NSIA Banque Côte d’Ivoire signed a partnership agreement with Groupe scolaire Madeleine Daniélou to support girls’ education and human capital development. The bank aims to promote academic excellence ...

Senegal’s Constitutional Council invalidated the procedure used to adopt constitutional revision law No. 18/2026, citing violations of constitutional requirements. The ruling halted a major ...

Nigeria’s Senate passed the National E-Health Bill 2026 in its second reading, moving the country closer to its first comprehensive legal framework for digital health services. The bill would regulate ...

West Med Container Terminal (WMCT) secured €196.7 million ($224.9 million) in long-term financing from a consortium of Moroccan banks to support the first phase of Nador West Med’s East Terminal. The ...

The Gambia has banned all fundraising activities in public basic and secondary schools to strengthen enforcement of its No-Levy Policy The directive reinforces reforms introduced in 2018, which ...

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) signed an exploration and production-sharing agreement with Qatar’s UCC Holding for Block 47 in the Ghadamès Basin. UCC Holding aims to raise crude oil ...

Cocoa prices reached six-month highs on July 9, with London futures trading at $6,094 per tonne and New York prices at £4,521 per tonne, as El Niño raised supply concerns. West Africa, which supplies ...

Egypt closed out its African Continental Free Trade Area council presidency after breaking a four-year deadlock on textile and auto rules of origin, Cairo officials said Egypt sent just 15% of its $50 ...

Ethiopia has signed a bilateral market access agreement with Thailand, completing another key step in its World Trade Organization (WTO) accession process The deal advances Ethiopia's broader economic ...

Burkina Faso has approved a mining permit for the state-owned Bouboulou gold project, paving the way for SOPAMIB’s fourth mine The project is expected to produce 7.27 metric tons of gold over 15 years ...

Sonatel has deployed 16 new satellite antennas to expand high-speed internet coverage, especially in rural and underserved areas The investment comes as competition in Senegal’s satellite internet ...

Mining executive Louis Camara has acquired 100% of the Islamic Bank of Guinea, expanding his investments into banking The acquisition follows the Islamic Development Bank group’s sale of its stake ...