Africa

A R3.4 billion ($210 million) investment in locomotives and freight wagons is strengthening confidence in Africa’s rail sector, as several...

Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery is preparing for a potentially landmark initial public offering aimed primarily at Nigerian retail investors, as...

Standard Bank, Africa’s largest lender by assets, reported a 10 per cent increase in first-half profit and forecast stronger banking...

India and the Southern African Customs Union have formally revived negotiations for a preferential trade agreement, reopening a process that...

Guinea has banned exports of unrefined gold as part of an effort to retain more mineral wealth, create industrial employment...

Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery is preparing to raise approximately $5 billion through an initial public offering that could become the...

The African Trade and Investment Development Insurance agency plans to double its capital to $2 billion within approximately two years,...

Airtel Africa is preparing to list its fast-growing Airtel Money business on the London Stock Exchange at a potential valuation...

Tanzania’s mining industry is entering a new period of expansion as record gold prices, higher production and growing international demand...

A troubled cable car project in Antananarivo has become a symbol of Madagascar’s difficulties in modernising its transport system, exposing...