Orange Côte d’Ivoire has urged businesses to treat cybersecurity as a corporate governance priority, making company executives responsible for addressing growing digital threats. African organizations ...

China imported $123 billion worth of goods from Africa in 2025, compared with $225 billion in exports to the continent. The imbalance also reflects differences in what the two sides trade. Oil and ...

Morocco expects a record date harvest of 177,000 tons in 2026/2027, up 11%, while several Algerian growing regions are also forecasting higher production. Tunisia expects its date harvest to fall 12.4 ...

Cameroon’s Afriland First Bank has more than doubled its share capital from CFAF50 billion to CFAF110 billion, exceeding the regulatory minimum set for 2029 by 4.4 times. The increase was financed ...

Hapag-Lloyd plans to increase its annual container shipping volumes in Africa from more than 1 million TEUs in 2026 to 1.7 million by 2030. The German shipping company now serves 27 African countries ...

The United States has committed $125 million to a new economic cooperation agreement with Egypt aimed at supporting private-sector growth and expanding opportunities for American businesses. The ...

South Africa's Standard Bank has been appointed to arrange financing for Vungu Solar, a planned 30 MW solar power plant in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province. The project has secured government support and ...

Vocational training projects across Africa increasingly combine facility construction with modern equipment, updated curricula and instructor training to improve the quality of technical education. In ...

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction has secured a $256.6 million contract to build a fourth fertilizer production line at Indorama's Eleme complex in Nigeria. The expansion will increase ...

New listings contributed just 3% of the increase in stock market capitalization, according to the OECD. Only three of the 20 corporate bond issues recorded in 2025 came from non-financial companies.

The two Nigerian banking groups reported combined pre-tax profits of ₦1.60 trillion in the nine months to September 2026, up 4% year-on-year. Earnings before credit-loss charges fell 28%, but a ...

The steelmaker has reduced its 2026 Liberian iron ore shipment forecast by 11%, from 18 million to approximately 16 million metric tons. Growth projects are now expected to contribute $500 million to ...