Cybercrime makes up over 30% of reported offenses in West and East Africa. • Financial losses from 2019 to 2025 estimated at more than $3bn. • Top threats are scams, ransomware, BEC fraud, and ...

Gold Fields’ gold production in Ghana fell 10% in the first half of 2025 to 284,600 ounces. • Damang mine, in its final year of life, could see an extension under a new agreement with the Ghanaian ...

First Quantum will no longer sell minority stakes in its Zambian copper mines, Sentinel and Kansanshi. • The company recently secured a $1 billion streaming deal with U.S. firm Royal Gold Inc. on ...

Air Mauritius posted a net profit of MUR 252.7m in Q1 FY2025/26, its best first-quarter result in nine years. • The airline faced 24 AOG incidents, including an eight-week A330neo grounding, adding ...

Egypt and UNECA launched a five-day workshop in Cairo to strengthen maritime tax audits and IFRS-based compliance. The move follows a sharp 2024 Suez Canal revenue drop and targets a two-point rise in ...

Egypt’s handset market is projected to leap from $2.5 billion in 2025 to $4.8 billion by 2031. Local factories now assemble Samsung, Oppo, Xiaomi, Vivo and Nokia, cutting finished-phone imports by 97 ...

Libya’s NOC to launch first USA–Libya Energy Forum to attract U.S. investment. Tripoli targets 2m bpd output by 2028, production hit 1.38m bpd in August. Nigeria faces structural hurdles as it seeks ...

West African Resources lifts total gold reserves to 6.5m ounces (202 tons). Assets include Sanbrado, Kiaka, and Toega, with output set to grow sharply. Burkina Faso holds 15% stakes in each project ...

Premium Trust Bank met Nigeria’s ₦200bn capital rule seven months early, equal to about $133m at current rates. Wema Bank, Stanbic IBTC, Ecobank, Lotus, and Jaiz have also complied, while UBA is close ...

Tanzania produced a record 12.26 million tons of maize in 2023/2024, up 53%. Output pushed the country ahead of Nigeria and Ethiopia, second only to South Africa. Growth was driven by fertilizer ...

State-run Transco receives 30 new Mercedes-Benz buses from local assembler. Government plans $82.5m investment for 750 buses and new facilities by 2027. Expansion targets Kinshasa’s 20m residents ...

Ghana’s Mahama begins state visit to Singapore for cooperation Talks focus on trade, innovation, urban, and digital sectors Mahama to address Africa-Singapore Forum, lead investment roundtable ...