Marchés africains et actualités économiques

Les employés du secteur aérien kényan ont mis fin mardi à leur mouvement de grève après deux jours de fortes perturbations dans les principaux aéroports du pays.

Le Fonds Africain de Garantie et de Coopération Économique (FAGACE), à travers son Institut, annonce le lancement de ses Executive Programs 2026, un cycle de cinq formations destinées à renforcer les compétences des acteurs économiques et institutionnels africains dans des domaines stratégiques : gestion des risques, ...

Les Seychelles et l’Angola souhaitent relancer leur coopération aérienne, alors que l’archipel cherche à diversifier ses connexions avec les marchés africains. Cette démarche intervient après plusieurs années sans accord et dans le prolongement du rapprochement engagé par les deux pays.

Cameroon’s state-owned power utility Socadel is seeking CFA200 billion from local banks to strengthen its cash position and refinance existing debt, part of an effort to ease financial pressure that affects payments across the country’s electricity sector. On August 31, Socadel signed a mandate in Yaoundé with General Bank of Cameroon (GBC), Afriland First Bank and BGFIBank Cameroon to structure and syndicate two credit facilities worth a combined CFA200 billion. General Bank of Cameroon will act as lead arranger, with Afriland First Bank and BGFIBank Cameroon as co-arrangers. The agreement does not mean the CFA200 billion has already been secured.…

Le président tunisien Kaïs Saïed a reçu le ministre allemand des Affaires étrangères Johann Wadephul lundi à Carthage.

Cameroon has formally launched a feasibility study to determine whether it can establish a domestic industry for the production and use of sustainable aviation fuel, potentially creating jobs and adding value to local resources. The study was officially launched on August 31, 2026, by the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority, CCAA, under the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Assistance, Capacity-building and Training for Sustainable Aviation Fuels, or ACT-SAF, program, with funding from the European Union.…

Cameroon’s cost of short-term borrowing on the CEMAC government securities market reached a new high in July 2026, underscoring how much more expensive it has become for the government to raise funds through a market that has been a major source of financing since 2019. Cameroon paid an average interest rate of 6.97% on Treasury bills during the month, according to data from the Bank of Central African States (BEAC). That was above the regional average of 6.83% and marked the country’s highest rate since the regional government securities market was launched in 2011.…

Le Kenya ne cherche plus seulement à créer davantage d’emplois. Il veut faire évoluer les activités informelles qui dominent son économie vers des modèles plus productifs, capables d’offrir des revenus et une protection plus durables. Au Kenya, la progression ...

Tradex has overtaken SCTM as Cameroon’s largest cooking gas distributor by volume, while the market continues to grow and SCTM faces supply problems linked to debts owed to LPG importers. A total of 132,902 tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) was released for consumption between January and July 2026, up 6.2% from 125,085 tons over the same period in 2025, according to market data obtained by Business in Cameroon. Tradex ranked first with 18,772 tons, or 14.12% of the market. SCTM followed with 17,692 tons and a 13.31% share. The difference between the two distributors was 1,080 tons, or 0.81 percentage points.…

Cameroon’s state-owned water utility Camwater has awarded Chinese company Hangzhou Laison Technology Company Limited a CFA721.76 million contract to deploy 3,000 smart water meters, the first batch of a much larger program designed to improve billing and recover more revenue. The decision was signed on August 17, 2026, by Camwater Managing Director Blaise Moussa and published on August 26 by the Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (ARMP). The contract covers the supply, installation and commissioning of the 3,000 meters, along with communication equipment, an IT platform with servers and software, 10 handheld terminals and an interface with payment systems.…