Copper could become the main mineral bottleneck to faster EV adoption, with producers needing to add new mine capacity more quickly than they have historically Cobalt appears less exposed to supply ...

Checkers Sixty60 grew sales 34.5% to R25.5 billion in the year to June 28, 2026, close to five times the pace of Shoprite's core South African supermarket business. Group merchandise sales rose 7.2% ...

Copperbelt Energy Corporation reported 332,194 shares traded in the week to August 14, 2026, worth an estimated 5.29 million kwacha. That is roughly 0.02% of the company's shares changing hands in a ...

Nigeria’s civil aviation authority says the use of forged Schengen travel documents is increasing, with some cases detected during transit and others on arrival in Europe. Royal Air Maroc has expanded ...

A Moroccan media report placed the country 54th out of 161 economies in a 2026 economic freedom ranking, with a score of 63.74, attributing the figures to the Legatum Institute. That figure cannot ...

Tunisia’s economy is still growing, but the pace slowed to 2.3% in the second quarter of 2026 from 2.6% in the previous quarter Agriculture and construction remained strong growth drivers, while ...

Valmore Holding, the Egyptian-Kuwaiti group formerly known as Egypt Kuwait Holding, posted first-half 2026 revenue of $392 million, up 13% year over year. Net profit attributable to shareholders fell ...

Niger plans a $1.9 billion refinery and petrochemical complex in Dosso with capacity to process 100,000 barrels of oil per day The project is designed to sharply expand domestic fuel production, ...

KBR will conduct pre-FEED studies for ORNX’s green ammonia project in Laâyoune. The planned plant would produce about 560,000 tons of ammonia a year. The project is part of Morocco’s $34.5 billion ...

South Africa has launched its Electronic Travel Authorisation system. The ETA aims to make entry faster while strengthening border security. The reform could support tourism, trade, investment and job ...

GoldBod will no longer rely on the Bank of Ghana to finance gold purchases. It has secured an initial $75 million from commercial banks. GoldBod exported about 103 tons of artisanal and small-scale ...

Algeria wants WhatsApp accounts to remain linked to local mobile numbers. The rule would preserve account traceability after usernames launch. India raised similar concerns with Meta in July. Algeria ...