Rwanda's trade deficit widened 15.66% year-on-year to $877.81 million in the second quarter of 2026 as imports continued to outpace exports. Imports rose 28.78% to $1.61 billion, while domestic ...

Sasol will supply its Fischer-Tropsch technology to SkyNRG's Project Wigeon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Washington State, marking its third SAF project since July. The project aims to ...

Xinye Special Steel has started production at a 180,000-ton-per-year aluminum plant in Ethiopia. The plant will import raw materials but produce aluminum locally for the Ethiopian market. A separate ...

Nigeria says poor addressing costs the economy up to $60.2 million a year. The new system will give localities unique identifiers to make addresses easier to locate. Authorities expect it to support ...

The Lagos State project pairs a 200-hectare bioethanol plant site with 15,000 hectares of cassava production across four states. Nigeria wants to build a cassava-based bioethanol value chain that ...

Nigeria could account for nearly 35% of the region’s off-grid solar installations by 2035. Falling equipment costs and new business models are making solar increasingly competitive with diesel. High ...

A new UN mechanism puts community benefits alongside Africa’s push for local mineral processing. Existing revenue-sharing systems have faced governance and community participation problems. The next ...

The ECOWAS Bank plans to present 40 projects and programs to potential financiers in Lomé. The April 2027 forum will focus on turning investment proposals into finance-ready transactions. The 2024 ...

The policy will set standards for teaching materials, teacher and interpreter training, certification and accessible assessments. Ghana already has a harmonized sign language curriculum, but shortages ...

NexMetals raised Selebi’s mineral resources by 72%, adding to progress across Botswana’s copper, nickel and cobalt projects. Manganese and rare earth projects are widening the country’s ...

Société Générale has agreed to sell its 60.22% stake in Société Générale Ghana, with Attijariwafa Bank set to acquire 55.22% and SSNIT another 5%. The deal would give Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank its ...

Australian developer Aura Energy appointed three senior executives, including John Carr as President and Spencer Davey as Chief Financial Officer, to steer the Tiris Uranium Project from feasibility ...