Browsing: Africa
Addis Ababa begins duty-reduction rollout across 24 African nations, aligning with export surge and deeper trade opportunities.
Synnefa secures a $300k grant to deploy IoT-enabled solar dryers with Solidaridad, targeting 800 smallholders to cut losses and drying times.
Nigerian startup Supplya enables SMEs to buy consumer goods from manufacturers, cutting out intermediaries and offering interest-free credit.
During an Accra visit, Comptroller-General of The Nigeria Customs Service Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and AfCFTA Secretary-General Wamkele Mene aligned on data governance, coordination among Customs heads, and the Abuja C-PACT conference.
With a 4,000 m² warehouse at the Port of Walvis Bay and ambitious plans ahead, Grindrod Limited is reinforcing private-sector infrastructure to drive intra-Africa trade flows.
Singaporean firms explore South African partnerships in manufacturing, logistics, and agri-processing amid shifting global trade dynamics.
ZitraPay provides a fintech-driven platform offering compliant FX, fund repatriation and treasury management for Nigerian SMEs amid currency and settlement constraints.
Libreville-based telematics startup secures backing led by Saviu Ventures; targets Côte d’Ivoire next and 35,000 connected vehicles by 2030.
Pan-African trade-finance startup REasy secures backing from Launch Africa, Ingressive Capital, 54 Collective and others; co-designs BEAC FX framework for small importers.
PwC’s SA Mine 2025 shows mining edging forward on output, cash flow and energy, but skills, permits and illegal mining still weigh on growth.