African markets and business updates

According to JustMarkets’ ( www.JustMarkets.com ) latest market research, currency movements are increasingly being influenced not only by interest rate expectations, but also by the relative pace of economic growth across leading economies. With the United States expanding faster than the Eurozone, the United Kingdom, and Japan, FX markets are beginning to reflect a broader shift in capital flows, earnings expectations, and investor positioning.…

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group ( www.AfDB.org ) has approved, on 22 May, a $125 million equity investment in the African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) to help meet rising demand for trade and investment risk mitigation products in Africa. This investment is intended to strengthen ATIDI’s capital base and expand its political risk and credit insurance products designed to support foreign direct investment and intra-African trade. ATIDI…

Africa Skills Hub (ASH), a Ghana-based enterprise support organisation focused on youth, women, and SME development, has officially transitioned to ASH Africa ( www.ASH.Africa ), marking a significant milestone in its 10-year journey of expanding opportunity pathways across the continent. The rebrand reflects the organisation’s evolution from a skills development entity into a broader pan-African organisation driven by the mission: Transforming Lives. Building Communities. Building Africa.…

As artificial intelligence makes software development cheaper, faster and more accessible than ever, technical capability is becoming a commodity. For Africa's next generation of founders, the real competitive advantage will not be code, but judgement, design and the ability to build products that people genuinely trust.

For two decades and more, the economic case for Africa's creative and digital industries has been made largely in the language of promise. The projections have been compelling, the talent self-evident, and the cultural output undeniable, yet the financial architecture and institutional machinery to match have consistently lagged behind. That was the argument running through the second day of the seventh Africa Soft Power Summit, held on May 22, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Nairobi.…

Eswatini's agricultural future depends on farmers who have long been overlooked. A new gender-responsive toolkit, developed by ITC, the EU, and partners, is putting tools, training, and recognition where they are needed most. In Eswatini , women do much of the work in agriculture. They plant, weed, and harvest, yet they rarely own the land they work, control the income it generates, or sit at the table where decisions are made. Extension services…

UN human rights experts* today expressed deep concern over the resurgence of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, warning that the deadly virus predominantly impacts Indigenous Peoples. “Declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organisation, the Ebola outbreak is most prominent within or near Indigenous Peoples’ territories,” the experts said. Highlighting the Pygmy Indigenous Peoples…

On June 3, from 3:50 p.m. for approximately 20 minutes, Mr. ONISHI Yohei, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a meeting with H.E. Mr. Wallace Cosgrow, Principal Minister and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Blue Economy of the Republic of Seychelles, who is currently visiting Japan. At the outset, Parliamentary Vice-Minister ONISHI extended his congratulations on the occasion of Seychelles' 50th anniversary of independence on June 29 of this year…

An elementary school has been constructed in Dele administrative area, Gogni sub-zone, at a cost of over 3 million Nakfa. Eng. Mengisteab Berhane, head of town planning and infrastructure in the Gash Barka Region, said that the school, constructed in collaboration with the regional administration and members of the Defense Forces, includes five classrooms and offices, among other facilities.…

Today, at the opening session of the 52nd Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC), AUC Chairperson H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf highlighted the Committee’s critical role in advancing the Union’s agenda and laying the groundwork for the forthcoming Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (MYCM) between the AU, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Regional Mechanisms (RMs), to be held in Egypt later this month. He noted that ongoing crises, geopolitical tensions…