African markets and business updates

Nigeria’s domestic air passenger traffic hit 13.09 million in 2025, reflecting steady growth in local air travel demand across the country.

On the second day of his state visit to Belarus, President John Dramani Mahama visited the industrial city of Brest to explore opportunities for transforming Ghana’s agricultural sector. The President, who was received by the Governor of Brest, Piotr Alexsandrovich Parkhomchik, and senior officials from the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, toured one of the country’s largest agro-processing facilities. The visit focused on the plant’s advanced technology in dairy production, including baby food, milk, cheese…

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption in Nigeria is gradually gaining momentum, driven by a growing number of local assemblers, charging infrastructure development, and government-backed mobility initiatives. While challenges such as limited charging access, electricity reliability, and concerns around battery longevity persist, early users say EVs are becoming increasingly practical for city-based transport. Interviews conducted by Nairametrics with EV […]

Solange Hahati, a bride, said that they had invited 300 people to her wedding, but when they arrived at the church, the church authorities allowed only 50 people to enter.

In this interview with Nairametrics, Co-founders of RV Property Co., a real estate company with an active pipeline of long-lease residential developments across Lagos, Olabanji Olatomiwa and AL-Amin Abdulbhaqi, speak on the structure of the emerging long-lease market, demand patterns across key Lagos locations, pricing dynamics, risk allocation, and how the model is being positioned within the city’s wider housing ecosystem.

Protesters gathered on Saturday at midday outside the headquarters of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Lac district of Tunis, demanding the deportation of undocumented sub-Saharan African migrants and calling on the organization to leave Tunisia.

Prepared By: Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE In the solemn annals of fiscal governance, there comes a moment when a government must choose between the shadow of opacity and the light of accountability. The Federal Government of Nigeria, after eight months of deafening silence, has finally released the 2025 Third Quarter Budget Implementation […]

“We want to consider the Dangote Refinery offer as an African offer and not a Nigerian offer."

“We want Nigerians to tell us what is wrong, ask questions and help us identify issues so that we can collectively find solutions,” he said.

The Internet Service Providers (ISPs) market in Nigeria remains highly competitive, with the regular entrance of new players challenging the old operators.