African markets and business updates

The Panama Canal is closely monitoring a strengthening El Niño event that could affect rainfall and water availability across its watershed. Experts from the Panama Canal, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and Panama’s Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (IMHPA) discussed the latest conditions and their potential impact on the country. Strong El Niño could bring […] The Panama Canal is closely monitoring a strengthening El Niño event that could affect rainfall and water availability across its watershed.…

Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Industries Ltd., says the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals (FZE) will democratise wealth creation for ordinary Nigerians and investors globally.

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, saw his fortune valued at $51.3 billion by Forbes on Monday, September 14, 2026

MacGregor has secured orders to supply deck cranes, handling equipment and deck machinery for four new oceanographic research vessels. Two vessels will be built in Spain for Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). The other two will be constructed in India for the Geological Survey of India (GSI). Four research vessels in Spain and […] MacGregor has secured orders to supply deck cranes, handling equipment and deck machinery for four new oceanographic research vessels . Two vessels will be built in Spain for Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). The other two will be constructed in India for the Geological Survey of India (GSI).…

Victims of a deadly fire and stampede at a school in Bukavu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been laid to rest. Relatives and members of the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group gathered to pay tribute.

The Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission disclosed this in its crude oil and condensate statistics report released on Sunday.

The Federal Government has directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to submit their establishment Acts alongside their 2027 personnel budget proposals, as it moves to prevent unestablished agencies from gaining entry into the federal budget.

The Dangote Refinery IPO is officially here, with the offer opening today, September 14, 2026. Tagged “The IPO of the People,” the shares are being offered at N525 per share through an offer for subscription. This is important because it means the money being raised is going directly into the company rather than to existing […]

Odesa and Taganrog strikes confirm a fully symmetric denial regime and its blast radius is starting to reach coastlines that never chose a side. For two years, the Black Sea’s commercial war ran on an asymmetry: Russia struck Ukrainian ports, Ukraine struck Russian terminals, each side treating the other’s shipping as the target. Odesa and Taganrog strikes confirm a fully symmetric denial regime and its blast radius is starting to reach coastlines that never chose a side. For two years, the Black Sea’s commercial war ran on an asymmetry: Russia struck Ukrainian ports, Ukraine struck Russian terminals, each side treating the other’s shipping as the target.…

The exhibition, "To be Hanging by a Thread", delves into themes of migration, displacement, and identity.