Ghana Hosts a Veteran Astronaut and Sets Out a Plan for Its Own Space Institution
Ghana is drawing up a national space policy and a first space institution, its foreign minister said while hosting the...
September 17, 2026Section
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Cameroon Tells the IAEA It Is Studying Civil Nuclear Power
Cameroon told the International Atomic Energy Agency on 15 September 2026 that a civil nuclear feasibility study is under way....
September 17, 2026
Nigeria Flared 7.48 Percent of Its Gas in August, the Highest Rate Since October 2025
Nigeria flared 7.48 percent of its gas output in August 2026, the highest rate since October 2025, with flared volumes...
September 17, 2026
Seplat Energy Shares Hold a Record for Six Sessions as Nigeria’s Oil Stocks Fall
The Seplat Energy share price record set on 10 September 2026 has held for six sessions, while Nigerian rivals Oando...
September 17, 2026
West African Firms Can Now Connect Their Own Software to the Regional Payment System
Twenty-four approved business interfaces now connect company accounting software to the UEMOA instant payment system used across eight West African...
September 17, 2026
Ghana’s Pension Fund Tells Retirees to Go Digital, and Admits the Gap It Has to Close
Ghana's SSNIT urged pensioners in Takoradi to use its digital channels on 17 September 2026, as annual certificate renewal became...
September 17, 2026
Kenya’s Co-operative Bank Signs a US$100 Million Swap With Development Lender EBRD
Co-operative Bank of Kenya and the EBRD signed a US$100 million currency swap on 16 September 2026, the first deal...
September 17, 2026
Long-Term Illness Now Causes 37 Percent of Deaths in Africa, and Most Come Early
Noncommunicable disease deaths in Africa reached 37 percent of the total in 2019, up from 24 percent in 2000, and...
September 17, 2026
Plug-In Cars Overtake Hybrids in South Africa as Electrified Sales Near 4.4 Percent
South Africa new energy vehicle sales hit 16,289 units in the first seven months of 2026, up 88 percent and...
September 17, 2026