Nigeria’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 350 basis points to 23% after keeping it unchanged for six months. The decision comes as inflation continues to ease, with headline, food and ...

Senegal has developed a roadmap to turn public and private data into economic, social and institutional value. The initiative will identify practical uses for data and artificial intelligence across ...

GIZ’s e-MOVE platform has trained more than 10,000 people across Ghana’s cashew value chain. The programme is linking online training to business proposals, funding and industry networks. Ghana ...

Burkina Faso is digitizing its national health map to give authorities reliable, geolocated data on health facilities, services and resources. The system is intended to help identify underserved areas ...

Akrake Petroleum Benin plans to sell 250,000 barrels of crude from the offshore Sèmè field in October, marking Benin’s first oil cargo in nearly three decades. Production restarted in March 2026 after ...

Aurum Resources has secured about $37 million from investors to start early development work on its Boundiali gold project in Côte d’Ivoire. The project has advanced rapidly from exploration to a 3.22 ...

The $300 million fund will mobilize private and institutional capital for mini-grids and standalone solar systems. Nigeria needs an estimated $14.8 billion in off-grid investment by 2030, with $10.5 ...

NuRAN is testing Starlink at a rural mobile site in Nigeria before a potential rollout to other African markets. Satellite backhaul could connect sites where fiber and microwave links are too ...

Senegal’s peak electricity demand reached 1,400 MW in August, above the roughly 1,300 MW Senelec had expected for October. Equipment problems have reduced available capacity at Karpowership and the ...

Engineers India secured a contract worth more than $450 million for Dangote’s planned 700,000-barrel-a-day refinery and petrochemical plant in Kenya. The $16 billion Lamu project aims to increase East ...

Ahmat Kogri took office as Chad’s foreign minister on September 22 after holding senior roles in the presidency and national security apparatus. He takes charge of diplomacy as Chad faces security ...

By Yasmina Asrarguis, Research Fellow at the Jean-Jaurès Foundation, specializing in Middle East geopolitics When AI meets Water Scarcity The Gulf's recent war with Iran has added an unexpected ...