Dangote Consolidates Cement Business in Africa

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote is expanding his business empire to more African countries with the official launch on 8th October 2025 of the cement manufacturing operations in Attingué, some 30 km from Abidjan, the Ivorian capital. Already,...

NSIA Assurances Côte d'Ivoire launches online motor insurance claims service

NSIA Assurances Côte d'Ivoire has introduced a fully digital service for reporting and tracking motor insurance claims. Policyholders can now report accidents, upload photo evidence, complete the necessary forms, and track the progress of their...

Customs Seme Command Seizes N1.99bn Worth Of Contraband Along Lagos–Abidjan Corridor

The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, on Thursday announced the seizure of a range of contraband items, including illicit drugs and expired flour from Egypt, valued at N1.99 billion, between September 1 and October 9, 2025, along the...

Barrick exits Ivory Coast with $305 million Tongon mine sale

Barrick Mining announced on Monday that it has agreed to sell its interests in the Tongon gold mine and related assets in Côte d’Ivoire to Abidjan-based Atlantic Group for up to $305 million, as part of its ongoing effort to streamline operations...

Canadian Barrick Mining sells gold mine in Ivory Coast for $305 million

BOI boss urges coordinated action to unlock Africa’s industrial potential

The managing director of the Bank of Industry, Olasupo Olusi, has called for deliberate and coordinated actions to unlock Africa’s full industrial potential. Mr Olusi said this on Thursday at the inauguration of Course 34 of the National Defence...

Africa Needs Cheaper Credit To Power Manufacturing — BoI MD

The managing director of the Bank of Industry (BoI), Dr. Olasupo Olusi, has urged African governments, development finance institutions and the private sector to take deliberate, coordinated action to unlock the continent’s industrial potential,...

ECOWAS gets new Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Agriculture

Africa L-R: Dr Yaouza Ouro-Sama, ECOWAS Court Chief Registrar; Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Nigeria’s Minister of State, Foreign Affairs; Dr Omar Touray, ECOWAS Commission President; Justice Ricardo Goncalves, ECOWAS Court President; Dr Kalilou...

African Trade Experts to Meet in Abidjan

As global financial headwinds continue to squeeze emerging markets, Africa’s trade finance gap, estimated at up to $100 billion annually, will once again come under the spotlight. To help close this gap, Afreximbank will host the 25th edition of...

ATFS2025: African trade experts to meet in Abidjan — trade finance gap high on agenda

As global financial headwinds continue to squeeze emerging markets, Africa’s trade finance gap, estimated at up to $100 billion annually, will once again come under the spotlight. To help close this gap, Afreximbank will host the 25th edition of...

Ivory Coast sets record cocoa farm gate price amid global market surge 

IVORY COAST – Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, has announced a record-high farm gate price of 2,800 CFA francs (US$5) per kilogram for the upcoming 2025-2026 main harvest. The announcement reflects the sharp rise in global cocoa...

Ivory Coast grants 11 new mining permits to boost exploration

Ivory Coast said it has granted 11 new mining exploration permits to local and international companies for gold, cobalt and copper, as the world's top cocoa producer seeks to attract further investment in its booming mining sector as it...

Vitol Wins Deal of the Year Award at African Energy Week

Global energy and commodity trading firm Vitol has been honored with the Deal of the Year award at the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 conference. The award recognizes Vitol’s bold expansion strategy across West and...

AD Bank approves $22.8 m Mozambique rice production grant 

ELLEN MLAMBO-MANYENYEREKWA ABIDJAN- The African Development Bank Group has approved a $22.8 million grant from its concessional African Development Fund to strengthen Mozambique’s rice value chain and enhance climate resilience, targeting 30,000...

Ivory Coast sets new cocoa price ahead of upcoming elections

President Alassane Ouattara has announced a record-high farm gate price for cocoa, setting the cost at 2,800 CFA francs (4.26 euros) per kilogram for the upcoming main harvest, ahead of presidential election on October 25 in which Mr. Ouattara is...

How cocoa production is driving ‘colossal’ deforestation in Liberia

Published on 08/10/2025 - 15:00 GMT+2 Producing cocoa takes a major toll on the environment. Farmers will often clear tropical forests to plant new trees, causing significant environmental damage. A new investigation from The Initiatives for...

More than 1,000 women trained to harness market opportunities along Abidjan-Lagos Corridor

By Rachel Kakraba More than one thousand cross-border women traders, youth led businesses, and people living with disability have benefited from a capacity building and business development support programme to effectively engage in cross border...

Africa Data Centres announces construction of new facility in Accra, Ghana.

Africa Data Centres AFRICA Data Centres, the largest network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral data centre facilities on the continent, has announced that it will shortly start construction on its newly acquired land in the Central...

Ghana’s BSIFF partners Ivory Coast’s Majestic Cinemas to expand Film Distribution between ...

Ghana’s Black Star International Film Festival (BSIFF) has started a distribution partnership with Majestic Cinemas, the Ivory Coast’s largest cinema chain, to expand the distribution of feature films between Francophone and Anglophone West...

Afreximbank to Host 25th Trade Finance Seminar in Abidjan, Focus on Closing Africa’s $100bn Financing Gap

With Africa’s trade finance gap estimated at up to $100 billion annually, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced plans to host its 25th Trade Finance Seminar (ATFS2025) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from November 4–6, 2025,...