Grooming Africa's Next Set of Unicorns - Tinubu's Big Agenda for Health Tech [opinion]
Premium Times
Nigeria enters this transition with considerable advantages. It has Africa's largest population, one of the continent's largest healthcare markets, a rapidly expanding digital… Read more »
Cotton to Cloth - The Story Africa Has Always Needed to Tell [editorial]
allAfrica
Africa grows more than half of the world's finest long-staple cotton. It earns less than three percent of what that cotton is eventually worth. This is not a trade problem. It is a… Read more »
Lekki Port, NDLEA Strengthens Partnership On Safe, Efficient Trade
Vanguard
The need for stronger collaboration to safeguard Nigeria's maritime gateways and prevent illicit drug trafficking took centre stage as the Chairman of the National Drug Law… Read more »
Relief for Lesotho As U.S. Tariffs Expire
GroundUp
Goods made in Lesotho will once again enter the United States duty-free after Washington's tariffs expired on 29 July. It comes as a relief to the country's export-dependent… Read more »
Fixed-Income Market - Investors Trade N29.4trn in July
Leadership
Open Market Operation (OMO) Bills remained the dominant instrument in Nigeria's fixed-income market in July 2026, accounting for the largest share of transactions by value, as… Read more »
Women Turn Cotton Profits Into Year-Round Businesses
Bird Story Agency
A women's farming group in southern Malawi is reinvesting cotton earnings in poultry, livestock, shops and savings schemes—turning a seasonal crop into year-round income, new… Read more »
Cotton Farmers Could Earn From Soil Carbon Credits
Bird Story Agency
A scheme tested in Uzbekistan could let African cotton farmers earn twice over, once for the fibre and once for the carbon stored in the soil beneath their fields. Read more »
South Africa's Cue Raises $5m to Expand Ai Customer Service Platform
Daba Finance
South African customer service software startup Cue has raised $5 million in a funding round co-led by Knife Capital and FAM Investments as it expands its AI platform for… Read more »
Namibia Survives Trump's Sweeping Tariffs
New Era
Namibia has survived a dreadful external economic shock after the country was excluded from the list of seven African countries that are facing President Donald Trump's latest… Read more »
Peanut Butter Price Hike Fears After Import Tax Approved
Scrolla
Trade officials have backed a new 20% import duty on peanut butter, saying local manufacturers are struggling against cheaper overseas products. Peanut butter is one of South… Read more »
Can Ethiopia Weave Africa's Complete Cotton-to-Clothing Value Chain?
Bird Story Agency
As Africa seeks to capture more value from its natural resources, Ethiopia is building one of the continent's most ambitious cotton-to-clothing value chains. By linking farmers,… Read more »
Egypt's Fincart Raises $2.8m to Expand E-Commerce Platform
Daba Finance
Egyptian e-commerce technology startup Fincart has raised an oversubscribed $2.8 million Seed funding round to accelerate the development of its AI-powered merchant platform and… Read more »
Portable Ginnery Helps Cotton Farmers Keep More Value on the Farm
Bird Story Agency
A locally developed portable ginnery is helping Kenyan cotton farmers process their harvests closer to home, reduce losses and earn more by selling lint and seed separately. Its… Read more »
Zimbabwean Designers Stitch Heritage, Identity and Enterprise into Global Fashion
Bird Story Agency
As Zimbabwean designers take their work to Africa Fashion Week London, they are showcasing far more than fashion. Their collections tell stories of heritage, identity and… Read more »
Liberia, France's Haropa Port Sign Landmark Deal to Modernize Seaports
Liberian Investigator
MONROVIA - Liberia has taken a major step toward transforming its maritime sector after the National Port Authority (NPA) signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with… Read more »
