Former Energy Minister Deogratius Ndejembi became Tanzania’s vice president at age 43 after unanimous approval by Parliament. President Samia Suluhu Hassan presented his appointment as part of an ...

Subex disclosed on August 26 a three-year contract to run fraud detection across the mobile network and mobile money operations of an African operator owned by a global telecom group. The deal is ...

Nyabarongo II will add 43.5 MW to Rwanda’s power grid when it enters service in December 2027. Its reservoir could irrigate 20,000 hectares and support up to 200 MW of floating solar capacity. The ...

Smart Technologie Innovation opened a 7,000-square-meter Vivo assembly plant in Oran on August 20, employing about 200 people. Daily output is expected to rise from about 2,000 to 6,000 units as ...

Botswana is tightening controls on cattle movements as it works to contain foot-and-mouth disease and restore the animal-health status required for access to export markets. The European Union has ...

More than 5,000 participants from about 50 countries are expected at the 2026 African Food Systems Forum in Kigali. The African Union aims to mobilize $100 billion in public and private investment for ...

AFC has set up a wholly owned insurance company in Bermuda with $30 million in capital. The new company will allow AFC to insure some of its own loans instead of relying mainly on outside insurers.

DAZN began streaming all 380 LaLiga first-division matches per season across 48 sub-Saharan markets over the weekend, under a three-season deal running through 2028-29. StarTimes holds non-exclusive ...

Kenya’s central bank has approved Nedbank’s acquisition of a 66% stake in NCBA Group. The deal gives Nedbank control of a profitable banking group with operations across several African markets.

Rostam Aziz has acquired a stake of just over 50% in Nation Media Group through his company Taarifa. Minority shareholders will not receive a buyout offer after regulators exempted Aziz from the ...

Zambia has kept fuel prices unchanged for September 2026 despite increases in international petroleum costs and movements in the kwacha, with petrol remaining at K25.29 per liter and diesel at K26.86.

The UN's CERD, in general recommendation No. 40 published Aug. 31, asked states to ensure that religious bodies, universities, companies, banks, insurers and other financial institutions that took ...