Smart Africa is working with 10 African countries to align e-commerce and digital payment policies. A workshop was held in Brazzaville to kickstart the harmonization process. The $1.7 million ...

Uganda has rolled out an $11.1 billion (40,700 billion shillings) budget plan for FY2025-26. The proposal, officially presented to Parliament on March 27, by State Minister for Finance Henry Musasizi, ...

Senegal launches a $247 million bond issue on the regional market as access to international financing narrows. The IMF has suspended its $1.8 billion program after uncovering $7 billion in hidden ...

(Ecofin Agency) - Allied Gold operates the Bonikro and Agbaou gold mines in Côte d'Ivoire and the Sadiola mine in Mali. The company is currently listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada. Allied ...

(Ecofin Agency) - Rio Tinto is active in Guinea, South Africa, and Madagascar. In the first, it develops the Simandou iron deposit. In the other two, it extracts mineral sands. In 2023, the company ...

(Ecofin Agency) - Between 2010 and 2022, West Africa emerged as the world’s fastest-growing gold production region, fueled by untapped reserves and increasing interest from global investors, ...

(Ecofin Agency) - Paladin Energy has revised its uranium production target at Namibia's Langer Heinrich mine to 3 to 3.6 million pounds for the current fiscal year. However, new operational challenges ...