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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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'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 ...

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 ...

Zambia and Zimbabwe sign two MoUs to deepen cooperation and strengthen dialogue. • Agreements cover private sector support and joint oil and gas pipeline project. • Trade between the two countries ...

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 ...

Morocco signs deal to develop a national platform for responsible AI. • Project to focus on LLMs tailored to Moroccan language, culture, and law. • Initiative part of Digital Morocco 2030 strategy to ...

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 ...

LNG exports from sub-Saharan Africa forecast to rise from 35.7 bcm in 2024 to 98 bcm in 2034. • Nigeria and Mozambique to drive growth, with Senegal and Mauritania entering market. • Congo, Gabon, ...