Pope Leo XIV to tour four African nations April 13-23 First Africa visit since 2025 election Trip highlights continent’s growing Catholic population The Vatican has officially announced a 10-day ...

Sub-Saharan Africa raised defense spending by 19% in 2025 to $23.6 billion, according to IISS. Nigeria nearly doubled its defense budget to $2.29 billion, while South Africa cut spending by 2.5%.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon signed a memorandum of understanding on Feb. 19 to develop mobile roaming between their territories. The regulators ARPTC and ARCEP initialed the protocol ...

More than 500 media leaders gathered in Nairobi on Feb. 25–26 for the fourth African Media Festival under the theme “Resilient Stories: Reinventing Media Freedom.” Organizers launched the Africa Media ...

Zimbabwe imposed an immediate ban on lithium concentrate exports, advancing a planned 2027 deadline by one year. Authorities applied the embargo to shipments already in transit and did not specify its ...

Central Bank reviewing core banking laws to clarify fintech and digital banking oversight. Kenya remains one of Africa’s largest fintech investment destinations. New legislation ...

Mwanza–Isaka SGR segment reaches 68% completion. Project is final lot of phase one linking Dar es Salaam to Mwanza. Rail upgrade aims to cut travel time and strengthen regional trade links. The ...

Togo initiated a revision of its aquaculture legal framework to align with production, investment, and biosafety needs. National production reached about 3,500 tonnes, up from roughly 120 tonnes in ...

Rwanda and GiveDirectly will mobilize more than $150 million over five years to reduce poverty by 25% in the five poorest districts. Rwanda reduced its national poverty rate by 12.4 percentage points ...

IFAD approved $78.5 million to support Rwanda’s agricultural transformation and climate resilience. Agriculture employs about 64.5% of Rwanda’s population and contributes roughly 25% of GDP. Rwanda ...

Government aims to attract local and foreign investment into sugar industry. Annual demand stands at 700,000 tons, well above local output. Sugar imports nearly tripled between 2020 and 2024. The ...

AfDB and UNDP aim to mobilize up to $10 billion for AI development by 2035. Funds will target data infrastructure, computing capacity, start-ups and skills training. Initiative projects up to 40 ...