African trade, corridors and external balances

[Vanguard] The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (Benue-SEMA) has deployed local divers to search for the remaining missing persons on the tragic boat accident on River Katsina-Ala in Buruku Local Government Area of the state.

AllAfrica·6m agoNigeria

[Daily Trust] Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum alongside his Gombe State counterpart, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, on Sunday, commissioned several projects in Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State.

AllAfrica·30m agoNigeria

The facility will provide foreign currency financing to support the import trade needs of SMEs and businesses operating in manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare and renewable energy, as well as women-owned enterprises.

Capital FM Business·1h agoKenya

Keith McLachlan of Element Investment Managers highlights sectors and stocks showing strong cash generation and defensive moats – and some not.

Moneyweb·2h agoSouth Africa

Copper rose 0.6% to trade at $14 347 a ton on the LME by 10:27 a.m. Singapore time.

Moneyweb·3h agoSouth Africa

As the region’s producers seek to restore supplies to energy-starved customers.

Moneyweb·4h agoSouth Africa

[This Day] Katsina -- Vice-President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Katsina State for a one-day official visit during which he is expected to inaugurate 11.2 kilometres of road projects and launch 230 mass transit vehicles.

AllAfrica·5h agoNigeria

Analysis of how investors are positioning portfolios amid weaker US jobs data and election uncertainty, and where offshore value is emerging beyond the AI trade.

Moneyweb·5h agoSouth Africa

[Daily Trust] At least five dead bodies have been recovered while six still remain missing after the Saturday's boat mishap at the Buruku crossing point of River Benue in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State.

AllAfrica·5h agoNigeria

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has called for stronger collaboration with Maersk in developing Kenya's maritime and logistics sectors.

AllAfrica·5h agoKenya

Here are the risk executives behind 10 of the most capitalized banking groups on the NGX based on market trade day as of October 2, 2026. The post Meet the Chief Risk Officers behind Nigeria’s most capitalized banks in 2026 appeared first on Nairametrics .

Nairametrics·21h agoNigeria

Nigeria is no longer arguing about whether it can refine petrol. It is arguing about whether it should still import the same product now that a large local refinery exists. On one side are marketers, some officials, and a competition argument that says a cargo at the jetty keeps

Nairametrics·22h agoNigeria

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 4 – The Port of Lamu has handled about 5,200 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) from a single vessel for the first time, as the facility continues to…

Capital FM Business·1d agoKenya

Eye-watering profit margins in Australia are driving Sinaloa syndicate chemists into the African bush, where they exploit isolated terrain, Asian chemical imports and local corruption to cook industrial quantities of drug precursors.

The Africa Report·3d agoSouth Africa

Africa has spent decades talking about economic integration which is why the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) offers perhaps the most consequential opportunity to turn that aspiration into an economic reality. But signing a trade agreement is not the same thing as cre

African Business·6d ago

Egypt's minister of transport, Kamel Al-Wazir reveals how Egypt is transforming its ports, railways and roads into a powerful engine for regional trade and investment.

African Business·6d agoEgypt