The question of energy subsidies, a recurring issue in African public finances, is making a loud comeback. Originally designed to make gasoline, electricity, or gas affordable, these aids have ...

The Rebranding Africa Forum (RAF), founded in 2014 in Brussels, is an annual platform for strategic dialogue dedicated to addressing Africa’s major challenges and opportunities. Its mission is ...

Tunisia’s production of crude oil continues to decline. According to the report from the National Energy and Mines Observatory, production has dropped by 9% in one year, reaching 629 thousand ...

In Cameroon, between January and June 2025, the local subsidiary of Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN) Group, the South African telecommunications giant, achieved a turnover of 201.4 billion XAF ...

MTN group has appointed Karl Toriola, who has been in charge of MTN Nigeria since March 2021, as vice president for Francophone Africa. In this role, he will oversee operations in strategic high ...

Mali raised on August 20, 2025, in the UMOA financial market, an amount of 18.796 billion CFA francs (33.834 million dollars) through a simultaneous auction of Treasury assimilable bills (BAT) of ...

The Kenyan group KCB has started negotiations to acquire a bank in Ethiopia within the next 18 months as part of its expansion plan, following Addis Ababa’s decision announced last June to allow ...

Egypt and Japan have concluded 12 agreements and letters of intent covering several key sectors during the Egypt-Japan Investment Forum, held on August 18, 2025 ...

The Ghanaian government made a payment of $708.1 million in coupons on bonds issued under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) on Tuesday, August 19. This transfer, the fifth of its kind ...

The Kenyan government has announced optimistic forecasts for 2025, expecting accelerated economic growth in the years to come despite the increase in US tariffs and other challenges. This was ...

In Ghana, the world’s leading cocoa producer alongside Ivory Coast, the setting of the purchase price for the 2025/2026 campaign has sparked strong protests. A coalition of several hundred ...

Senegal aims to become self-sufficient in its gas supply by 2026, announced Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. This initiative should allow the country to save 140 billion CFA francs and reduce the ...