Benin Signs US$106 Million in Deals at Macron Talks
Benin signed power and farm financing worth about US$106 million plus a DNA lab mandate as Macron hosted President Romuald...
October 7, 2026Topic
Foreign direct investment
Nigeria Claims US$200 Billion in Free Zone Investment
Nigeria says its free zones drew over US$200 billion of foreign investment. The tally is cumulative, and new rules cap...
October 2, 2026
US Makes Uganda First Test of Trade Over Aid Push With US$1.2 Billion Plan
Uganda is the first test of Washington's Trade Over Aid push: a US$1.2 billion tourism and coffee pipeline pitched in...
September 30, 2026
Nigeria: TGI Group to Take 43% of DP World Logistics After Port Plan
A Nigerian conglomerate is buying 43% of DP World Logistics a day after Dubai's DP World agreed plans for a...
September 30, 2026
Brazil Foreign Direct Investment Covers Its August Deficit With the World
Brazil foreign direct investment hit US$7.4 billion in August, more than covering the US$5.05 billion current-account gap, ahead of the...
September 29, 2026
Angola and Philip Morris Discuss Investment and a Local Office
Philip Morris International met Angola’s foreign minister at the UN General Assembly to discuss investment opportunities and a possible office...
September 22, 2026
Predictable Policies Will Pull Investors to East Africa, Kenya Says
Kenya says predictable rules, not tax giveaways, will draw investors to East Africa, citing more than 50 business reforms and...
September 20, 2026
Côte d’Ivoire Investment Agency Pushes to Turn Announcements into Real Projects
CEPICI approved 812.67 billion CFA francs in private investment in 2025, but the agency now wants more of that money...
September 11, 2026
Egypt’s Canal Zone Pulled In US$7 Billion in a Year, Most of It Looking East
The Suez Canal Economic Zone attracted US$7 billion across 117 projects in a year, with revenue up 37% and Chinese...
September 1, 2026