Mahama Wants to Pull the Caribbean Into Africa’s Free Trade Area
President John Dramani Mahama proposed expanding the African Continental Free Trade Area to include the Caribbean during a state visit...
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30+ Nations Await a BRICS Seat — New Delhi Votes in September
Over 30 countries seek BRICS seats ahead of the 2026 New Delhi summit. The candidates, veto politics and what a...
August 4, 2026
Accra Settles US$700 Million Eurobond Early as IMF Cuts Ghana Debt Risk
Ghana debt risk has fallen to moderate after Accra settled a US$700 million Eurobond early and the IMF upgraded its...
August 4, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief, August 4, 2026: record Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, El-Obeid under RSF siege, Zambia votes 13 August,...
August 4, 2026
Angola Fuel Import Bill Soars 48% to US$1.7 Billion
Angola's fuel import bill rose 47.8% to about US$1.7 billion in the first half of 2026, outpacing what the state...
August 4, 2026
South Africa Takes Its Grid Rebuild to Beijing
South Africa is pitching Chinese investors on an energy programme worth about R2.2 trillion to 2039, with transmission the binding...
August 4, 2026
Ethiopian State-Owned Enterprises Pay 42% of Big-Tax Haul
Ethiopian state-owned enterprises paid 42% of large-taxpayer revenue in FY2025/26, from a total of about US$3.2 billion, ministry figures show.
August 4, 2026
Nairobi Securities Exchange Hits US$31 Billion Market Cap
The Nairobi Securities Exchange has passed Sh4 trillion, about US$31 billion, for the first time, driven by domestic institutional money.
August 4, 2026
Chinese Investment in Egypt Tops US$10 Billion, PM Says
Chinese investment in Egypt has passed US$10 billion, the prime minister says, though Cairo has not said what the figure...
August 4, 2026
Ghana Cashew Processing Stalls Below 6% Despite Export Boom
Ghana cashew processing handled about 15,000 of 262,000 tonnes grown in 2025, a new Nitidae study finds, as farm-gate prices...
August 4, 2026
Ghana Diesel Margin Cut by US$0.13 to Cap Transport Costs
Ghana cut the diesel regulatory margin by GH¢2 a litre for one month from 4 August 2026, three days after...
August 4, 2026
Four State Firms Hold 80% of Cameroon’s On-Lent Debt
Cameroon's on-lent debt reached FCFA 845.2 billion at end-June 2026, and four state companies hold 79.5% of it, per the...
August 4, 2026
NNPC Profit Falls 35% to About US$1.7 Billion in First Half
NNPC profit fell 35.4% to N2.28 trillion, about US$1.7 billion, in the first half of 2026, with Federation Account remittances...
August 4, 2026
Congo Approves a US$1.26 Billion Railway for the Lobito Corridor
The Lobito Corridor railway wins a draft US$1.26 billion Congolese convention with Mota-Engil to rebuild 1,004.5 km of track toward...
August 4, 2026
Trump Tariffs on Africa Challenged by 25 US States
Twenty-five US states filed suit to halt tariffs of 10 to 12.5 percent on goods from 60 trading partners, arguing...
August 4, 2026
Trump’s ‘Last Chance Decapitation’ Ultimatum over Hormuz
Donald Trump told Iran on 3 August 2026 it faced a “last chance before decapitation,” linking a final ultimatum to...
August 4, 2026
Banking stocks lift Nigerian market by N288 billion despite broad selloff
Nigerian banking stocks added N288.44 billion in market value in a single session, reversing prior-week losses even as most equities...
August 4, 2026
Ghana Manganese’s 700,000-Tonne August Push to Feed China Demand
Ghana Manganese Company says it expects monthly production to reach about 700,000 tonnes in August 2026, moving closer to an...
August 4, 2026
Uganda’s Arua Airport Gets US$180 Million Upgrade Loan
The African Development Bank approved €155.99 million (about USh652 billion) on 19 June 2026 to upgrade Arua Airport in northwestern...
August 4, 2026
Rwanda Shuts Eight Distilleries After Toxic Spirits Kill 50 People
Rwanda FDA closed eight distilleries and revoked ethanol import licences after methanol-tainted drinks killed 50 people and blinded 100 more...
August 4, 2026