JEA Urges FTA with African Countries to Expand Market Reach

Ammon News - The Jordan Exporters Association (JEA) has called for the establishment of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Jordan and African countries to enhance the country’s export performance and industrial footprint across one of the...

MTN Group Fintech Secures Best Platform Business Award at Y’ello Care Awards

MTN Group Fintech proudly announces its historic achievement by securing the first Regional Platform Business Award at MTN’s Y’ello Care Awards. For 21 days in June, MoMo teams across the group and markets on the continent made a positive impact...

Airtel Africa Foundation Partners with the ITU, RISA & Cisco to Help Rwandans Boost Digital Skills

Airtel Africa Foundation has partnered on a Joint Initiative with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA) and Cisco on capacity and digital skills development, under the Digital Transformation...

ALPi law firm admits 10th partner

Effi & Associés, a leading business law firm based in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, has become the 10th member firm of Africa Law Practice International (ALPi), a Pan-African legal and professional services network. The on-boarding ceremony took place...

East Africa’s $420m synthetic fuel project aims to rival Dangote in Africa’s jet fuel market

Tanzania is edging closer to launching one of its most transformative industrial projects, the development of a gas-to-liquid (GTL) plant that will locally produce diesel, jet fuel, naptha, hydrogen, and fertilizer posing as a major challenger to...

Malawi economy loses ground to peers—IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Malawi’s economy is losing ground to its regional peers as reform momentum stalls, inflation persists and public debt mounts. In its Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook for October 2025, the...

Rwanda economy withstands global trade shocks

In the ever-volatile landscape of global trade, Rwanda stands as a beacon of economic stability. Despite ongoing uncertainties, Rwanda’s economy is projected to grow to an impressive 7.6% by 2026, according to the latest forecast by the...

Rwanda upbeat on deepening investments in ICT sector

Rwanda is increasingly focusing on bolstering digital literacy and enhancing its ICT sector to prepare its workforce for global demands. In an exclusive interview with CNBC Africa, Esther Kunda, Director-General of the Ministry of ICT in Rwanda,...

Kenya’s economy lagging behind Tanzania, AU report shows

FILE Kenya is lagging behind Tanzania in the region in trade diversification, mainly trading in raw material goods, hence slowing down economic growth and compounding poverty, a new African Union report shows. The 2025 African Union Continent...

Amid Bolstering Bilateral Trade Relations, Confidence, UK’s Body Shop Debuts in Lagos

•Nigeria, UK trade hits £7.9 billion James Emejo and Michael Olugbode in Abuja The UK’s Body Shop has announced the opening of a new store in Lagos, following the brand’s successful debut in Abuja in March. The development further demonstrates the...

The 13th All Africa Business Leaders Awards to Recognise Excellence in African Leadership and Innovation

27 October 2025 | Johannesburg, South Africa – The All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA™), in partnership with CNBC Africa, SNG Grant Thornton, and Henley Business School Africa, will host its 13th edition on 12 November 2025 at the Sandton...

Kigali Plant Boosts Africa’s Vaccine Self-Reliance

Backed by fresh European financing, BioNTech’s Kigali facility is emerging as the cornerstone of Africa’s mRNA vaccine ecosystem, bridging the gap between ambition and large-scale production. A new European financial backing of BioNTech’s mRNA...

These millennials working in finance and tech were among the donors who gave over $125 million after Trump slashed foreign aid

Multiple groups launched fundraisers in February and eventually, these emergency funds mobilized more than $125 million within eight months, a sum that while not nearly enough, was more than the organizers had ever imagined possible. In those...

Celebrate 100 Years Of Legacy And Learn From Rwanda's Sustainable Tourism Model

Silverback Mountain Gorilla is an endangered species of primate living in Rwanda, Uganda and DRC. getty Rwanda has a lot to celebrate this year. A century ago, in 1925, Africa’s first national park was created, launching the Greater Virunga...

War economy: How M23’s rise fuels trade between Rwanda, Uganda, eastern Congo ?

Despite escalating conflict in eastern DRC, traders in Rwanda and Uganda are reaping windfalls as rebel-controlled territories increasingly depend on them for essential supplies. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), especially the troubled...

Gen Z are calling for a boycott on travel to Dubai and the UAE - here's why

There have been calls by Gen Z in recent days to boycott visiting Dubai and the UAE due to the Gulf state’s backing of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of the war in Sudan. It comes after the RSF - a UAE-backed militia - took over the...

Golf: Wangai, Kibugu to headline Sunshine Development Tour seventh round

Audio By Vocalize Kenyan pros John Wangai and Njoroge Kibugu will head into the final round of the seventh leg of the Sunshine Development Tour – East Africa Swing, tied for the lead on 7-under-par 137, after an eventful second day of play at the...

Rwanda Sets New Plans to Manage and Prevent HIV/AIDS

4 Young Rwandans hanging out during the International Trade Expo in Gikondo in 2024. RBC, AHF and RNGOF say that new infections among youth are largely as a result of changing lifestyles and early indulgent sexual activities (Photo: Daniel...

Immigration, Woke/DEI, Trade, and National Security: Trump Scorecard After Ten Months

Photo courtesy of the United States Department of State As of October 2025, President Trump has made good on an unprecedented number of campaign promises, everything from securing the border and demanding that Europe increase its defense spending...

Peter Obi faults Nigeria’s absence from IMF fastest-growing economies list 

Former Governor of Anambra state and 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has expressed concern over Nigeria’s absence from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) list of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, describing it as a...