Binance has reported a cyberattack affecting approximately $6.3 billion in digital assets, potentially making it the largest cryptocurrency hack on record. The exchange has frozen about $3 billion in ...

Namibia's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 7%, aiming to contain inflationary pressures from rising energy costs. Annual inflation accelerated to 5.4% in September ...

Uganda exported $889 million worth of gold in August 2026, accounting for nearly 60% of its merchandise export earnings, as gold shipments rose 68.9% year-on-year. Conflict-affected mining sites in ...

Fifty-six professionals from across WAEMU completed a seven-month executive banking management program. The training covered banking risks, cybersecurity, blockchain, digital transformation and ...

France's development agency AFD and Nigeria's Bank of Industry (BoI) have signed a $30 million financing agreement to support the country's creative industries under its Destination 2030 strategy.

The first phase of Cameroon's revised power link with Chad is now estimated to cost CFA145.2 billion. A CFA287 billion funding gap prompted the two countries to scale back the project and build it in ...

Gulf crude exports reached 13.9 million barrels per day in September, recovering to more than 75% of pre-war levels, but nearly 2 million barrels per day of regional refining capacity remained offline ...

China's Nanning Agricultural Development Group is considering a CFA88 billion investment in sugar and rice production in eastern Cameroon. The proposal includes a sugar mill with annual capacity of 60 ...

Highveld Industrial Park has opened a second solar plant with 6.35 MWp of capacity and battery storage. The new facility is expected to generate nearly 10 GWh of electricity annually. The investment ...

AXIAN Energy has secured €30 million from IFC and Proparco for Benin's IPP50 solar project. Four solar plants will produce an estimated 110 GWh of electricity annually. Benin aims to increase ...

Burkina Faso has approved a five-year HIV/AIDS strategy with an estimated budget of $235.3 million. Treatment and prevention account for 79% of the planned spending. The country has reduced HIV ...

Afentra is moving closer to completing acquisitions in Angola's offshore Blocks 3/05 and 3/05A after authorities published the required executive decrees. The British company will increase its stakes ...