Ivory Coast’s new education minister placed training and qualification at the center of employability and inclusive growth. The government aims to better align basic education, technical training and labor market integration. Despite rising enrollment rates, adult illiteracy remains high, especially in rural areas. During his official inauguration on Friday, January 30, 2026, in...

Somalia and the European Union signed a €30 million ($35.5 million) agreement to support governance, resilience and economic growth. The deal forms part of a broader €102 million EU funding package targeting education, migration management and community infrastructure. The IMF expects Somalia’s economic growth to slow to 3% in 2025 from 4.1% in 2024 amid aid cuts and...

Nigeria signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Asia Economic Development Committee to build an electric vehicle plant. The project targets annual production capacity of up to 300,000 vehicles and about 10,000 jobs. The initiative supports Nigeria’s push to reduce reliance on imported used vehicles. On January 30, 2026, the Nigerian federal government signed a...

Nigeria recorded progress on the 350-megawatt Abuja gas-fired power plant after a site inspection by the grid operator. State oil company NNPC Ltd leads the project as the first phase of the Abuja Independent Power Project. The plant supports Nigeria’s plan to raise grid-connected power capacity to 8,500 MW by end-2026. According to Nigerian media reports published on January 30,...

Senegal and Mauritania set a December 25, 2026 contractual deadline for the delayed Rosso bridge project. The project missed its original mid-2024 delivery date after a planned 30-month construction period. Multilateral lenders, led by the African Development Bank, finance the €87.62 million project. Faced with persistent delays at the Rosso bridge construction site,...

(REPUBLIQUE DE DJIBOUTI) - Under the High Patronage of His Excellency Mr Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, the General State Inspectorate of the Republic of Djibouti will host, from 3 to 5 February 2026, the proceedings of the 16th meeting of the Steering Committee and the 13th International Colloquium of the Forum of African General State Inspectorates and Related...

Algeria places Alsat-3B into orbit two weeks after launching Alsat-3A Satellite boosts high-resolution imaging for mapping, resources, and risk management Move supports digital sovereignty and national space capabilities Algeria has placed the Alsat-3B satellite into orbit, just two weeks after the launch of Alsat-3A, marking a new step in the expansion of its national space...

Algeria receives first 335 buses under 10,000-bus renewal plan Imports aim to modernize aging public transport fleet Program follows deadly accidents and tighter road safety reforms A first shipment of 335 buses arrived in Algiers on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2026. This delivery is part of a government import plan for 10,000 buses intended to renew the national fleet used for public...

New graphite plant launched in Niassa with 200,000-ton annual capacity Project comes after production fell sharply in 2024 Chinese and U.S. capital support key graphite assets Mozambique inaugurated a new graphite production plant in Niassa province late last week, with an estimated investment of $200 million. The project marks a significant development for a mining sector...

In the wake of Simandou, iron ore projects are multiplying across West Africa. Once led by Liberia, Mauritania and Sierra Leone, the region’s production boom is now being driven largely by Chinese investment. ArcelorMittal said on Friday, Jan. 30, that Liberia’s parliament has ratified a mineral development agreement extending the company’s operations in the country until at least 2050....