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Jamaica Plans $60M Deal to Build Ghana's Aluminium Sector

Kingston will leverage a Louisiana alumina refinery to supply Ghana with the raw materials and expertise needed to develop a domestic aluminium industry.

16 Aug · 3 min read
01
Airtel Africa Brings Starlink to DRC in a Continental First
16 Aug
02
Motsepe Wins Court Reprieve in $195M Tanzania Graphite Row
15 Aug
03
Two Open Calls Target African Energy Innovators and Digital Entrepreneurs
15 Aug
04
Egypt, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia Align Against Israel on Syria's Golan
15 Aug
05
Africa's Business Heroes 2026: 20 Finalists, Nairobi Semi-Final Set
15 Aug
06
OpenAI Loses 12 Executives in 2026 as Leadership Exodus Deepens
15 Aug
07
AI May Be Shielding the Global Economy From Recession
14 Aug
08
Africa Tech Festival 2026 Opens Speaker Nominations
13 Aug
09
Africa's Young Disruptors: The Founders Reshaping the Continent
13 Aug
10
14 Zama-Zama Miners Killed in Disused South Africa Mine
13 Aug
11
Dangote Eyes Tanzania Energy and Fertiliser Deals as East Africa Courts Billionaire
13 Aug
12
Arena Group Rebrands as Paradium.AI in AI Pivot
11 Aug
13
Africa's Credit Gap Demands Data, AI, and Smarter Rules
11 Aug
14
Dangote, Rupert Heirs and the New African Dynastic Capitalism
11 Aug
15
Airtel's Africa Unit Drives 37% Profit Jump as India Slows
11 Aug
16
Russia Pitches Digital Partnership to Africa at Sochi Summit
11 Aug
17
DStv Trims Channels as South Africa's EV Sales Climb
11 Aug
18
Where Gen Z Socializes and Rents: The Cities Winning and Losing
9 Aug
19
Greg Abel Opens Berkshire's $334B War Chest After Buffett Exit
9 Aug
20
Southern African Women in STEM Can Apply for 2026 Capital Accelerator
9 Aug
21
Africa Business Innovation Lab Opens Applications for MSME Support
9 Aug
22
Congo Bars Chinese Miners, Senegal Courts France: Africa's Week
8 Aug
23
McDonald's Pressured on Value as Meta Enters AI Coding Race
8 Aug
24
Homegrown African AI Takes On Silicon Valley's Giants
8 Aug
25
Etihad–Africa World Airlines Deal Opens Abu Dhabi Route for Ghana
7 Aug
26
Absa Cuts Debt Review to One Day With AI and OCR
7 Aug
27
Vanuatu's $90,000 Climate Passport and What It Tells Africa
7 Aug
28
Kenya Draws AI, Data Centre, and Fintech Bets in One Week
7 Aug
29
Emirates Expands Africa Footprint via SAA Partnership
7 Aug
30
African Banks Face a Triple Modernisation Test: QA, AI Fraud, and Trust
7 Aug
31
SpaceX Targets US Carriers, AI Valuations Crack: Global Signals
5 Aug
32
Africa's Fastest-Growing Tech Ecosystem: What the Data Shows
5 Aug
33
Kenya Loses Africa's Top Startup Funding Spot
4 Aug
34
Burry's AI Chip Short Pays Off as Nvidia Slides
5 Aug
35
Kenya's Aviation, Banking, and Piracy Numbers Tell One Story
5 Aug
36
OpenAI Africa Lead Headlines Africa Tech Festival 2026
4 Aug
37
Tinubu Bets on Health Tech to Build Nigeria's Next Unicorns
4 Aug
38
Otedola Eyes First Horizon, South Africa Sees 5.6M Tourists
3 Aug
39
South Africa's Economy Under Pressure From Three Fronts
3 Aug
40
Zambia's Next Leader Inherits a Debt Trap and a Fragile Recovery
4 Aug
41
AI Reshapes Work: Job Drought, LinkedIn Slop, and Startup Ambition
3 Aug
42
Comercio Partners Names First Female Board Chair
