Foot-and-Mouth Disease Shuts Botswana Out of the EU Beef Market
Botswana beef exports face EU restrictions after foot-and-mouth outbreaks, with the country's only EU-listed slaughterhouse sitting inside an affected
September 3, 2026Section
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South Africa Raises Its Sugar Duty as the Cutters Vanish
The South Africa sugar duty rose on 28 August to about R6.98 a kilogram, weeks after growers said a 30...
September 3, 2026
Cameroon’s Regional Debt Tops CFA2 Trillion, or US$3.6 Billion
Cameroon Treasury debt on the CEMAC market reached CFA2.061 trillion at end-July 2026, with annual growth slowing sharply to 4.1%...
September 3, 2026
Libya’s Rival Camps Sign a Roadmap With Haftar Inside It
Libya economy reunification would touch budgeting, oil revenue and monetary policy, after rival camps agreed on 30 August to elections...
September 3, 2026
Senegal Wins US$2.2 Billion From the IMF and Shields Its CFA Debt
The Senegal debt treatment plan leaves CFA-denominated debt outside restructuring, hours after an IMF staff-level deal worth about US$2.2 billion.
September 3, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Guinea-Bissau's 70-per-cent referendum in empty polling stations, Ebola past 3,000 dead, Gabon's US$330m deadline — the Africa Intelligence Brief, September...
September 2, 2026
Kigali Is Hosting Africa’s Biggest Farm Investment Meeting This Week
The 20th Africa Food Systems Forum runs in Kigali to 4 September. Last year's Dakar edition drew US$6.14 billion in...
September 2, 2026
A UN Committee Says Governments Should Make Banks and Insurers Contribute Over Slavery
A UN committee asked governments to make banks, insurers and other institutions that profited from slavery contribute to reparations. The...
September 2, 2026
Razon’s ICTSI Buys a Southern African Cargo-Handling Group
ICTSI agreed on 28 August to buy TLG, a port and cargo-handling group in South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia, months...
September 2, 2026
South Africa’s Eskom Doubled Its Annual Profit to US$1.88 Billion While Selling Less Power
Eskom's annual profit more than doubled to R30.3 billion (US$1.88 billion) while sales fell 6.2%. Municipal arrears rose 17.9% to...
September 2, 2026
Egypt Is About to Import More Corn Than Wheat, and Brazil Is Selling It
Egypt will import more corn than wheat for the first time in 2026/27, on USDA figures. Brazil shipped 5.54 million...
September 2, 2026
Ivory Coast Holds Its Cocoa Price at a 57% Discount, and 1.1 Million Farmers Feel It
Ivory Coast held its cocoa farmgate price at 1,200 CFA francs (US$2.12) a kilo for 2026/27, 57% below the 2025/26...
September 2, 2026
Ethiopia Doubles Its African Union Bill Just as Washington Steps Back
The Ethiopia African Union contribution rises to about US$15m from 2027 as Addis Ababa enters the top funding tier, just...
September 2, 2026
Kenya Has Already Borrowed 41% of Its Year’s Domestic Target
Kenya domestic borrowing reached Sh406bn in July and August, 41% of the Sh987.4bn full-year target, as the Treasury front-loads into...
September 2, 2026
Nigeria’s Censors Halt a Film About the Apo Six and Send It to the DSS
Nigerian film censors have halted the release of The Night of June 7th and referred the Apo Six drama to...
September 2, 2026
Egypt Raises Its Visa Levy to US$15, and the Real Price Is Higher
The Egypt visa levy rises 25% to US$15 from 1 January 2027 under a new prime ministerial decree, though headline...
September 2, 2026
Sonatrach and Sinopec Put Helium on the Table in Beijing
The Sonatrach Sinopec agreement signed in Beijing on 28 August covers unconventional hydrocarbons, petrochemicals and, unusually, helium.
September 2, 2026
South Africa Spent About US$21 Million Moving 99,933 People Out
South Africa repatriations and deportations moved 99,933 people at a cost of R341.2m, with buses alone accounting for R232.8m of...
September 2, 2026
The World’s Largest No-Strings Cash Experiment Is Paying Out in Malawi
A US$198m Malawi cash transfer trial is paying about 230,000 adults roughly US$700 each with no conditions, in the largest...
September 2, 2026
Nigeria’s Economy Grew 4.43% in the Second Quarter
Nigeria GDP growth hit 4.43% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, the strongest quarterly reading since the...
September 2, 2026