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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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%.

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 ...

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 ...

Kenya plans to invest about $350 million over ten years to restore ecosystems and livelihoods in the Lake Victoria basin. The government allocated $100 million in the 2027/28 budget for the program’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

DRC central bank to launch Bloomberg FXGO DRC platform Six-week beta underway before rollout within two months System aims to boost FX transparency, price discovery The Central Bank of the Congo (BCC) ...

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 ...

Bank records $10 million loss from sale of Cameroon and Gambia units. Exit cuts $300 million in risk-weighted assets. Move aligns with strategy to focus on higher-return corridors. Standard Chartered ...