Kenya Plans Raw Gold Export Ban Amid Turkana Fight
Kenya plans to ban raw gold exports, yet over 90% of its gold comes from informal miners. A Turkana licence...
October 2, 2026Section
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Ghana Mobile Money Hits US$44 Billion in August
Ghanaians moved about US$44 billion through phone wallets in August, up 46.5% in a year. Now banks are training hairdressers...
October 2, 2026
Ghana Plans Law Forcing State Buyers to Buy Local Food
Ghana will rewrite its public procurement law so schools and other state buyers must buy food from local farmers, squeezing...
October 2, 2026
Morocco and Mistral AI Unveil Moroccan Arabic AI Tools
Morocco and France's Mistral AI unveiled two AI tools that understand Darija, the Arabic most Moroccans speak. Morocco wants AI...
October 2, 2026
Burundi’s Rwanda Imports Double Despite Closed Border
Rwanda's recorded exports to Burundi more than doubled to US$13.4 million in April to June 2026, though Burundi shut the...
October 2, 2026
Somalia and Djibouti Leaders Meet Amid Ethiopia War
Ethiopia’s war has flared near the route that carries over 90% of its trade. Somalia’s president flew to Djibouti on...
October 2, 2026
Namibia Unveils 176-Carat Diamond From Coastal Mine
Namibia unveiled Owishi, a 176-carat diamond, its coastal mine's biggest in 20 years, just as De Beers, its 50:50 mining...
October 2, 2026
US Envoy Presses Polisario Front on Western Sahara
Washington's UN envoy met Western Sahara's Polisario Front as a UN mission set up in 1991 for a referendum that...
October 2, 2026
Cape Town Moves to Charge Airbnb Hosts Hotel Rates
Cape Town wants Airbnb hosts letting homes over 183 nights a year to pay commercial rates, up to three times...
October 2, 2026