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Ethiopia and China signed a $600 million deal to expand freight capacity and upgrade the Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway.

Senegal secured $900 million financing from BP and Kosmos Energy for phase two of the Greater Tortue LNG and gas export project.

Ghana received a $1.2 billion IMF disbursement after meeting targets despite cocoa revenue decline and Eurobond restructuring delays.

NNPC and TotalEnergies approved a $2.2bn deepwater oil project in Nigeria to boost offshore crude production with new wells and infrastructure.

Morocco signed an $800 million deal with a Chinese-backed consortium to build an EV battery and lithium plant in Tangier's industrial zone.

The Central Bank of Nigeria kept the Monetary Policy Rate at 27.5% and announced plans for tighter foreign exchange controls.

The DRC and Zambia signed a $2 billion China-backed deal to develop an EV battery corridor for copper and cobalt processing in the Central African Copperbelt.

Flutterwave appoints Prashant Kalia as Chief Risk and Compliance Officer after raising $150M from U.S. investors, targeting a 2026 IPO.

The DRC signed a $2.3 billion deal with Chinese firms to expand cobalt and lithium mining amid US concerns over critical minerals security.

Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa regulator forecasts a 20% export decline for 2025/26 amid reduced supply and farmer demands for higher prices.