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 ...

Asset Green's agrifood arm, Agrium Capital, joined a $270 million poultry-industry agreement in Ghana signed on Aug. 28, spanning feed, hatcheries, farming, processing, cold chain and distribution.

Turaco has lifted Afema's resource estimate from 2.52 million ounces in 2024 to 4.65 million ounces (about 144 tonnes) by March 2026, and targets first production in 2029. A pre-feasibility study ...

Dangote Petroleum Refinery may restrict gasoline supplies to Nigerian distributors that continue importing fuel, according to a source cited by Nairametrics. Nigeria’s gasoline imports jumped 207% to ...