Hichilema Wins Zambia Election With 60 Percent as Copper Boom Seals Second Term
Zambia election 2026 hands Hichilema a 60 percent mandate as copper output climbs and debt restructuring pays off. What the...
August 15, 2026Section
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Agusto & Co Withdraws Geregu Power Rating After US$29 Million Bond Default
Agusto & Co withdrew its rating after the Geregu Power bond default, Nigeria's first major corporate bond default in seven...
August 15, 2026
Somdia Sells SOSUCAM Stake to Cameroonian Consortium With US$243 Million Plan
Somdia is selling its 82% SOSUCAM stake to a Cameroonian consortium backing a US$243 million plan to modernise Cameroon's main...
August 15, 2026
Constitutional Court Blocks Shell’s Wild Coast Offshore Exploration Plan
South Africa’s Constitutional Court blocked Shell Wild Coast exploration on 14 August 2026, overturning an appeal-court lifeline for the offshore...
August 15, 2026
China Pledges US$28 Million Grant to Nigeria as Ties Deepen
China has pledged a US$28 million grant to Nigeria for development projects, deepening diplomatic and financial ties between Beijing and...
August 15, 2026
Zambia Suspends Vote Count After Violence Hits Presidential Election
Zambia suspends vote count after violence against poll staff and ballot theft; the ECZ later resumed the count under heightened...
August 15, 2026
Absa Sells Two Kenyan Insurers to Mudavadi-Linked Investment Firm
Absa Life Assurance Kenya sale confirmed: Absa Group offloads 63.32% stakes in two Kenyan insurers to a Mudavadi-linked firm for...
August 15, 2026
Kenya Treasury Projects Wider US$8.9 Billion Budget Deficit
Kenya's budget deficit is set to widen to about US$8.9 billion (KSh1.15 trillion) in 2026/27, as weak revenue and heavy...
August 15, 2026
Nearly Half of Young South Africans Are Not Working or in Training
The South Africa youth NEET rate reached 45.6 percent for people aged 15 to 34 in the first quarter of...
August 15, 2026
Uranium Found in DR Congo Cobalt Shipments to China, Report Says
A peer-reviewed study estimates uranium in DR Congo cobalt exports to China reached 2,000–5,000 tonnes between 2000 and 2024, prompting...
August 15, 2026
Inside the US$5 Billion Plan to Keep Africa’s Cotton Jobs in Africa
A US$5 billion cotton industrialisation plan backed by the WTO aims to process 25% of Africa's cotton locally and create...
August 15, 2026 Kenya Diesel Prices Fall as Petrol and Kerosene Hold Steady
Kenya diesel prices fell Sh5 per litre from August 15, 2026 while petrol and kerosene held steady, as EPRA cited...
August 15, 2026
Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second Largest on Record
The DRC Ebola outbreak has reached 4,665 cases and 2,184 deaths across six provinces, with no vaccine approved for the...
August 15, 2026
MTN Writes Down Iran Again as Its Trapped Stake Keeps Costing
The MTN Iran impairment of R2.13 a share will cut statutory earnings per share by 20% to 30%, even as...
August 15, 2026
Zimbabwe Declares a Disaster After 46 Die on Lake Kariba
The Lake Kariba ferry disaster has killed 46 people. Zimbabwe's civil protection unit says the vessel carried 114 adults against...
August 15, 2026
Botswana’s US$16 Billion Railway Has a Study, a Route and No Start Date
The Trans-Kalahari Railway feasibility study is complete, but Botswana's minister says the US$16 billion coal line cannot pay for itself...
August 15, 2026
Rwanda Will Name 22 Baby Gorillas. Here Is What That Is Worth
Kwita Izina 2026 will name 22 mountain gorilla infants on 4 September at Kinigi, taking Rwanda's total to 460, in...
August 15, 2026
Kenya Shut Its Soda Ash Mine. Tanzania Is Selling the Replacement
Tanzania has opened the Engaruka soda ash project to investors, with proposals closing 18 September, days after Kenya suspended Tata...
August 15, 2026
Drones Hit Libya’s Biggest Working Refinery as Oil Output Nears a 13-Year High
Five drone strikes hit Libya's Zawiya refinery between 9 and 11 August, collapsing a petrol tank and prompting a force...
August 15, 2026
Ghana Has Lost 8,900 Hectares of Forest to Illegal Mining
Ghana illegal mining has affected about 8,900 hectares of forest reserve, and Cabinet has approved cutting large-scale mining leases from...
August 15, 2026