Zimbabwe has attracted 10 new airline routes and frequencies over the past two years under the International Finance Corporation (IFC) funded program, as the country intensify efforts toward the post-COVID-19 recovery of the tourism industry.

Surprisingly, according to Forbes, the list of black billionaires is dominated by Africans, led by nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote who has kept a firm grip on wealth for the past 12 years.

While experiencing the worst drought in over three decades in 2022, Morocco has reached a new milestone in exporting water-intensive watermelon: the country has overtaken Italy to become the second largest supplier of watermelon in the European Union, second only to Spain.

The Botswana government has taken a 24% equity stake in diamond company HB Antwerp, in a move that some say raises new questions about Botswana's longstanding relationship with De Beers.

Chad has nationalised all the assets and rights, including hydrocarbon permits and exploration and production authorisations, that belonged to a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil, the West African nation’s energy and hydrocarbons ministry said in a statement.

Ethiopia has announced that construction of its controversial mega-dam project, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), has reached 90% completion.