RELEASE DATE: Oct 2026Author: Spherical InsightsKenya and Rwanda are working together to expand their petroleum efforts. A new shipment of 40,000 tonnes of fuel has started moving through the Northern Corridor. At the same time, Dangote is starting work on a big refinery that will cost 17 billion dollars in Lamu. These two projects could…
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I&M Bank, a banking group operating across East Africa and Mauritius, has partnered with Surecomp, a trade finance technology provider, to digitise its trade finance operations. The implementation will begin in Kenya before expanding to Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and Bank One in Mauritius, which is part of the I&M Group. The initiative will provide a…
Uttar Pradeshgovernment on Thursday (September 24, 2026) said the U.P. International Trade Show 2026 will position Uttar Pradesh as a Global Sourcing Hub, giving significant visibility to One District, One Cuisine (ODOC), with five lakh visitors expected. They added that UPITS will bring together global buyers, domestic businesses, investors and consumers from 25–29 September, 2026,…
The global economy is being reshaped, and countries everywhere are building new trade, investment and supply routes to diversify their partnerships and secure the inputs that will power future growth. South Africa and India are unusually well placed to build one of those routes together. On 12 August 2026, India and the Southern African Customs…
Dubai: The UAE is stepping up trade and investment engagement with Senegal and Gabon, with Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Foreign Trade, holding high-level meetings in Dakar and Libreville focused on mining, renewable energy, infrastructure, food security and logistics.
The US and Iran traded retaliatory attacks on ships on Saturday, in the latest round of strikes since fighting flared up a week ago following a month of relative calm.
The Republic of South Africa has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring safe and seamless travel for Nigerian visitors, while deepening tourism, trade and cultural ties between both countries.
The initiative brings together companies and officials in search of new business and export opportunities in strategic markets across the continent
Africa has spent decades lowering tariffs, building regional institutions and negotiating market access, but trade has delivered far less structural transformation than its scale might suggest. The continent’s challenge is increasingly not whether it trades, but whether its economies are connected deeply enough for trade to generate manufacturing, productivity gains and jobs.
Kenya’s booming secondhand clothing trade is generating huge amounts of textile waste, raising concerns about bacteria, microplastics and public health risks.
