IFC launches $6 billion credit insurance facility Insurers share risk on loans to SME lenders Facility to support up to $10 billion lending The International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Tuesday, Feb.

Africa’s certified organic farmland fell 17.6% in 2024, dropping from 3.4 million to 2.8 million hectares. The decline coincided with the European Union’s new organic regulation requiring full ...

Gold Fields paid $98.8 million in gold royalties to Ghana in 2025, up 26% year on year. The company applied the maximum 5% royalty rate as gold prices remained above $2,300 per ounce. Ghana plans to ...

The Chamber of Aquaculture Ghana plans to mobilize $10 million over 10 years to scale fisheries and aquaculture businesses. Ghana faces an annual fresh fish supply deficit of nearly 700,000 tonnes ...

Africa’s grasslands could shrink up to 65% by 2100 Over 110 million livestock farmers risk losing incomes Globally, up to half of grazing land may become unviable Climate change could shrink Africa’s ...

French think tank coins “CUBITA” for six agricultural powers Group accounts for one-third of global farm exports Report says members could reshape food geopolitics Nearly 25 years after the BRICS ...

Madagascar launches subsidized sale of 664,000 digital devices 400,000 units reserved for women and girls Initiative targets digital divide amid low internet access Madagascar on Saturday launched a ...

Ahafo South, operated in Ghana by U.S.-based Newmont, lost its top ranking after producing 664,000 ounces in 2025, a sharp drop from 798,000 ounces in 2024.

Jean-Arsène Yerima, Regional Chief Operating Officer for Francophone West Africa at Afreximbank, sets out the bank’s strategy to fast-track industrialization across the continent. He details the role ...

Gabon held the 5th steering committee for the eGabon and Gabon Digital programs on February 23. Authorities aim to strengthen interministerial coordination and improve disbursement rates. The ...

Xcalibur to launch $297.8 million mapping phase in DRC Three-year surveys to cover 700,000 square kilometers Program aims to modernize data, reduce exploration risks Xcalibur Multiphysics Group is set ...

Partnership targets Mathematics and Physical Sciences performance in under-resourced schools Initiative aims to expand South Africa’s future engineering and manufacturing talent pool Programme aligns ...