First Quantum has partnered with five Zambian lenders to improve suppliers’ access to working-capital financing as new local-content rules require mining companies to direct a growing share of ...

Nigeria’s petroleum-product shipments averaged 561,000 barrels a day in the second quarter of 2026, seven times the 2023 annual average. Dangote’s rising refining capacity and the closure of the ...

Africa’s smartphone market fell 7% in the second quarter of 2026, with the sharpest decline concentrated in sub-$100 devices as rising memory costs pushed affordable smartphones out of reach. South ...

Kenya has opened a 243-hectare seed potato multiplication center to increase farmers’ access to certified planting material. The country needs an estimated 150,000 tons of certified potato seed but ...

Wärtsilä will supply five engines for the 14 MW off-grid power plant at Fortuna Mining’s Diamba Sud gold project in Senegal, under an EPC contract led by Africa Power Services. The project highlights ...

Mozambique has approved the rules needed to make its new development bank operational, moving the institution beyond its legal creation. The bank will start with $501 million in capital and target ...

The ILO is urging Nigeria to give businesses a stronger role in its next youth employment strategy after previous plans struggled to produce lasting labor-market change. Nearly 80 million young ...

Ventures Platform closed its second institutional fund at $84 million, exceeding its initial $75 million target. The fund will back African start-ups from seed through Series A, with plans to increase ...

Muhoozi Kainerugaba says he will seek Uganda’s presidency in 2031 with the backing of his father, President Yoweri Museveni. The 52-year-old general already commands Uganda’s armed forces and leads ...

Northam Platinum disclosed an unsolicited approach from a major South African platinum-group metals producer for some of its assets or potentially the entire company. Northam more than doubled mine ...

Africa could install 17 GW of solar capacity in 2026, a 45% increase from 2025. China supplies about 94% of the solar modules installed across the continent, while decentralized systems are driving ...

Ghana will require GoldBod partners to refine artisanal and small-scale mining gold locally from Sept. 1. The country has four licensed gold refineries, but GoldBod has so far announced supply ...