Abu Dhabi, UAE// –AD Ports Group (ADPORTS: ADX), a leading global enabler of integrated trade, industry and logistics solutions, today announced that it has acquired an additional 30% equity stake valued at AED 1.1 billion (USD 300 million) in one of its most strategic assets, Global Feeder Shipping (GFS), raising its holding to 81%.
Accra, Ghana//-Private security companies in Ghana have no legal authority to use firearms, Interior Minister Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak has said.
Guinea-Bissau/// — Guinea-Bissau’s economy demonstrated notable resilience in 2025, according to the World Bank Group’s Guinea-Bissau Economic Update (Spring 2026), released today.
Reporters found Fabrice Albert Andjoua Ondimba Bongo, son of Gabon’s former President Omar Bongo, acquired millions of dollars of properties in Dubai while managing the Gabon state budget.
Nations achieve lasting prosperity when they move beyond extracting resources to building industries around them. This principle lies at the heart of every successful industrial economy, and it is the principle increasingly guiding Electrochem Ghana’s long-term strategy for the Songor Lagoon.
Accra, Ghana//-The World Bank Group today held the Western and Central Africa (AFW) Youth Forum 2026 in Accra, as part of its sustained efforts to tackle youth unemployment and the region’s economic potential.
A recent decline in global gold prices is drawing attention from policymakers, investors and market analysts, amid concerns over the potential impact on Ghana’s export earnings, foreign exchange inflows and fiscal outlook.
Lagos, Nigeria// – Paystack, one of Africa’s leading payments technology companies, has launched the Paystack Small Business Program to support Nigerian small businesses through a range of initiatives designed to help them grow, connect with relevant opportunities, and access funding for their next stage of growth.
For decades, official development assistance has been a central pillar of financing in sub-Saharan Africa. That pillar is now weakening—quickly and broadly.
Geneva, Switzerland// —United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by the accelerating spread of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the growing risks it poses to displaced communities across the region.
