Sasol is discussing coal processing projects with Uzbekistan, but no final agreement has been announced. The talks include a possible role in turning coal into chemicals used to make plastics and ...

Tinubu has urged international oil companies to award more engineering contracts to Nigerian firms, promoting domestic manufacturing and skilled jobs. Nigeria targets 70% local content in oil and gas ...

Burkina Faso has established a wine company to process locally grown grapes, with a planned $16.75 million plant in Bobo-Dioulasso. The project aims to reduce reliance on imported wine, but the ...

Kenya is discussing partnerships with two Indian companies to develop more than 14,000 hectares at Bura into a rice production and processing hub, with no investment decision announced. Domestic ...

The 2026 International Cocoa Agreement makes farmers’ living incomes an explicit goal but provides no mechanism to enforce that commitment. Earlier attempts to stabilize cocoa prices through export ...

Togo’s government has approved a bill to encourage industrial investment beyond Lomé through incentives linked to business location, pending parliamentary approval. The proposed framework prioritizes ...

Senegalese writer Cheikh Hamidou Kane, whose two novels explored the tensions between African traditions and Western modernity, died on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the age of 98. The author of ...

Ecuador has nearly caught up with Ghana in cocoa production, producing 580,000 tons in 2024/2025 compared with Ghana's approximately 600,000 tons. Higher cocoa prices, better farmer earnings and ...

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana together account for about 60% of global cocoa supply. Longtime rivals in international markets, the two countries have gradually built an alliance aimed at influencing prices, ...

On a recent field visit to Togo as part of a mission focused on the SSEQCU and SWEDD+ projects, Driss Zinedine, the World Bank Group’s sector director for Health, Nutrition and Population in Western ...

Côte d’Ivoire raised its guaranteed cocoa producer price by 10% to CFAF 1,100 per kilogram in September 2016, despite falling international prices, putting exporters under financial pressure. Unable ...

Foreign-controlled banks accounted for 57.4% of CEMAC's 54 banks at the end of 2025, down from 67.9% a year earlier. Acquisitions, ownership changes, and mergers have increased the share of banks ...