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Aliko Dangote plans to list at least 10% of his group’s Ethiopian fertiliser business on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange, extending his push to bring African investors into the ownership of major industrial ventures.
American fast-food giant KFC has announced plans to replace PepsiCo beverages with Coca-Cola across its US restaurants, ending a nearly 40-year partnership and becoming the second major company to switch suppliers following Marriott International earlier this year.
South Africa’s state-owned logistics group Transnet has signed a roughly $400 million agreement with US rail equipment company Wabtec to improve the reliability of locomotives serving the country’s freight corridors.
In the first six months of 2026, Nigerians spent a massive $1.44 billion on foreign education, according to data released by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Dangote Cement has reportedly brought Goldman Sachs and UBS into preparations for a London share sale that could raise about $1 billion, advancing another major stock-market transaction within Africa’s richest man’s industrial empire.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu questioned why Cairo continued to expand its military and purchase weapons, exposing concerns over Egypt's growing defence capabilities despite decades of peace between the two countries.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu questioned why Cairo continued to expand its military and purchase weapons, exposing concerns over Egypt's growing defence capabilities despite decades of peace between the two countries.
Kenya’s Court of Appeal has decided to speed up its hearing for the telecoms giant, Vodafone, in a case challenging a ruling that cancelled a $1.9 billion deal in which the company was set to acquire a stake in Safaricom, East Africa’s largest mobile network operator.
India's Supreme Court has ordered fresh efforts to secure compensation for families of 51 nationals killed while serving in Russia's military, at a time when hundreds of African recruits have also died in the war, leaving their families seeking compensation and government intervention.
South Africa will phase out policy support for automakers that import nearly complete vehicles for local assembly, as the government seeks to strengthen domestic manufacturing, create jobs and increase the use of locally produced components.
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, recently revealed that he has plans to invest up to $50 billion in Africa’s industrialization, and Egypt will be included in this budget.
One of the world’s most prolific streamers, Darren Jason Watkins Jr., popularly known as iShowSpeed, alongside the former US presidential family, the Obamas, is working behind the scenes to bring the resonant piece of Ghanaian film, ‘The Eyes of Ghana’.
