The African Development Bank has projected that the East African region will see a 5.7 percent economic growth in 2025, up by 0.6 percent from the previous year. In its latest outlook seen by APA over ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Mr. Bosun Tijani, says that the Nigerian Government approved a 50 per cent tariff hike for telecommunication companies to sustain ...

Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that 18 persons died while 13 others survived in the petrol tanker explosion in Enugu state in southeastern Nigeria on Saturday. The FRSC said in a ...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed concern over the deteriorating security and humanitarian situations in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Morocco’s tourism sector experienced unprecedented growth in 2024, with revenues exceeding $11 billion and welcoming a record 17.4 million tourists. This represents a significant surge, with a 20% ...

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was felt across the Ethiopian Rift Valley, west of Lake Awash, mount Fentale area on Sunday evening, the Seismology and Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Unit of the Addis ...

Nigeria’s Bank of Industry (BoI) has signed a $50 million loan portfolio guarantee agreement with the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) to provide funding for MSMEs and women-owned businesses in Nigeria.

The Council of Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), meeting in Bamako on January 22, 2025, ratified a series of ambitious initiatives aimed at fostering regional integration and ...

The General Confederation of Enterprises of Côte d’Ivoire (CGECI) held a workshop on January 22, 2025, to present the key provisions of the recently reformed Investment Code. The reform, implemented ...

A major Interpol operation targeting illegal mining activities across West Africa has resulted in the arrest of 200 individuals and the seizure of significant quantities of hazardous materials. Dubbed ...

Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Transport and Aviation released its 2024 Agency Performance Scores during an inter-agency meeting held on January 16th. The meeting aimed to review agency performance, set ...