Mauritania warns three telecoms over poor service in 62 locations Demands compliance in 30 days or face new sanctions Operators previously fined; service gaps persist despite investments Mauritania's telecom regulator, Autorité de régulation (ARE), has issued a formal notice to operators Chinguitel, Mauritel, and Mattel for failing to meet quality-of-service standards. The move...

 Africa has 6.53M hectares of unrecorded non-plantation oil palms DRC and Nigeria hold largest areas; mostly wild or semi-wild palms Study suggests hidden palms support food security, local economies African nations have an unrecorded 6.53 million hectares of wild, semi-wild, and garden oil palms, an area more than three times the size of all commercial plantations on the...

AXIAN and four VCs poured €3M into Nucleon to expand AI cyber-defenses across Africa. Nucleon’s self-learning Zero-Trust platform already guards 100-plus firms in nine countries. Funding aims to scale toolset as Africa’s cyber-market nears $1.3B by 2030. AXIAN Investment announced its participation in the €3 million ($3.5 million) late seed funding round for...

Morocco’s Communal Equipment Fund secures €150M loan from AfDB plus $950k in technical aid. Financing will support 26 projects in 30+ municipalities, covering water, transport, and energy. Stable revenues position CEF to absorb new debt as Morocco advances decentralisation strategy. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an additional €150 million...

Gotion to build $5.6B battery gigafactory in Kenitra, Morocco Plant to produce 100 GWh annually, powering 2M EVs Project supports Morocco’s energy shift amid coal dependency Chinese group Gotion High-Tech is set to invest $5.6 billion in a new battery gigafactory in Kenitra, Morocco. The facility is scheduled to begin operations in the third quarter of 2026, according...

Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau sign deal to boost cultural ties Agreement includes exchanges, education, training, and festivals Deal  builds on existing cooperation in media and transport Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau have signed an agreement to strengthen cultural cooperation, according to a joint statement released on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. The agreement calls...

Lindian names Zekai Komur to lead Malawi’s First  rare earth project $59M raised for Kangankunde mine, production starts late 2026 Project part of projects under development to diversify global rare earth supply Lindian Resources has appointed Zekai Komur as executive director, the company announced in a note on Monday. Komur, who previously served as a non-executive...

· Morocco, Mistral AI sign deal to boost local AI expertise · Partnership targets training, research, and ethical AI adoption · Strategy aims for 270,000 digital jobs, $4.45B exports by 2030 The Moroccan government has signed a memorandum of understanding with French generative AI company Mistral AI to collaborate on strengthening local expertise in artificial intelligence. A...

• PIPL licensed by FSRA to operate in Abu Dhabi Global Market• Firm to raise global capital for key African growth sectors• License enables advisory, fund management, and deal structuring Premier Investment Partners Limited (PIPL), an investment advisory and fund management firm, has been licensed by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market...

• DRC unveils $20.3B 2026 budget, up 16.4% from 2025• Budget targets revenue growth, reconstruction, inequality reduction• Reforms planned amid conflict, economic, and fiscal challenges Judith Suminwa Tuluka, the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, presented the 2026 finance bill to the National Assembly on Monday. The proposed budget is set at $20.3 billion, a...