IHS Towers apresenta-se como um dos maiores proprietários, operadores e desenvolvedores independentes de infraestruturas de telecomunicações partilhadas no mundo. A empresa afirma ter 37.000 torres em sete países africanos, incluindo Camarões, Costa do Marfim, Nigéria, África do Sul e Zâmbia. O grupo de telecomunicações sul-africano MTN Group dá mais um passo em direção ao controlo...

South Sudan delivered an initial cargo of about 600,000 barrels of Dar Blend crude to BB Energy under a $100 million prepayment deal. BB Energy filed a claim at the High Court of London in November 2025 over alleged non-compliance with delivery terms. The court lifted an injunction blocking the sale of a disputed cargo, while the main case remains pending. South Sudan delivered its...

BOAD appointed Adji Sokhna M’Baye as Chief Executive Officer of BOAD Market Solutions, its new structured finance and advisory subsidiary. The Lomé-based entity holds share capital of CFA 2.3 billion and will support complex financing operations across the WAEMU region. The initiative forms part of BOAD’s “Djoliba” strategic plan to expand into higher value-added financial services,...

The EBRD approved its first agribusiness financing in West Africa with loans totaling about $153 million in Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire. The bank granted $70 million to Robust International and €70 million ($82.9 million) to Valency International. The operations mark the start of the EBRD’s agrifood portfolio in a sub-region where Benin, Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire gained...

Coris Bank International Guinea launched its mobile money solution, Coris Money, on February 16, 2026. Orange held 92% of Guinea’s 3.2 million mobile money subscribers as of June 2025, according to ARPT. Mobile money transactions reached 1.44 billion in 2024, with total value rising to 198,489 billion Guinean francs. On Monday, February 16, Coris Bank International Guinea launched its...

GB Foods acquires 2,428 hectares for tomatoes in Ghana Land to supply Tema tomato processing plant Ghana imports average 54,361 tons paste annually GB Foods Africa has acquired a concession of nearly 2,428 hectares in the Afram Plains in Ghana's Eastern Region. The Spanish group's African arm operates in the production and marketing of fast-moving consumer goods related to...

NEM, Perminas sign MoU on Gabon’s Maboumine project Perminas may take equity stake in rare earths mine Project targets 18,000 tons rare earths annually New Energy Metals (NEM), a mining company backed by Emirati investors, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Perminas, an Indonesian state-owned company, to develop the Maboumine rare earths and niobium project in Gabon....

Congo completes $354 million buyback of 2032 bond Outstanding 2032 notes reduced to $575 million Follows $700 million 2035 bond sale in February The Republic of Congo said on Tuesday it had completed a $354 million buyback of its 2032 international bond, part of efforts to improve its debt profile, according to a Finance Ministry statement. The transaction...

Nine South African universities top sub-Saharan QS rankings University of Cape Town ranked first regionally Region’s higher education faces low enrollment, underinvestment Nine South African universities ranked among the top 10 institutions in sub-Saharan Africa in the latest QS World University Rankings published on Thursday. The ranking, which evaluated 69 institutions in 21...

Fiscal consolidation and aggressive tax collection are draining liquidity from Ivorian SMEs, even as the headline GDP growth exceeds six per cent. Banks now prefer safe sovereign Treasury bills over SME lending, trapping IMF-injected liquidity in upper finance circuits far from real economy. A fast-growing youth cohort needs formal jobs that only SMEs generate — risking a dual...