicles to Nairobi in eight hours. The operator aims to transport 700 vehicles a ...

Grindrod has completed a freight train trial on South Africa's public rail network. Rail and port failures cost coal and iron ore producers an estimated $6 billion in export revenue between 2021 and ...

South African municipalities owe Eskom 122.5 billion rand in unpaid electricity bills. Poor collection rates are straining local finances and threatening the utility's recovery. Government repayment ...

Foreign portfolio investment reached $7.09 billion in the second quarter of 2026, compared with $1.15 billion in direct investment, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Institute of ...

Senator Amara Konneh has called for a Senate inquiry into shipping delays, citing limited container yard space and prolonged dredging at Monrovia’s Freeport. APM Terminals raised selected port charges ...

Durban has signed an agreement to bring minibus-taxi and bus operators into the GO!Durban network. The first route, Corridor C3, is scheduled to open in December. The agreement comes 16 years after ...

DR Congo’s justice minister has ordered investigations into suspected mining fraud, illegal mineral extraction and smuggling in the copper- and cobalt-producing provinces of Lualaba and Haut-Katanga.

ADNOC Gas says rigid contracts make it harder to respond to disruptions in global gas markets. Middle East tensions have disrupted LNG shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. The company has signed a ...

President Félix Tshisekedi has replaced the chairman and chief executive of state-controlled diamond miner MIBA following months of internal governance disputes. The Congolese government, which owns ...