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Gabon Secures $350M PPP to Modernize Transgabonais Railway, Boosting Manganese Exports and Industrial Growth
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Gabon secures $350 million to modernize the transgabonais railway and safeguard 80% of mining exports

Gabon is moving decisively to modernize its only railway corridor through a $350 million innovative financing package structured as a public-private partnership. The transaction brings together the Société d’exploitation du Transgabonais (Setrag), French mining group Eramet, infrastructure investment firm Meridiam, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm…

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Scanning crisis at douala-bonaberi port : dual operators, container blockage and rising threat to Cameroon’s economy

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African healthtech: a high-impact market still largely underfunded

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Expanded access to the Chinese market: 53 African countries will benefit from zero tariffs starting May 1st

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CEMAC’s financial engine: how Cameroon controls 74% of microfinance

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Cameroon’s Opalm Launches CFA 45 Billion Palm Oil Expansion to Cut Imports and Boost Local Production
Cameroon

Palm oil in Cameroon: Opalm acquires Eseka from Socapalm with ambition to triple processing capacity

Cameroon Unveils CFA 1,749 Billion Iron Ore Investment Plan to Boost Steel Production and Cut Oil Dependence
Cameroon

Iron in Cameroon: The bold 1,749 Billion CFA Franc bet to transform the economy by 2030

Cameroon Launches 2026 Financing Strategy, Targets CFAF 1,650 Billion in Domestic and International Markets
Cameroon

Cameroon: Louis Paul Motazé unveils 2026 state financing program with a CFAF 1,650 billion borrowing ceiling

Africa Leads Global Offshore Drilling Boom in 2025
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Ultra-deep offshore : how Africa has become the global epicenter of oil and gas in 2026

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Cameroun: how Nachtigal, Memve’ele and Lom Pangar are transforming country’s energy system
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Powering industry: can Cameroon’s hydro boom support the Douala hub?

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Tanzania to sell Gold reserves for infrastructure funding
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Powering the Mines: How the 900 MW Kinsuka Plant Boosts DRC Industry
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DRC’s $2.8B Kinsuka hydropower project: a new era for energy investment

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Iron in Cameroon: The bold 1,749 Billion CFA Franc bet to transform the economy by 2030

Cameroon Unveils CFA 1,749 Billion Iron Ore Investment Plan to Boost Steel Production and Cut Oil Dependence

With GDP estimated at 28,000 billion CFA francs in 2025, Cameroon remains the second largest economy in the CEMAC region. However, its productive structure remains vulnerable. Oil exports still account…

Cameroun: how Nachtigal, Memve’ele and Lom Pangar are transforming country’s energy system

Powering industry: can Cameroon’s hydro boom support the Douala hub?

Tanzania to sell Gold reserves for infrastructure funding
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Daouda Soukpafolo takes control of Uniwax: ivorian cotton magnate reclaims a West African textile champion
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Daouda Soukpafolo takes control of Uniwax: ivorian cotton magnate reclaims a West African textile champion

Awodi-07 Discovery Signals Nigeria’s Oil Revival as NNPC–Chevron Boost Offshore Production
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Nigeria : Awodi-07 oil discovery strengthens production recovery and revives investor confidence

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Cameroon: microfinance as a tool for financial inclusion or a debt trap
Finance
Finance

CEMAC’s financial engine: how Cameroon controls 74% of microfinance

Cameroon accounts for nearly 74% of all MFIs in the CEMAC zone, with 385 licensed institutions in 2025, slightly down from 390 in 2024. These institutions are especially crucial in…

Tanzania to sell Gold reserves for infrastructure funding
Finance

Tanzania to sell Gold reserves for infrastructure funding

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Cameroon Introduces a 3% Digital Tax: What the 2026 Finance Law Really Changes
Finance

Finance : Cameroon’s 2026 finance law digital taxation, content creators and new fiscal levers for economic transformation

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Dangote Group Plans 2026 IPO: Invest in Naira, Receive Dividends in Dollars
Finance

Nigeria : Dangote refinery to pay US dollar dividends in Lagos IPO

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Africa’s Financial Future: Inside the High-Level Summit Shaping a New Continental Capital-Market Architecture
Finance

Finance : AfDB group mobilizes african stock markets to shape a new financial architecture for the continent

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Keza rice, a niche opportunity in Rwanda
Agribusiness

Keza rice, a niche opportunity in Rwanda

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Algeria : 250,000 l/d mega-dairy to boost local production
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Algeria : 250,000 l/d mega-dairy to boost local production

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Angola : a land of opportunity for agricultural investors
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Angola : a land of opportunities for agricultural investors

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Ivory Coast: African Rubber Plantation Society reports a 151% increase in net profit for the third quarter of 2024
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Ivory Coast: African Rubber Plantation Society reports a 151% increase in net profit for the third quarter of 2024

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Daouda Soukpafolo takes control of Uniwax: ivorian cotton magnate reclaims a West African textile champion
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Ivory Coast and Ghana Launch a Cross-Border Agro-Industrial Park to Transform West Africa’s Food Economy
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Africa : IMF financing and the limits of debt-led stabilisation
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Africa : IMF financing and the limits of debt-led stabilisation

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Tanzania to sell Gold reserves for infrastructure funding
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Tanzania to sell Gold reserves for infrastructure funding

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Port Authority of Douala: why the scanning controversy threatens Cameroon’s economy and investments

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Morocco’s 500 MW Dakhla Data Center: The Project That Could Redraw Africa’s Digital Map
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Dakhla, Africa’s emerging data powerhouse: Morocco’s strategic bet on a 500 MW green data center

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