Niger plans a cybersecurity operations center to detect threats earlier and help protect essential services such as electricity and government systems. Officials are studying Burkina Faso’s experience ...

A new single-dose oral treatment could make sleeping sickness care easier and reduce hospital stays for eligible patients. Health professionals training in Togo will teach colleagues in their home ...

Uganda aims to increase electricity access from 60% in 2025 to 85% by 2030. The plan requires $17.7 billion in investment, including about $9.4 billion from private investors. More than 13 million ...

Mauritian hotel group Riveo more than doubled its quarterly revenue to Rs923 million ($19.6 million), while its net loss narrowed by 93.6% to Rs11.5 million. The reopening of Four Seasons Resort ...

South Africa's GDP rebasing lowered its estimated peak public debt-to-GDP ratio to 74.6% in 2025/26, from a previous projection of 78.4%, without reducing the amount of government debt. Statistics ...

Algeria's Sonatrach has signed an agreement with Germany's VNG AG and Norway's ICA-Finance to improve methane emissions monitoring, reduce emissions from gas operations and explore climate financing.

DR Congo has introduced seven draft ministerial orders to strengthen cybersecurity requirements for government agencies and digital service providers under its 2023 Digital Code. The proposed rules ...

Chinese contractor Sinotec Consortium has won two contracts to build 386km of high-voltage transmission lines in northern Zambia. The $292 million grant-funded project will connect Zambia to Tanzania ...

US technology company Cybastion has opened a cybersecurity center in Abidjan, using Cisco technology to strengthen cyberthreat monitoring and incident response across Ivory Coast and other African ...

DR Congo plans to digitize judicial fee payments and strengthen oversight of judicial revenues projected at $80.2 million in 2026. The EU-funded, UNDP-supported programme will connect courts, ...

Benin has adopted a 2026–2030 national strategy to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of weapons of mass destruction proliferation. The government plans to tighten ...

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) plans to mobilize $70 million for Guinea's agricultural sector, subject to board approval expected in December 2026. The financing will ...