Canal+ receives conditional approval from South Africa’s Competition Commission Acquisition targets expansion in English and Portuguese-speaking Africa Canal+ currently holds 41% of MultiChoice and ...

Connectivity initiative targets over 1,000 education and healthcare institutions Supports AI strategy and digital skills development in key public sectors Côte d’Ivoire ranks 3rd in Africa for fiber ...

Burkina Faso had the most affordable mobile phones in West Africa in 2023, at 15.1% of average monthly income In Cape Verde and Guinea, buying a phone cost more than 60% of an average monthly salary ...

Sale of industrially produced onions and potatoes suspended from May 22 to June 15 Measure aims to protect small farmers amid surplus and price drops Affects firms including Swami Agri, SCL, and ...

Rwanda to receive $1.04B in UN support for sustainable development goals Funds aligned with Rwanda’s 2024–2029 strategy and Vision 2050 goals New framework emphasizes inclusion, green growth, and ...

M to modernize transport in Grand-Nokoué and serve up to 360,000 users Project to professionalize informal operators and boost job creation Part of Benin’s $9.7B multimodal transport strategy through ...

New solar plant to generate 85,934 MWh annually in Katiola Private $60M investment part of 45% renewables goal by 2030 Project granted to Katiola Solar Power, a JC Mont-Fort subsidiary Côte d’Ivoire ...

Pioneer Schools using TARL now reach 1.3M students, or 30% of primary learners Math scores quadrupled; Arabic doubled; French tripled, per government data Morocco boosts education budget to $8.5B to ...

Kenya allocates 5% of 2025 disaster budget to early warning systems UNDRR pegs 2024 climate disaster losses at $1.4B EW4All initiative aims for universal early warning coverage by 2027 Kenya has ...

Kigongo and Busisi, longest in East Africa Replaces ferry system, cutting travel time and boosting safety Enhances trade links between Tanzania and landlocked neighbors Tanzania has completed the ...

Mining firms ask for postponement of 5% tax on lithium concentrate exports Industry wants tax applied only after processing plants start by 2027 Sinomine pledges $500 million for local lithium ...

NNPC fails to deliver petrol despite $2.4B spent on refinery rehab Dangote’s refinery supplies bulk of fuel but operates below full capacity Fuel imports persist, costing Nigeria $9.63B in 2024 ...