Côte d’Ivoire offers farmers a new deal to clear cocoa backlog
Côte d’Ivoire’s Coffee and Cocoa Council has officially launched its programme to purchase cocoa beans that have been held for weeks by producers in the West African country.
29 Jan, 2026
Zambia hopeful it can agree debt restructuring terms with Afreximbank
Zambia’s government is hopeful that it can agree debt restructuring terms with Afreximbank, even though the matter is under arbitration.
29 Jan, 2026
Ghana cedi expected to depreciate against the dollar, Nigeria’s naira seen steady next week: Reuters
Ghana’s cedi is expected to depreciate further next week on firm corporate demand, while Nigeria’s naira is seen holding steady and Kenya’s shilling is likely to remain stable, reflecting mixed currency trends across Sub-Saharan Africa.
29 Jan, 2026
Flood effects could result in reversal of inflation drop in Mozambique: analysts
Mozambique’s central bank trimmed its main interest rate by 25 basis points to 9.25% in a decision announced on Wednesday, but flood effects could reverse the drop in inflation pattern.
28 Jan, 2026
Meta, TikTok, YouTube face landmark trial over child safety, addiction
Gold hits record high of over $5,000 per ounce amid geopolitical tensions
Ghana to begin local gold refining under new GoldBod agreement
South Africa’s Nedbank to buy majority stake in Kenya’s NCBA for $856 million
US company secures $150m funding for Zimbabwe gold mine
21 Jan, 2026
Botswana warns diamond oversupply harms economy
The downturn has been compounded by softer buying in the United States and China.
18 Jan, 2026
Libya devalues dinar by 14.7%, second cut in less than a year
Libya’s central bank announced a 14.7% devaluation of the dinar on Sunday, setting the exchange rate at 6.3759 to the U.S. dollar, the currency’s second such adjustment in less than a year,
15 Jan, 2026
Nigeria enters consolidation phase after two years of reforms, finance minister says
Nigeria has entered a phase of economic consolidation after two years of reforms that helped steady inflation, stabilise the currency and lift investor confidence, Finance Minister Wale Edun said on Thursday.
13 Jan, 2026
South Africa welcomes US House approval of AGOA renewal
South Africa’s government has welcomed the approval by the United States’ House of Representatives of a bill that would renew Washington’s preferential trade programme for Africa for another three years.
13 Jan, 2026
US-Africa trade: House approves three-year Agoa extension
It is unclear whether South Africa will be excluded from the program, given strained diplomatic relations between Washington and Pretoria.
12 Jan, 2026
Ghana clears $1.47bn energy sector debts
Finance Minister Forson said the energy sector was in a fragile state when President John Dramani Mahama assumed office.
12 Jan, 2026
Mobile phones ordered in 2010 arrive 16 years later in Libya
The sender and the receiver lived only a few kilometres apart. A short drive. A long war.
8 Jan, 2026
South African rand dips while investors await manufacturing data
The South African rand slipped in early trade on Thursday, tracking most emerging market assets ahead of the release of a local purchasing managers’ index (PMI) and November production figures for the manufacturing sector.
8 Jan, 2026
French bank BNP Paribas to appeal Sudan atrocities funding verdict
The bank said it would seek to have the verdict dismissed on appeal, arguing the trial applied Swiss law incorrectly.
5 Jan, 2026
Ethiopia’s international bond jumps after draft deal with bondholders
Ethiopia’s sole international bond rose on Monday, Tradeweb data showed, after the government said it had reached a preliminary restructuring deal with its bondholders.
