Featured Egypt’s Cargas explores Nigeria expansion in CNG projects Aya Anwar May 18, 2026 0 Egypt’s natural gas vehicles company Cargas is exploring expansion into Nigeria through compressed natural gas…
Energy Egypt, Nigeria discuss expanding energy cooperation at Gastech Aya Anwar Sep 11, 2025 0 Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Karim Badawy met Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Ekperikpe Ekpo on…
Energy Nigeria signs offshore oil deal with TotalEnergies Aya Anwar Sep 2, 2025 0 Nigeria signed a production-sharing contract with TotalEnergies and South Atlantic Petroleum for two offshore…
Africa News Nigeria to refinance $2.61b power sector debt Aya Anwar Aug 14, 2025 0 Nigeria has approved a phased plan to refinance 4 trillion naira ($2.61 billion) in electricity sector debt to…
Africa News Sisi sends letter to Nigerian president affirming strategic ties M.S. Salama Jul 22, 2025 0 Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu received Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty on Monday evening. During…
Africa News Egypt, Nigeria sign MoU on agricultural, infrastructure cooperation M.S. Salama Jul 22, 2025 0 Egypt, represented by the Future of Egypt for Sustainable Development Authority, and Nigeria, represented by Dar Al…
Africa News Egypt’s FM reiterates AU support for Anani’s UNESCO bid M.S. Salama Jul 21, 2025 0 Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty reaffirmed the African Union’s backing of Dr Khaled El-Anany’s candidacy…
Africa News Egypt-AU trade grows 6.5% in ’24 – CAPMAS Nada Ali Jul 13, 2025 0 Trade volume between Egypt and African Union countries reached $9.8 billion in 2024 against $9.2 billion in 2023, a…
Africa News Egypt trade with Africa hits $9.8b in ’24 – CAPMAS Nada Ali May 25, 2025 0 Trade volume between Egypt and African Union countries reached $9.8 billion in 2024, marking a 6.5 per cent…
Featured Egypt coordinates Arab-Islamic efforts for Gaza reconstruction M.S. Salama Mar 17, 2025 0 Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty held a series of phone discussions on Monday with the foreign ministers of…
Africa News Nigeria’s EFCC recovers $500m, secures record convictions Aya Anwar Mar 10, 2025 0 Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recovered nearly $500 million in illicit funds and…
Energy Egypt highlights regional energy cooperation at EGYPES 2025 Aya Anwar Feb 18, 2025 0 The Egypt Energy Show (EGYPES 2025) hosted a ministerial session on energy security and competitiveness, featuring…
Energy Sisi inaugurates EGYPES 2025 with high-level global participation Aya Anwar Feb 18, 2025 0 President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inaugurated the Egypt Energy Show (EGYPES 2025) in Cairo, on Tuesday, under his…
Featured Egypt, Nigeria explore joint agricultural opportunities Aya El Sayed Jan 20, 2025 0 Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Alaa Farouk, held a meeting with Nigeria’s Minister of…
Featured Egypt-Nigeria Business Forum strengthens trade, investment ties Aya El Sayed Jan 19, 2025 0 Egypt's Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade hosted the Egypt-Nigeria Business Forum under the theme…
Banks Nigeria’s Access Bank raises $228m in rights offer Nada Ali Dec 25, 2024 0 Access Bank Plc, Nigeria's largest lender by assets, successfully raised 351 billion naira ($228 million) in rights…
Egypt News Egypt’s trade with D-8 reaches $7.9b in 10m Nada Ali Dec 19, 2024 0 The volume of trade exchange between Egypt and the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation has increased to reach…
Africa News Nigeria to focus on natural gas in ’25 Aya Anwar Dec 19, 2024 0 Nigeria will auction undeveloped oil and gas blocks next year, focusing on natural gas development to align with…
Egypt News Egypt’s c. bank joins PAPSS to boost intra-African trade Nada Ali Dec 3, 2024 0 The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) approved joining the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in November…
