Category: Africa

Ghana’s annual inflation could slow to between 4.1 per cent and 4.4 per cent in September, Databank Research has projected, as improved supplies of

Ghana and the Philippines have agreed to expand trade and investment cooperation, establish a chamber of commerce and organise business forums as Manila prepares

Africa should build artificial intelligence around problems faced by its communities rather than import technological priorities designed elsewhere, a member of a United Nations-backed

Ecobank Group has set a $2.6 billion lending target by 2030 for women-led businesses and agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises across Africa, expanding financing

Kenya has strengthened its disaster financing framework by integrating disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation spending into national budgeting, giving policymakers a clearer view

African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has urged African and Arab governments to turn longstanding political commitments into practical programmes, calling for a

Digital-asset companies in South Africa have put at least R2.2 billion of transactions on hold as uncertainty grows over proposed rules that would bring

South African businesses are treating water security as a core continuity risk as unreliable municipal supply, ageing infrastructure increase operational risk across affected municipal

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre has signed a cooperation agreement with the Refaq Association in Hail Region to provide monthly

More than 2,000 African business leaders, heads of state, investors and policymakers are set to gather in New York on September 20 and 21

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum has named Rania Al-Mashat, Magda Wierzycka and Judy Dlamini as keynote speakers for its 2026 conference in

Nigeria’s fixed-income market appears to be crossing an important threshold. For much of the past two years, yields were principally shaped by a familiar

Middle East supply disruptions are accelerating Africa’s drive to expand domestic refining and production as governments and companies seek to reduce exposure to volatile

Djibouti has joined the Artemis Accords, becoming the 72nd country and eighth African nation to endorse the US-led principles for peaceful, transparent and coordinated

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System is shifting from network-building to large-scale adoption, targeting faster transaction growth as its reach extends across more than

FirstRand’s full-year earnings fell as provisions tied to its UK motor finance business offset strong growth across its core operations in South Africa and

Cocoa futures strengthened after Ghana’s cocoa regulator proposed a roughly 6 per cent increase in the price paid to farmers for the 2026/27 season,

Artificial intelligence has sharply eroded Kenya’s once-thriving academic ghostwriting trade, cutting demand, rates and livelihoods for thousands of educated freelancers who built careers completing

Grindstone Ventures has launched a R500 million venture capital fund aimed at technology-enabled African businesses from seed to Series A, seeking to bridge the

DP World and GulfCap Africa have formalised their joint venture to develop the 222-hectare Mombasa Industrial Park, advancing a major special economic zone project

French health insurance start-up Alan has acquired Dakar-based digital health company Tanel, giving the Paris-based group its first foothold in Africa and adding operations

A strengthening El Niño is raising the risk of extreme heat, drought and veld fires across South Africa, increasing the likelihood of heavier weather-related

African technology developers are increasingly adopting Chinese artificial intelligence models as lower costs, open access and easier customisation reshape competition with more powerful proprietary

The Development Bank of Southern Africa has backed a major financing package to rehabilitate and expand Angola’s Lobito railway, strengthening a trade route designed