African markets and business updates

Displaced Yemenis who fled to Djibouti have been describing the fighting that forced them to leave. At least 100,000 people have left Yemen since the start of September as Iran-backed Houthi rebels advanced on the coast, seizing control of the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait.

The airline said its August operations were affected largely by airport congestion, industrial action, bird strikes and other external factors.

In a report co-authored with Caritas, the diocese of Pointe-Noire said farmers in the Koilou department have reported sharp drops in cassava harvests. The residents pointed the finger at gas flaring by oil companies

Medical teams face brutal conditions as grave diggers work night and day to bury victims of the Ebola outbreak which continues to grip the Democratic Republic of Congo.

For Sudanese women, keeping the tradition alive has become a way of preserving cultural identity amid profound upheaval.

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“It demonstrates the capacity of the Nigerian capital market to support businesses of substantial scale,”he said.

At a time when global trade routes are being redrawn, competition for critical minerals is intensifying, and businesses are reassessing where growth and investment will come from, some of the most influential figures shaping Africa’s economic future will gather in New York next week for Unstoppable Africa 2026, the flagship annual event of the Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) ( ). Speakers include Aliko Dangote, President & CEO of Dangote Group; Massad Boulos, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States on Arab and African Affairs; UN Secretary-General António Guterres ; H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President, Republic of Ghana; H.E.…

Localisation is fundamentally an engineering and governance hurdle rather than a simple real-estate mandate for servers. Nigeria’s January 1, 2027 deadline for payment data localisation is forcing financial institutions to rethink how they store, secure and manage critical customer and transaction data. The challenge goes beyond moving databases onto Nigerian servers. Banks and fintechs must strengthen local control without sacrificing access to global technology or creating new infrastructure and concentration risks.…

The minister said the government was pursuing two pathways of clearing outstanding payments and restructuring the scheme to make it sustainable.