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Egypt and South Africa want to make more car parts locally
An Egyptian manufacturer and a South African automotive supplier have agreed to work together on making vehicle components.
Côte d’Ivoire gets $14.3m for SME finance
A 10 billion CFA franc ($14.3 million) financing facility is being made available to small businesses in Côte d’Ivoire through COFINA Côte d’Ivoire.
$100m railway funding could change how goods move between Nigeria and Niger
A $100 million financing deal for the Kano-Maradi railway is one of the more practical parts of a new $390 million funding package approved by the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID).
Ghana wants private investors to put more money into climate projects
Ghana is looking for more private money to fund projects in energy, farming, water, waste and other areas linked to climate change.
UAC sells livestock feeds business for $15m
UAC of Nigeria is selling its controlling stake in Livestock Feeds Plc to Sunbeth Global Concepts for N19.5 billion, about $15 million.
$45.6m to expand Cameroon’s local manufacturing
A Cameroonian manufacturer has secured $45.6 million in revolving working-capital financing from Afreximbank, giving it more room to buy materials, maintain production and expand the products it makes locally.
Kenya is assembling more vehicles. Local businesses want a bigger piece of the work
Kenya assembled 10,221 vehicles between January and July 2026, compared with 7,790 in the same period last year. July production came to 1,863 vehicles.
Côte d’Ivoire puts $3.8m behind women-led businesses
A construction company needs equipment for a new contract. A transport operator wants to add another vehicle.
Mercuria backs Zambia power projects with $250m investment
A $250 million investment is going into Zambia's power sector as the country tries to add more electricity and strengthen the network that moves it around.
Kenya and Mauritius discuss easier ways to do business across borders
A Kenyan company looking for investors in another African market can run into a fairly ordinary problem: the money, tax rules and paperwork are different from home.
BII commits $65m to banks in Zambia and Zimbabwe
British International Investment (BII) has committed $65 million to financial institutions in Zambia and Zimbabwe, with the money earmarked for business lending, agriculture, renewable energy and other projects
Business Register Rights: How to register a business in Algeria
Registering a business in Algeria starts with a fairly basic question: what exactly are you setting up? An individual can register as a trader, while someone setting up a company has a different process and a longer list of documents.
Nigeria is testing whether electric cars can work as taxis
Getting an electric car onto the road is one thing. Keeping it busy all day as an e-hailing vehicle is another. That is the challenge facing ProTaxi, a new Nigerian e-hailing service from PromiseLand Innovations.
Nigeria launches digital skills programme targeting 300,000 young people
Nigeria is going after a familiar problem with a very large number: 300,000 young people. The federal government has started a programme that will train people between the ages of 15 and 35 for work in technology, the creative industries and outsourcing.
Kenya’s mobile money agents are disappearing as customers do more on their phones
A mobile money shop can still have plenty of customers and yet be a much harder business to run than it was a few years ago.
Electric bikes get a shot as delivery costs rise
Petrol could soon cost close to R30 a litre in Gauteng. For people who spend most of their working day on a motorcycle, that is a problem that shows up every week when they fill up.
Access Bank offers SMEs discounted creator campaigns
Getting attention on social media is becoming part of running a small business. For some businesses, the owner is the person taking the photos,
Your business has the information. Finding it is another story
A supplier asks for the contract you signed two years ago. You know you have it. The problem is finding it. You search your inbox. Then Google Drive.
SunCulture is turning farmer repayments into new financing
For SunCulture, selling a solar irrigation system does not mean getting all the money on the same day. Farmers can pay for the equipment over time. That helps make the systems more affordable, but it also means SunCulture has money tied up in future customer payments.
COMESA wants more renewable projects to get past the planning stage
Africa does not have a shortage of renewable energy ideas. There are solar projects being proposed, mini-grids being planned and companies selling power systems to businesses.