The deal with Nigerian company Bergmans Security Consultants aims to improve trade across Africa.

The two-month absence of 93-year-old Paul Biya, who is thought to be in Switzerland, has prompted renewed speculation about his health.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents preferred to see fewer or no job seekers admitted into their country, Ghana-based polling company Afrobarometer found.

Insurgent groups, such as Boko Haram and Islamic State affiliates, have caused instability in Nigeria’s northeast for many years.

Later-stage companies with strong revenues, scale, and a firm handle on customer needs tend to be the new beneficiaries rather than seed and series A startups.

Tens of thousands of Moroccans crossed into Ceuta before being pushed back out by Spanish military forces.

Despite a prohibition on commercial uranium export from the Central African country, “significant quantities” have gone to China.

The move would undermine Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, who says his 650,000 barrels-a-day refinery can meet Nigeria’s energy needs.

The move expands S&P’s ground presence in Africa amidst a growing clamor for better assessments of the continent’s realities.

The number of startups raising $100,000 or more fell to its lowest level since 2021.

A new analysis warned that the black market sector risked opening the country up to terrorist activity.

Nigeria’s consumer price increases are cooling off while South Africa’s inflation rate jumped to levels last seen two years ago.