Egypt inaugurated the Al-Amriya dry port in Alexandria on October 14, 2026, following an investment of 700 million Egyptian pounds ($13.1 million). Covering 146,000 square meters, the facility is ...

Europe’s Copernicus monitoring service detected a methane leak exceeding 40 tons per hour at Niger’s Agadem oil field, with emissions continuing since September 25. The leak followed a blowout at a ...

What practical steps can improve access to credit in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)? That question was at the center of discussions held on October 1-2, 2026, in Bangui, ...

U.S.-based Quantum Leap Energy and South Africa’s state-owned Necsa signed an agreement on October 15 to develop a uranium enrichment facility near Pretoria, with an 80%-20% ownership split. The ...

Only 4,000 km of the 30,200 km of new railway lines planned across Africa by 2040 had been built at the time of the Africa Finance Corporation’s 2024 assessment. In Ethiopia, a railway project halted ...

GCB Bank is preparing to join China's cross-border payment system, allowing transactions to be settled directly in yuan. The move follows Stanbic Bank Ghana's launch of direct yuan payments in August ...

Nigeria’s annual inflation rate fell to 14.63% in September 2026, from 15.39% in August and 20.98% a year earlier. Food prices fell 1.55% in September, helping drive the slowdown in inflation, with ...

Ethiopia has joined the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), allowing its financial institutions to connect to the network. The platform enables businesses to make cross-border payments ...

The African Development Bank has raised $11.5 billion in 2026, equivalent to 96% of its annual borrowing program. Its latest €1 billion social bond carries a yield of 3.562% and attracted orders ...

Côte d’Ivoire recorded a CFA369.1 billion ($632.7 million) cash surplus in 2025. Government revenue reached 101.2% of the revised budget target, while spending came in below projections. Authorities ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is seeking financing and technical partnerships to develop 64 artisanal mining zones in Lualaba and Haut-Katanga provinces as part of efforts to formalise ...

The global refined copper market is expected to record a surplus of 368,000 metric tons in 2027, according to the ICSG. US tariff uncertainty has drawn large volumes of copper into American warehouses ...