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Ghana expects recovery in cocoa production for 2024/25 season

Agro-processing

Ghana expects recovery in cocoa production for 2024/25 season

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 7 Nov 2024

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Manufacturing

South African factory activity rises in July - Absa PMI

Bhargav Acharya 1 Aug 2024

Ivory Coast moves to cut out middlemen in cocoa sector reform

Agro-processing

Ivory Coast moves to cut out middlemen in cocoa sector reform

Ange Aboa 18 Jun 2024

Former South African President Jacob Zuma speaks to his suppoters during the launch of the election manifesto of his new political party, uMkhonto we Sizwe, ahead of a general election on 29 May, at a rally in Soweto, South Africa, 18 May 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Law Practice

#SAelections24: Zuma disqualified from running for parliament, ConCourt rules

Anait Miridzhanian 20 May 2024

Doctors and medical practitioners under the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) participate in a demonstration to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors, among other grievances, in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 April 2024. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Public Health

Kenyan government doctors sign agreement to end strike

George Obulutsa 9 May 2024

Media Freedom

Detained Congolese journalist Bujakera has been freed, lawyer says

Bate Felix 20 Mar 2024

Media Freedom

Congolese journalist denied provisional release after months in detention

Ange Kasongo, Nellie Peyton and Bate Felix 29 Feb 2024

Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

Agro-processing

Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

Ange Aboa 27 Oct 2023

Slump in global cashew demand pushes Ivory Coast industry to verge of collapse

Agro-processing

Slump in global cashew demand pushes Ivory Coast industry to verge of collapse

Ange Aboa and Alessandra Prentice 8 Jun 2023

Côte d'Ivoire signs deal for 50-70MW solar plant with UAE's Masdar

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Côte d'Ivoire signs deal for 50-70MW solar plant with UAE's Masdar

Bate Felix 10 Mar 2023

Ivory Coast domestic cocoa exporters on verge of default due to bean shortage

Agro-processing

Ivory Coast domestic cocoa exporters on verge of default due to bean shortage

Ange Aboa 15 Feb 2023

Cameroon journalist Martinez Zogo's photo is displayed as fellow journalists pay their last respect to him. Source: Reuters/Amindeh Blaise Atabong.

Media

Cameroonian businessman arrested after journalist's murder

Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Bate Felix, Andrew Cawthorne 7 Feb 2023

Shoprite to shut operations in Democratic Republic of Congo

Retailers

Shoprite to shut operations in Democratic Republic of Congo

Stanis Bujakera 23 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Banking

New Ecobank CEO to pursue stabilisation and profits, says group chairman

Bate Felix 13 Sep 2022

Source: REUTERS/Luc Gnago. Participants walk during the Africa CEO Forum at the Sofitel Hotel Ivoire in Abidjan, Ivory Coast June 13, 2022.

Banking

Mauritius Commercial Bank to open Nigeria office in Africa growth plan

Bate Felix, Joe Bavier and Edmund Blair 15 Jun 2022

Shortage of oil refineries haunts Africa as fuel prices rocket

Coal, Oil & Gas

Shortage of oil refineries haunts Africa as fuel prices rocket

Wendell Roelf, Julia Payne and Bate Felix 1 Jun 2022

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

Infrastructure & Utilities

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

Bate Felix 22 Mar 2022

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Forestry

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ange Aboa 4 Mar 2022

Senegal's president calls on Africa to harmonise oil legislation

Coal, Oil & Gas

Senegal's president calls on Africa to harmonise oil legislation

Aaron Ross and Bate Felix 17 Dec 2021

Ending gas financing for Africa will be a fatal blow, says Senegal

Coal, Oil & Gas

Ending gas financing for Africa will be a fatal blow, says Senegal

Bate Felix and Edward McAllister 30 Nov 2021

Julia Selman Ayetey, lawyer for the 21 people, who where detained by police and accused of unlawful assembly and promoting an LGBTQ agenda, speaks to journalists at the Ho Circuit Court in Ho, Volta Region, Ghana 4 June 2021. Reuter/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

Human Rights Law

Supporters and opponents face off over Ghana's anti-LGBT law

Christian Akorlie 12 Nov 2021

From apprentice to fashion icon: Ivory Coast's Pathe'O, 50 years on

Fashion & Homeware

From apprentice to fashion icon: Ivory Coast's Pathe'O, 50 years on

Loucoumane Coulibaly, Bate Felix and John Stonestreet 7 Jun 2021

France pledges investment to boost sustainable cotton in Ivory Coast

Agro-processing

France pledges investment to boost sustainable cotton in Ivory Coast

Ange Aboa 30 Apr 2021

REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

WHO alerts six African countries after Ebola outbreaks

Saliou Samb 18 Feb 2021

Media

Telkom ICT Journalist of 2005 announced

28 Mar 2006