Zambia added another 500 MW solar project to its pipeline, a capacity equal to nearly 60% of the country’s current installed solar base. ZESCO has now signed PPAs covering 1 GW of new solar capacity ...

Nigeria LNG is preparing to expand export capacity with its $10 billion Train 7 project, which is expected to raise Bonny Island capacity from 22 million to 30 million tons a year. The main obstacle ...

Benin and Nigeria have connected their customs systems at Sèmè-Kraké to exchange cargo and risk data in real time. The project aims to cut border crossing times from 12–36 hours to under three hours ...

Ethiopian Airlines will launch daily nonstop flights between Durban and Addis Ababa on December 11, giving KwaZulu-Natal direct access to more than 130 onward destinations. The route should reduce ...

BB Energy plans to enter the DRC’s LPG market with new infrastructure in Boma and Kinshasa, including an import terminal and a cylinder-filling facility. The DRC project is part of a roughly $64 ...

Casablanca Finance City climbed 11 places to 38th worldwide, entering the global top 40 and ranking third in the Africa and Middle East region. The hub now brings together more than 280 member ...

OMV and Libya’s NOC have confirmed the Essar field is commercially viable, with up to 45 million barrels of recoverable oil and expected output of about 6,000 barrels per day. Existing infrastructure ...

Econet plans to shut down its 3G network by the end of 2027 before gradually retiring 2G. Only 58.8% of Zimbabwe’s population had 4G coverage in 2025, while 5G reached 18.9%. Smartphone affordability ...

Zonda Tec Ghana’s new assembly plant will be able to produce 12,000 vehicles a year, including SUVs, pickups, electric vehicles, trucks and trailers. Ghana wants to move beyond assembling imported ...

The Francophone African Music Industries Fair (SIMA) announces the third edition of the event, taking place on November 12–13, 2026, in Cotonou, Republic of Benin. Following its previous edition, ...

Côte d’Ivoire is expanding electronic signatures across local governments as part of its goal of moving toward a paperless administration by 2030. The Sygidan-Cti system is intended to digitize and ...

A $69.5 million loan will finance the 11 MW Tinkisso II hydropower plant. The project is expected to generate 48 GWh a year and supply electricity to more than 350,000 people. Grid upgrades are also ...