Burkina Faso announced visa-free entry for all African nationals under its 2025 supplementary finance law. The measure seeks to boost tourism, business travel, and regional integration while ...

Africa's gas output fell 17 bcm in 2024 • Algeria led decline due to aging production fields • Delays, underinvestment threaten Africa’s export reliability Africa's natural gas production declined in ...

Togo’s GDP grew 17.7% in Q4 2024 • Agriculture, construction, services drove sharp year-end rebound • Electricity, hospitality, and public sector saw major declines The Togolese economy accelerated ...

From Dakar to Nairobi, Kampala to Abidjan, mobile money has become a lifeline for millions of Africans. What started as a tool for sending and receiving cash by phone has turned into the backbone of ...

Gabon plans joint venture to expand fiber optic network • Project targets 1,800 km extension, cost-sharing, better coverage • Moov and Airtel partnership marks first step in rollout Gabon is planning ...

Africa registered a 12% increase in international tourist arrivals in H1 2025, the highest global growth. North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa both achieved double-digit growth. Global tourist arrivals ...

Kenya’s BasiGo unveils KL-9 electric bus with King Long, assembled locally by KVM. • Company targets 20 buses a month by 2026 and 1,000 in circulation by 2027. • Strong backing includes $42 mln Series ...

Leviathan Gold will acquire Cura Botswana, issuing 37M shares and 5.5M warrants, with Cura holders owning 42.9%. • The deal includes 16.5M contingent shares tied to defined uranium and copper resource ...

Acumen rolls out second KawiSafi fund with $90 million capital, $40 million secured. • Fund targets 50 million people, avoiding 50 million tons of CO₂ emissions. • Focus on clean energy, transport, ...

Morocco’s Jobzyn secures pre-seed funding from pan-African fund Janngo Capital. • Startup uses AI to match candidates, assess soft skills, and streamline hiring. • Investment aims to cut unemployment ...

MSMEs spend $3.5B yearly on generator power in Nigeria • Generator costs consume up to 40% of business expenses Nigeria's national power grid collapsed on Wednesday, the Nigerian Independent System ...

USA Rice promotes American rice at Casablanca seminar with nine African nations. • Africa’s rice imports seen reaching 19.1 mln tons in 2025/26, up 23% in four years. • US exports about 100,000 tons a ...