African markets and business updates

The Senior Ebola Coordinator, Julien Harneis, says that he is deeply concerned following the burning yesterday of an Ebola transit centre in the province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The eight-bed centre in the Kigonze displacement site in the town of Bunia was operated by the international NGO International Medical Corps and supported by more than 50 staff, many of whom themselves are displaced. Harneis stressed that losing a transit or treatment centre sets the Ebola response back. Capacity is lost, investments are wiped out, and teams have to start again. Most importantly, people lose access to the care they urgently need.…

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has welcomed news that humanitarians can continue to use the Adré border crossing between Chad and Sudan . “Thanks to the authorities in both countries,” he said in a social media post today. “This action saves lives.” Fletcher described Adré as “a vital lifeline for people in Darfur.” OCHA says that in the first eight months of this year, more than 1,300 trucks carrying over 50,000 metric tonnes of aid moved through the crossing into Sudan.…

Last week, the Ministry of Education participated in a series of strategic engagements on the margins of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, using the global platform to advance Liberia’s education priorities, strengthen partnerships, share the country’s reform experience, and explore opportunities for additional support to the sector.…

Tim O’Hanlon, Senior Adviser at Panoro Energy and one of the African upstream industry’s most experienced executives, will receive the Mohammed S. Barkindo Lifetime Achievement Award at the African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 Conference and Exhibition. O’Hanlon is recognized for his decades-long commitment to Africa’s energy sector and his work in advancing some of the continent’s most impactful projects. Over a career spanning more than four decades, O’Hanlon has worked across almost the entire continent, helping open frontier basins, negotiate licenses, build companies and establish relationships between investors and African governments.…

The Ministry of Education has concluded a two-day stakeholder consultation on the development of Liberia’s Education Management Information System (EMIS) Policy, held September 28–29, 2026, in Monrovia, with support from the African Union through AU-IPED and development partners. The consultation brought together the Ministry’s Senior Management Team, education authorities, development partners, and technical stakeholders to strengthen Liberia’s approach to the collection, management, security, sharing, quality, and use of education data. Opening the consultation, Deputy Minister for Planning, Research and Development, Hon.…

Liberia’s Harper Basin is emerging as one of West Africa’s most compelling frontier exploration opportunities, attracting investment from TotalEnergies and BluEnergies as advanced subsurface studies progressively reduce geological uncertainty across three deepwater offshore blocks. The basin remains undrilled despite sharing geological characteristics with some of Africa’s largest and latest deepwater plays. As seismic, geochemical and seabed datasets converge, the question now is whether that technical progress will translate into a commercially viable petroleum province?…

The United States is widening its engagement with Africa’s energy sector, combining government-backed finance, technology partnerships and private-sector investment across markets from Mozambique and Nigeria to Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Josh Volz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe, Eurasia, Africa and the Middle East at the U.S. Department of Energy, will bring that agenda to African Energy Week 2026 in Cape Town from October 12-16. Volz returns to AEW as Washington’s engagement with African energy markets increasingly spans both hydrocarbons and electricity infrastructure. In April, the U.S.…

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development has approved $390m in financing for energy, mining, transport and climate-smart agriculture projects in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo.

Anglo-Swiss commodity trading and mining giant Glencore has signed a five-year offtake and pre-financing agreement with Guinea’s state-owned Nimba Mining Company (NMC), reinforcing the strong global appetite for the West African nation’s bauxite and broader mineral resources. The deal comes amid rising international demand for aluminum, driven primarily by growth across the automotive, packaging, and solar energy sectors. Under the terms of the agreement, Glencore will provide $300 million in upfront financing to support NMC’s operations.…

Senior leadership of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) visited the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF)-led Sector Two, strengthening command-level engagement and gaining first-hand insight into the operational environment, ongoing activities and priorities within the Sector. The AUSSOM Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC), Ambassador El Hadji Ibrahima Diene, accompanied by the AUSSOM Force Commander, Lieutenant General Sam Kavuma, visited Sector Two Headquarters, where they were received by the Sector Commander, Brigadier Joel Maiyo.…