U.S.-AFRICA RELATIONS
US Africa envoy sees positive progress on extension of AGOA
Engineering News
US President Donal Trump’s Africa envoy signaled progress toward the renewal of a program allowing African nations duty-free access to the world’s largest economy.“We understand that it’s moving positively in the right direction,” Massad Boulos, US senior adviser fo Africa told Bloomberg News in an interview, noting Congress has been given until the end of the year to make a decision.The African Growth and Opportunity Act, which expired on Sept. 30 has been key to boosting trade relations between sub-Saharan Africa and the US since its inception in 2000. It granted tariff-free access to more than 1…
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HEALTH
WHO and Africa CDC Consolidate Ties to Advance Public Health in Africa
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO) and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have signed a landmark framework of collaboration to strengthen their partnership on disease prevention and control, health security, and universal health coverage across the African continent.The agreement, signed on Monday, October 6, 2025, provides a strategic platform for the two health giants to consolidate their partnership and accelerate progress toward shared health goals. It aims to intensify cooperation, align strategies and resources, and minimize duplication of efforts in advancing the health and well-being of people across Africa.“This framework is a powerful commitment to work together more closely for the health and well-being of….Read more>>
INFRASTRUCTURE
Ghana: Pres to Launch $1.5bn Free Zones Industrial Park Tomorrow
All Africa
President John Dramani Mahama will tomorrow officially launch Africa’s largest Free Zones Industrial Park, the $1.5 billion Gomoa Central Special Economic Zone (GCSEZ), in the Central Region.The project represents a major milestone in Ghana’s drive toward large-scale industrialisation and regional trade integration under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).Located on a 21,000-acre site in the Gomoa Central District, the project is expected to create more than 60,000 jobs, attract billions in private investment, and transform the area into a major hub for manufacturing, agro-processing, logistics, and export services….Read more>>
Zimbabwe’s Southern Corridor Highway Overhaul to Boost Trade and Tourism, Here’s What You Need to Know
Travel and Tour World
Upgrades to infrastructure in Zimbabwe are expected to bolster economic growth especially along the delivery corridors Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway and the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Road. These strategic transport routes are crucial to domestic and international trade. Under a public-private partnerships model the reconfiguration the transport routes will restructure the country’s transport infrastructure to the gain of tourism, mining, logistics, and trade.Transforming the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway into a Safer and More Efficient RouteThe Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway is a major trade artery, stretching 438 kilometres and connecting Zimbabwe’s industrial hub with its tourism capital, Victoria Falls….Read more>>>
ENERGY
South Africa Unveils Nuclear Ambitions in New Energy Plan
Bloomberg
South Africa intends to revive a controversial modular nuclear reactor program and step up its reliance on gas to generate electricity, according to a new energy-policy blueprint unveiled by the nation’s electricity and energy minister.A revised Integrated Resource Plan approved by the cabinet last week envisions 2.23 trillion rand ($128 billion) being invested in energy infrastructure by 2042, with nuclear and gas accounting for 16% of total generation capacity in the next 14 years….Read more>>>
Cameroon Unveils USD 12 bn Energy Compact to Electrify 8 mn Citizens by 2030 Under Mission 300
Trends N Africa
Cameroon has formally launched its national energy compact as part of the broader Mission 300 initiative, an ambitious continental program designed to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030. This strategic move aims to bridge the country’s significant energy access gap by connecting an additional eight million Cameroonians to the electricity grid over the next five years.The announcement was made on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York, where global leaders convened to address…Read more>>
AGRIBUSINESS
Nimba Braces For First ‘Vegetable Oil’ Factory
Liberian Observer
The Kpalema Inc, an agrobusiness enterprise with specialty in palm oil farming, had begun construction of a modern vegetable oil factory to transform red palm oil to vegetable oil, which is commonly known as ‘argo oil’.The Administrator, Newton Guanue told the Daily Observer that Kpalema Agrobusiness Enterprise has about 300 acres of oil palm farmland and is also working with over 280 oil palm farmers in both Nimba and Bong counties.He said during the peak season of production, the entity can distil about two tons of palm oil an hour, comprising about 48 tins of red oil and most of the oil are sold in the Liberian market, while some are exported….Read more>>
ICT
MWC 2025 Opens In Kigali: Kagame Makes Case On Leveraging Technology To Connect Africa
KT Press
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) Africa 2025 opened in Kigali, bringing together influential leaders, innovators, and policymakers from across the continent to share their vision for a digitally connected Africa. The event aims to showcase how mobile technology is driving inclusion, innovation, and economic transformation across industries and societies.President Paul Kagame, who officially opened the sessions, cited Rwanda’s own journey as proof of how…Read more>>
Tanzania and DRC Discuss Implementation of National Fibre Optic Project
Tech Africa News
The Government of Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have held discussions on the implementation of the National Fibre Optic Backbone Project, which will extend through Lake Tanganyika to the province of Kalemie in the DRC. The initiative is a strategic step toward enhancing digital connectivity and regional integration between the two nations.The project aims to accelerate digital transformation across Tanzania and the DRC, while strengthening communication infrastructure within the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regions….Read more>>
FINANCE
Scaling, deepening and updating the African financial architecture
New African
The basic African development finance architecture exists, but it needs to be scaled, deepened and updated in an evolving global financial landscape.The conclusions from the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), convened this summer in Seville, Spain, could not have been clearer: Africa must look increasingly to itself and its regional champions to finance its future.Africa’s development challenges are well known. Infrastructure gaps, from transport corridors to energy systems, continue to stifle industrial growth and regional trade. Food insecurity persists despite vast agricultural potential. High import bills for food and fuel drain scarce foreign exchange. Global capital markets remain prohibitively expensive for African borrowers, hamstrung by entrenched perceptions of risk and skewed rating methodologies….Read more>>
African Development Bank Group approves additional funding to develop climate-resilient water infrastructure in Ethiopia’s Borana region
African Development Bank Group
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved $16.38 million in additional financing for the Borana Resilient Water Development for Improved Livelihoods Programme II, reinforcing Ethiopia’s drive to build climate-resilient infrastructure in Borana in the drought-prone Oromia region.The approved financing comprises a $9.38 million grant from the Climate Action Window of the African Development Fund, the Bank Group’s concessional lending window, and $7 million from the Rome Process/Mattei Plan Financing Facility….Read more>>>
