Algeria's Sonatrach has signed an agreement with Germany's VNG AG and Norway's ICA-Finance to improve methane emissions monitoring, reduce emissions from gas operations and explore climate financing.

South Africa's GDP rebasing lowered its estimated peak public debt-to-GDP ratio to 74.6% in 2025/26, from a previous projection of 78.4%, without reducing the amount of government debt. Statistics ...

DR Congo has introduced seven draft ministerial orders to strengthen cybersecurity requirements for government agencies and digital service providers under its 2023 Digital Code. The proposed rules ...

Mauritian hotel group Riveo more than doubled its quarterly revenue to Rs923 million ($19.6 million), while its net loss narrowed by 93.6% to Rs11.5 million. The reopening of Four Seasons Resort ...

Chinese contractor Sinotec Consortium has won two contracts to build 386km of high-voltage transmission lines in northern Zambia. The $292 million grant-funded project will connect Zambia to Tanzania ...

US technology company Cybastion has opened a cybersecurity center in Abidjan, using Cisco technology to strengthen cyberthreat monitoring and incident response across Ivory Coast and other African ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Burkina Faso's economy to expand by 4.8% in 2027, up from a projected 4.4% in 2026, supported by gold production and an agricultural recovery. El ...

DR Congo plans to digitize judicial fee payments and strengthen oversight of judicial revenues projected at $80.2 million in 2026. The EU-funded, UNDP-supported programme will connect courts, ...

Zambia plans to make 10 million additional smartphones available over the next five years as it seeks to expand broadband access to 80% of its population. Smartphones account for 12.4 million of ...

Russian pharmaceutical company Pharmasyntez plans to expand its African operations through drug registrations, public procurement contracts and local distribution partnerships. Libya remains its only ...

DR Congo's rural electrification agency ANSER has signed a cooperation agreement with SEPCO, a PowerChina subsidiary, to develop energy and industrial projects, including a 100 MW solar facility ...

Benin has adopted a 2026–2030 national strategy to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of weapons of mass destruction proliferation. The government plans to tighten ...