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Nigerian Breweries Outlines Inflation Strategy Amid Supply

🇳🇬 Nigerian Breweries Outlines Inflation Strategy Amid Supply

Nigeria trade +0.60 · 20/04/2026

Nigeria's beverage sector faces a critical juncture as inflationary pressures squeeze margins across the continent's most populous economy, while para...

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Rusumo Border Crossing Strained by Surging Trade Volumes

🇷🇼 Rusumo Border Crossing Strained by Surging Trade Volumes

Rwanda trade +0.60 · 20/04/2026

Rwanda's Rusumo border crossing has quietly become one of East Africa's most critical trade gateways, and its mounting congestion tells a compelling s...

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NB outlines strategies for sustained growth, pricing shocks

🇳🇬 NB outlines strategies for sustained growth, pricing shocks

Nigeria trade +0.60 · 20/04/2026

Nigerian Breweries Plc, one of West Africa's largest beverage manufacturers and a key holding in many European emerging-market portfolios, is signalli...

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Inside KPA's push for Mombasa, Lamu as key cruise tourism

🇰🇪 Inside KPA's push for Mombasa, Lamu as key cruise tourism

Kenya trade +0.75 · 20/04/2026

Kenya's port authority is quietly reshaping the country's tourism infrastructure, positioning the coastal cities of Mombasa and Lamu as international ...

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KPA pushes Mombasa, Lamu as key cruise tourism hubs

🇰🇪 KPA pushes Mombasa, Lamu as key cruise tourism hubs

Kenya trade +0.75 · 19/04/2026

Kenya's Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is making a strategic pivot toward positioning Mombasa and Lamu as premium cruise tourism destinations, signaling ...

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New investments into manufacturing need to come with export

🇿🇦 New investments into manufacturing need to come with export

South Africa trade +0.65 · 19/04/2026

Africa's manufacturing sector stands at a critical juncture. While the continent has made significant strides in attracting foreign direct investment ...

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Tax stamp may wipe 100% brewing industry’s profits

🇳🇬 Tax stamp may wipe 100% brewing industry’s profits

Nigeria trade -0.95 · 19/04/2026

** Nigeria's brewing sector faces an existential threat from proposed tax stamp legislation that could obliterate profit margins across the industry,...

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Local firms fill gap left by De La Rue - Business Daily

🇰🇪 Local firms fill gap left by De La Rue - Business Daily

Kenya trade +0.65 · 05/03/2023

The withdrawal of De La Rue from East African currency and security printing operations has created a significant market disruption—and opportunity—fo...

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Egypt foreign, investment ministers receive Eritrean

🇪🇬 Egypt foreign, investment ministers receive Eritrean

Egypt trade +0.60 · 14/04/2026

Egypt's foreign and investment ministries have entered substantive dialogue with Eritrean economic officials, signalling a strategic pivot toward deep...

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FG instructs ARCON to enforce 45‑day advertisement payment

🇳🇬 FG instructs ARCON to enforce 45‑day advertisement payment

Nigeria trade +0.30 · 17/04/2026

Nigeria's Federal Government has issued a directive through the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) requiring all advertising payments t...

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Ecobank Announces Fifth Edition of Adire Lagos Experience

🇳🇬 Ecobank Announces Fifth Edition of Adire Lagos Experience

Nigeria trade +0.65 · 17/04/2026

Ecobank Nigeria's announcement of its fifth Adire Lagos Experience—scheduled for June 11–14, 2026, at the Ecobank Pan African Centre in Victoria Islan...

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More than half the cigarettes sold in South Africa are

🇿🇦 More than half the cigarettes sold in South Africa are

South Africa trade -0.75 · 17/04/2026

South Africa's tobacco sector is in crisis. According to recent research from the University of Cape Town, illicit cigarettes now constitute approxima...

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Rwanda: Kigali's Industrial Exports Reach $290 Million

🇷🇼 Rwanda: Kigali's Industrial Exports Reach $290 Million

Rwanda trade +0.75 · 16/04/2026

Rwanda's Kigali Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) has crossed a significant threshold, with resident industries achieving $290 million in processed goods e...

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FG signs revised BASA with Morocco to boost flights, tourism

🇳🇬 FG signs revised BASA with Morocco to boost flights, tourism

Nigeria trade +0.75 · 16/04/2026

Nigeria's signing of a revised Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with Morocco marks a significant regulatory shift in West African aviation, wit...

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Gbajabiamila lauds Wike over Hypercity–Carrefour partnership

🇳🇬 Gbajabiamila lauds Wike over Hypercity–Carrefour partnership

Nigeria trade +0.70 · 16/04/2026

Nigeria's retail sector is entering a critical consolidation phase following high-level government endorsement of the Hypercity–Carrefour partnership,...

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Kenyan firms eye Caribbean footprint as Afreximbank seals

🇰🇪 Kenyan firms eye Caribbean footprint as Afreximbank seals

Kenya trade +0.70 · 16/04/2026

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has formalized its institutional presence in the Caribbean through a hosting agreement with St. Kitts and...

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Transnet to introduce new container surcharge

🇿🇦 Transnet to introduce new container surcharge

South Africa trade -0.65 · 16/04/2026

Transnet Port Terminals' announcement of a new fuel-linked container surcharge—beginning at R52 (approximately €2.80) per container in May 2026—signal...

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Botswana: Nightlife Industry Halts Petition Over Liquor

🌍 Botswana: Nightlife Industry Halts Petition Over Liquor

Botswana trade -0.30 · 15/04/2026

**HEADLINE:** Botswana's Hospitality Sector Retreats from Liquor Regulation Battle—What European Investors Should Know About Market Access **ARTICLE:...

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Liberia: Infrastructure Gaps Threaten Harper Port's Trade

🌍 Liberia: Infrastructure Gaps Threaten Harper Port's Trade

Liberia trade -0.65 · 15/04/2026

West Africa's maritime renaissance is reshaping regional trade flows, but not all ports are keeping pace. While Lagos, Abidjan, and Dakar have investe...

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Ghana: Ghana Records $4.2bn Trade Surplus for Fourth

🇬🇭 Ghana: Ghana Records $4.2bn Trade Surplus for Fourth

Ghana trade +0.85 · 15/04/2026

Ghana's economy delivered a surprising performance boost in the final quarter of 2025, posting a trade surplus of $4.2 billion—a figure that stands as...

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