Ferdi estimates that insecurity has cut Cameroon’s agricultural value added by $1 billion per year since 2016. Cameroon Development Corporation halved banana exports and lost CFA38.7 billion between 2019 and 2021. Ferdi reports that violence has forced farmers across West and Central Africa to abandon 30–50% of cultivated land. Cameroon’s agricultural sector, which...

As African governments confront declining donor funding and a persistent learning crisis, the Gates Foundation has made foundational learning its top education priority. Benjamin Piper, Director of Global Education at the foundation, spoke with us on the sidelines of the ADEA Triennale in Accra, Ghana, in October 2025, about why investing in early-grade primary literacy and numeracy offers the...

Review finds most online outlets operate illegally under current framework New Media Code aims to boost standards, licensing rules, and accountability Gabon’s Minister of Communication and Media, Paul-Marie Gondjout, met with the High Authority for Communication (HAC) on Friday, November 14, to begin talks on overhauling the country’s media laws. The meeting marks an important step...

Company targets 40-45% of overseas revenue from Africa by 2030 Projects span hydropower, solar, and gas; new sites planned across continent China’s state-owned PowerChina plans to expand its presence in Africa by focusing heavily on renewable energy projects, a company executive said at the first Bloomberg Summit on African Business in Johannesburg. The engineering and power...

Cassava and Rockefeller Foundation partner to boost AI adoption in Africa Local high-performance computing access extended to eight African countries Initiative targets AI solutions in agriculture, health, and education sectors Cassava Technologies and the Rockefeller Foundation announced a partnership on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, to speed up the adoption of artificial...

Sosucam opens 2025-2026 sugar season, urges tighter import controls Company warns of oversupply risks, cites global subsidies and local disruption Sector faces labour, competitiveness, and policy challenges amid fragile recovery Cameroon’s main sugar producer, the Société Sucrière du Cameroun (Sosucam), has opened the 2025-2026 crushing season. The company has also...

Cameroon banana exports stable despite BPL halting shipments since September 2025 CDBM drives growth with export surges of 86% and 97.8% in Sept-Oct PHP rebounds in October; CDC’s gains limited by Anglophone crisis impact Only three of the four operators active in Cameroon exported bananas in September and October 2025. According to the Banana Association (ASSOBACAM), Boh...

Panel warns that several low-income countries face mounting debt pressure Calls for a simple mechanism to replace costly debt with affordable financing Report critiques slow G20 Common Framework and pushes for borrower coalition With three days to go before the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, a panel of African experts is pressing the international community to act....

African experts urge G20 to address bias in global credit ratings Report says unfair ratings raise borrowing costs, harm development efforts AU plans African Rating Agency by late 2025 to reflect regional realities A panel of African experts warned G20 members on Tuesday that major credit rating agencies use methods they say unfairly disadvantage the continent’s economies. The experts,...

Inflation increases from 3.4 % in September to 3.6 % in October Rate reaches its highest level since September 2024 Transport, recreation, alcohol, and tobacco drive the rise South Africa’s inflation rate rose slightly to 3.6 % in October 2025, up from 3.4 % the previous month, according to data released on November 19 by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). Stats...