Dangote Plans World’s Largest Oil Refinery in Nigeria
Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote announced plans to double the capacity of the Lagos-based Dangote Refinery from 650,000 barrels per day...
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Namibia’s President Assumes Control of Mines Ministry
Namibia’s President Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has dismissed Deputy Prime Minister Natangwe Ithete from his cabinet roles and will personally assume...
Shell Commits $2 Billion to Offshore Gas Project in Nigeria
Shell Nigeria and partner Sunlink Energies announced Tuesday a $2 billion investment for the HI gas project in the shallow...
World Cotton Day Highlights Africa’s Push for Sustainable Trade
On World Cotton Day 2025, held at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome, African cotton producers and...
Zimbabwe Launches Energy Strategy Amid $9B Investment Drive
Five-pillar energy compact targets renewables, clean cooking and $9B investment to boost Zimbabwe’s power sector, trade links
African Nations Pledge Reforms to Boost Power Access
Seventeen African governments have committed to concrete reforms and investment plans aimed at expanding electricity access as part of Mission...
Botswana’s Boko Pushes for Stronger Intra-African Trade
Botswana President Duma Boko has emphasized the need for stronger intra-African trade ties, highlighting it as a key driver of...
‘It’s My Dam’: Ethiopia’s Power Project Inspires a Continent
Fourteen years ago, in a quiet family meeting in Addis Ababa, a retired auditor and a housewife decided to invest...
Nigeria to Impose 5% Fuel Tax in 2026 Amid Economic Strain
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced a 5% tax on fossil fuel purchases starting Jan. 1, 2026, as part of...
Angola Opens $473M Cabinda Refinery to Cut Fuel Imports
Angolan President João Lourenço inaugurated the Cabinda Refinery on Monday, marking the country's first new oil processing facility built since...
Training Expands Poultry Support Network in Zambia
A new round of field training in Zambia is strengthening the frontline workforce supporting small-scale poultry farmers as agricultural programs...
Africa Emerges as the Global Swing Bloc in a Shifting Global Order
Moments of geopolitical conflict often reshape the global economy in ways that extend far beyond the battlefield. Energy markets tighten,...
Mame Khady Diouf: A Rising Force in Peace Negotiations and Mediation
In many high-level peace negotiations across Africa, those most affected by conflict are absent from the room. Women, who often...
At 24, an Ethiopian Woman Preserves a 1,000-Year-Old Manuscript Tradition
She stretches goat skin across wooden frames and scrapes it clean with steel blades, enduring the smell, the flies and...