Africa News Nigeria’s economy expands in Q3 ’24 Nada Ali Nov 25, 2024 0 Nigeria's economy expanded 3.46 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2024, marking an acceleration from…
Energy Nigeria signs $1.2b deal to revamp gas processing plant Nada Ali Nov 12, 2024 0 Nigeria has taken a significant step towards reviving its dormant aluminium industry by signing a $1.2 billion…
Africa News Nigeria’s inflation up in Sept ’24 Aya Anwar Oct 15, 2024 0 Nigeria's inflation rate increased to 32.70 per cent in September 2024, up from 32.15 per cent in August, marking a…
Africa News IFC, Absa to fund African farmers with $50m trade facility Aya Anwar Oct 9, 2024 0 IFC and South Africa's Absa Group are partnering to provide a $50 million trade finance facility to Valency…
Africa News Nigeria’s inflation continues to ease in August Yomna Yasser Sep 16, 2024 0 Nigeria's headline inflation rate eased slightly in August 2024, decelerating from 33.40 per cent in July to 32.15…
Featured EU’s agri-food trade surplus holds at €5b in May ’24 Aya El Sayed Sep 3, 2024 0 The European Union's agri-food trade surplus remained stable at €5 billion in May 2024, slightly down from the same…
Africa News Africa receives $4.61b in loans from China in ’23 Aya Anwar Aug 29, 2024 0 Chinese lenders approved $4.61 billion in loans to Africa in 2023, the first annual increase since 2016, according…
Africa News Dangote refinery seeks to expand crude imports Aya Anwar Jul 21, 2024 0 Nigeria's Dangote refinery is negotiating with Libya to secure crude for its 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) plant…
Africa News Nigeria implements measures to curb food inflation Aya Anwar Jul 10, 2024 0 Nigeria is tackling soaring food inflation, the worst in three decades, with new measures. The government plans a…
Featured Bahamas mandates banks to adopt CBDC Aya Anwar Jul 1, 2024 0 The Bahamas, the first country to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC), is drafting regulations to mandate…
Africa News Nigeria to maintain fixed petrol prices in ’24 budget Aya Anwar Jun 6, 2024 0 Nigeria plans to spend 5.4 trillion naira ($3.7 billion) in 2024, a 50 per cent increase from 2023, to maintain…
Africa News Agriculture boosts Nigeria’s economy Aya Anwar May 28, 2024 0 Nigeria’s economy received a boost of N309 billion following the initiation of dry season farming, focusing on…
Africa News Zimbabwe approves Musk’s Starlink Aya Anwar May 26, 2024 0 Zimbabwe's telecommunications regulatory authority has approved Elon Musk's Starlink, the satellite arm of SpaceX,…
Africa News Nigeria raises rates to 26.25% Aya Anwar May 21, 2024 0 Nigeria's central bank has implemented a significant adjustment, raising its benchmark lending rate from 24.75 per…
Africa News Nigeria’s naira decline prompts rate discussions Aya Anwar May 21, 2024 0 The Nigeria's naira has sharply declined since mid-April, with a 28-year high inflation rate likely prompting the…
Africa News Nigeria opens oil blocks for intl. investment Aya Anwar May 8, 2024 0 Nigeria has extended an invitation to international investors possessing both financial prowess and technical…
Africa News Microsoft closes down Nigeria’s Africa Development Centre Aya Anwar May 8, 2024 0 Microsoft Corporation has closed down the engineering division of its Africa Development Center in Nigeria, just…
News Nigeria imposes 0.5% cybersecurity levy on e-tranfers Nada Ali May 7, 2024 0 Nigeria's central bank announced on Monday it will introduce a 0.5 per cent levy on all domestic electronic…
Africa News Nigeria secures $600m seaport infrastructure investment w/ Maersk Aya Anwar Apr 29, 2024 0 Nigeria secured a significant $600 million investment in its seaport infrastructure from Danish shipping giant A.P.…
Energy Turkey, ExxonMobil pact to curb reliance on Russian energy Aya Anwar Apr 28, 2024 0 Turkey and US energy giant ExxonMobil are in talks to explore a significant deal aimed at purchasing liquefied…
Africa News Nigeria, Shell $3.8b methanol project advances Aya Anwar Apr 18, 2024 0 Nigeria has reached an agreement with Shell for the supply of gas to its proposed $3.8 billion Brass methanol…