Organizers opened submissions for the sixth Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival from Jan. 8 to Feb. 28, 2026. The festival accepts feature films, short films, and documentaries from Mediterranean ...

Kenya Pipeline Company will list on the Nairobi Securities Exchange by the end of January 2026. The IPO targets local and foreign investors as part of a broader state privatization drive. The ...

Egypt and Qatar agreed on an MoU covering up to 24 Qatari LNG cargoes, mainly for summer demand. Egypt’s gas production fell to about 3.64 billion cubic meters per month in October 2025 from over 6 ...

Ivanhoe Mines produced the first 99.7% pure copper anodes at its Kamoa-Kakula smelter on Dec. 29, 2025. The $700 million facility can process 500,000 tonnes of concentrate per year, making it Africa’s ...

Egypt welcomed 19 million tourists in 2025, up 21% from 2024. Charter flight traffic rose 32% during the year, with flights arriving from 193 cities worldwide. The government targets 30 million ...

Banks expect Venezuela’s oil production to rise gradually after regime change, subject to heavy investment. JPMorgan projects output could reach up to 2.5 million barrels a day within a decade.

Eskom supplied electricity for 231 consecutive days in 2025 without load shedding. Improved maintenance lifted energy availability to 69.1% in December 2025. Eskom expects about 16 billion rand in net ...

MSC will add a direct Cape Town call to its Iroko service from late January 2026. The extension links China and Singapore directly to Southern, Central and West Africa. MSC will operate the service ...

The Bank of Ghana plans to sell up to $1 billion on the FX market in January 2026. The central bank aims to limit exchange-rate volatility without targeting a fixed level. The cedi gained 40.67% in ...

Zambia launched or advanced more than 385 MW of solar projects between late 2025 and early 2026. Authorities commissioned or started construction of three 100 MW solar plants as part of power mix ...

OPEC+ kept production targets unchanged for January–March 2026. Eight core producers account for more than half of global oil supply. The IEA expects a 3.8 million bpd oil surplus in 2026, slightly ...

The mines minister partially and temporarily lifted the suspension on artisanal copper-cobalt processing entities in Lualaba. A compliance review found all processing entities in violation of the ...