African markets and business updates

MTN recently launched One TV, a digital entertainment platform designed to make video content more accessible across its markets and create new opportunities for content creators, broadcasters, and advertisers.

Several hundred people kidnapped by Boko Haram earlier this year from a village in the northeastern state of Borno were freed over the weekend, a senator and local youth leader said Sunday

HJ Shipbuilding & Construction (HJSC) has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from the Korean Register (KR) for the design of a 10,000-TEU biofuel-powered container ship. The companies held the AiP award ceremony on June 4 during Posidonia 2026 in Athens. HJSC CEO Yoo Sang-cheol and KR Senior Managing Director Cho Byung-sam attended the event. HJSC developed the vessel in response to growing demand for low-carbon shipping solutions.…

Table of contents Tim Cook’s final keynote as CEO All the major announcements from Apple’s WWDC 2026 What developers are getting When can you get all of these? Apple just wrapped its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2026 keynote, and it was one of the most significant in the company’s history. Tim Cook took the stage one last time as CEO, and Apple used the moment to finally deliver on a promise it made two years ago: a completely rebuilt Siri. The tech giant also announced iOS 27, iPadOS 27…

The Nigerian equities market gained N514.97 billion on Monday, June 8, 2026, as renewed bargain hunting in large- and mid-cap stocks strengthened last Friday’s market rebound after recent protracted market correction.

*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto"> Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has started construction of a new automotive logistics hub in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza). The project supports the company’s long-term growth strategy and strengthens its automotive logistics capabilities in the Middle East.…

Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources of the Republic of South Africa, has been confirmed as a featured speaker at the upcoming African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 Conference and Exhibition, where he is expected to lay out the reform agenda reshaping the country's upstream oil and gas sector and its drive to convert long-stranded offshore gas into production. South Africa is pursuing one of the most significant upstream overhauls in its history…

The Federal Government has announced plans to establish a Nigeria Deal Room, a new platform designed to bridge the gap between investment discussions and the execution of real investment transactions.

360 people abducted by Boko Haram in southern Nigeria have been freed by the national army

Gambian Vice President Muhammad B.S. Jallow commended north China's Tianjin Port for its zero-carbon, fully automated terminal as a model of how economic growth can align with environmental protection, saying the experience offers lessons for The Gambia