Browsing: Africa

As trade volumes rise and infrastructure expands, demand for container shipping is rising. However, the continent’s maritime logistics sector suffers from capacity limits, congestion and geopolitical disruption.

Kenya-based solar leader Sun King raises major equity backing to expand decentralized energy access and strengthen distribution, product and service infrastructure.

New financing expands transport connectivity by improving Somalian roads, strengthens cross-border linkages and supports regional integration under the Horn of Africa corridor initiative.

Ecobank links 1,200 Cameroonian SMEs to its Single Market Trade Hub, boosting visibility and access to intra-African trade opportunities.

Regional trade tensions grow as Botswana bans imports of key South African vegetables, raising concerns for farmers and customs cooperation.

South Africa–based online livestock marketplace SwiftVEE secures major funding to scale fintech, insurance and data services across Africa.

South African spin-out NjiaPay targets fragmented PSP landscape with an orchestration-first approach.

African trade integration is threatened by weak logistics, fragmented infrastructure and mismatched standards, say diplomats at Cairo conference.

South Africa’s trade surplus slips below analyst expectations as import growth outpaces exports.

ECOWAS & TradeMark Africa launch a 2025–2027 SPS/TBT roadmap to harmonize standards and cut bottlenecks on the Abidjan–Lagos trade corridor.