A search operation is underway along Mombasa’s Tudor Creek after a boat capsized during the East African Ocean Festival on Friday (9th October 2025), leaving three Kenyan citizens missing and…
Lisa Matata
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South Africa’s wage-productivity gap mirrors a growing strain in Africa’s resource economies
by Lisa MatataAs mining wages swell but output lags, dismissal of the sector’s sustainability balance is becoming a critical risk for Africa’s resource-based economies. In the second quarter, miners’ remuneration in South…
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QatarEnergy recently announced it has reached agreement with Shell to acquire a 27 percent participating interest in Egypt’s offshore North Cleopatra block, a frontier concession in the Herodotus Basin, subject…
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Acumen mobilises $246 million to expand off-grid solar access across Africa’s hardest-to-reach regions
by Lisa MatataImpact investment firm Acumen has raised $246 million to extend electricity access to some of Africa’s most underserved communities, launching a new phase in the continent’s off-grid energy transition. Announced…
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Tanzania loses hosting rights for global beekeeping congress; a setback for Africa’s apiculture ambitions
by Lisa MatataTanzania has lost the hosting rights for the 50th International Apicultural Congress (Apimondia 2027), a global event that was expected to transform the country’s apiculture industry and inject millions into…
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Kenya and the COMESA Secretariat on 2 October 2025 launched the bloc’s electronic Certificate of Origin in Nairobi, a move designed to replace paper-based origin certification with a digital system…
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AfDB Injects $117.3M to Transform Cocoa Sector in Côte d’Ivoire Amid Sustainability Push
by Lisa MatataCôte d’Ivoire, the world’s largest cocoa producer, has secured a major financial boost to its agricultural backbone. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$117.3 million facility aimed at…
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Clean energy meets women’s enterprise: Solar Sister and Koolboks chart a path for inclusive green growth
by Lisa MatataSolar Sister and Koolboks have formalized a partnership that commits to equipping one thousand women entrepreneurs across Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania with solar-powered productive use of energy technologies by 2028.…
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Africa seeks control of critical minerals with AU-led coalition amid rising global demand
by Lisa MatataAt the Africa Climate Summit 2, the African Union announced plans to convene a coalition of mineral-producing countries to coordinate how the continent manages what it calls a “green minerals”…
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Nigeria’s solid minerals sector is undergoing a sharp course correction. In September 2025, the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development revoked 1,263 mineral licenses from operators who had failed to meet…