Mali signs three-year employment and training partnership with UNHCR Deal targets refugee, displaced, and stateless persons’ economic integration Mali hosts over 250,000 refugees and 402,000 internally displaced people Mali’s Minister of National Entrepreneurship, Employment and Vocational Training, Oumou Sall Seck, on Friday chaired the signing of a memorandum of...

Digital economy minister meets investors from the UAE and Tunisia Government seeks private partnerships to accelerate digital projects DRC plans $1.5 billion in digital transformation spending through 2030 The Democratic Republic of the Congo is stepping up efforts to attract foreign investment into its digital sector, as part of a broader strategy to develop national...

Burkina Faso upgrades Gaoua University Center to full university status Enrollment rose to 1,166 students, faculty expanded to 37 members Move supports national education reforms amid rising higher-education demand Burkina Faso has approved a decree upgrading the Gaoua University Center (CUG) to a full university, the government said after a Council of Ministers meeting on...

South Africa approves 18.36% residential power hikes over two years NERSA allows Eskom to recover $3.4 billion after pricing error Heavy industries receive tariff relief as households face rising costs Residential electricity bills in South Africa are set to rise by nearly 18.36% over two years. This follows a decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa...

Government targets underserved rural and remote areas Program aims to connect one million people by end-2026 Satellite access to complement existing mobile networks Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on February 7 launched a national universal connectivity initiative aimed at providing free internet access to one million people, with priority given to areas where digital access has...

State miner SODEMI and China’s CGM create a new exploration company Joint venture launches first bauxite exploration project Côte d’Ivoire seeks to build a stronger mining pipeline Côte d’Ivoire has announced the creation of the Ivoiro-Chinese Exploration Company, a new mining joint venture between the state-owned Société pour le Développement Minier de la Côte d’Ivoire and...

(BIDC) - The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has appointed Mr. Baba Malick Ba as Regional Director overseeing Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde and Guinea, effective February 1, 2026. Mr. Baba Malick Ba is a senior finance professional with extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, spanning various fields: risk management,...

Government moves forward with land allocation for selected green hydrogen projects Five investor groups selected for projects worth about $35 billion Each project may access up to 30,000 hectares in southern regions Morocco’s head of government, Aziz Akhannouch, met on February 5 in Rabat with representatives of national and international investors whose projects were selected under...

Agoco completes major overhaul of Al-Sarir refinery in eastern Libya Facility resumes operations after planned shutdown and safety tests Restart comes as Libya seeks to expand refining capacity nationwide Libya’s Al-Sarir refinery, located in the eastern part of the country, has restored its production capacity following the completion of major maintenance work on its facilities,...

PenCom licenses Awabah as the first approved pension agent Move targets informal and self-employed workers under the micro pension scheme Reform aims to widen coverage in a sector employing over 65% of the workforce Nigeria’s pension regulator, the National Pension Commission, said on February 7, 2026, that it had granted Awabah a license as a pension agent authorized to enroll...