3 Aug
43
Zedcrest Acquires Leatherback to Build Pan-African Payments Giant
3 Aug
44
Tech Firms Force In-Person Interviews to Block AI Cheating
1 Aug
45
Two Funding Calls Open for African MSMEs in 2025
1 Aug
46
Salt Capital Takes Majority Stake in Dispense Logic
1 Aug
47
GoLemon Folds as Nigeria's Grocery-Tech Sector Stumbles Again
1 Aug
48
Apple Reclaims World's Most Valuable Company Crown From Nvidia
1 Aug
49
Canal+ Africa Marks Badugela's 20-Year Run at the Broadcaster
1 Aug
50
Meta's AI Bet Lifts Engagement but Dents Profits
30 Jul
51
Mozambique Hands Chinese Firms 25-Year Zimbabwe Border Deal
30 Jul
52
Africa's Diesel Divide and Currency Weakness Shape Trade in July 2026
30 Jul
53
No Single Story: Sources Cover Design, Trains, and US Tax Shifts
30 Jul
54
AI, Payments, Cyber, Supply Chain: Africa's Infrastructure Gaps Laid Bare
29 Jul
55
Mozambique Hands Chinese Firms a 25-Year Border Deal
29 Jul
56
CBN Hosts 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum in Abuja
29 Jul
57
Anglo American Platinum: Revenue Surge, Six Deaths, Dollar Exit
29 Jul
58
Three US Executives, Three Career Habits Worth Noting
29 Jul
59
African Female Climate Tech Founders Lean on Grants, Locked Out of Equity
28 Jul
60
Nigeria Launches Startup Accelerator Amid Persistent Funding Drought
28 Jul
61
BCG Warns Africa Could Miss the AI Economy Entirely
28 Jul
62
Africa Summit Diplomacy: Deal Theatre or Real Capital?
28 Jul
63
Sedgwick South Africa Gets New MD as Wayne Klingler Succeeds Ken MacLean
28 Jul
64
Ecobank Launches Podcast Targeting African Entrepreneurs
28 Jul
65
South Africa's R1 Trillion Employer Under Scrutiny as AI Push Accelerates
26 Jul
66
No Usable Source Material for an Africa Business Story
28 Jul
67
OpenAI's Agent Hack and Codex Drop Rattle AI and Software Markets
26 Jul
68
BofA Sell Signal Hits 3-Year High as Birth-Rate Splits Widen
26 Jul
69
Trump's Tariff Squeeze Hits Africa From Two Directions
26 Jul
70
Capex Backlash: Why Tesla and Alphabet Are Being Punished
26 Jul
71
Netflix's Catalog Library Outperforms New Releases in Retention
26 Jul
72
IMF: Africa's AI Billions at Risk Without More Power
25 Jul
73
Houthi Red Sea Attacks Squeeze East African Trade Routes
25 Jul
74
AHF Throws Weight Behind African Union's Debt Reform Drive
25 Jul
75
CATL Wins AfDB Backing for Africa's First Gigafactory in Morocco
25 Jul
76
Egypt Pilots Digital Visa-on-Arrival to Streamline Tourist Entry
25 Jul
77
Afreximbank and IDC Sign Investment Pact to Boost African Trade
24 Jul
78
Breet Built a Crypto Business for 1,000 Days With No VC Money
24 Jul
79
AfDB Backs €100m EV Battery Gigafactory in Morocco
24 Jul
80
Airtel Africa Adds 19.6M Customers to Hit 189 Million
24 Jul
81
Uber Absorbs Glovo and Talabat's Africa Units in €14.8bn Deal
25 Jul
82
Equity-Free Grants Open New Doors for African Fintech Founders
24 Jul
83
Starlink, Congo Mining Rules, and Prediction Markets: Africa in Focus
24 Jul
84
Uber Cuts AI-Displaced Jobs, Nigeria Awards Oil Blocks, Africa Eyes UN Top Seat
24 Jul
85
China's Deepening Grip on Africa: Minerals, Oil, and Money
24 Jul
86
Zenith Bank, Duplo, and Cregis: Africa's Finance Week in Brief
24 Jul
87
Africa's Billionaires Drive Big Deals as Capital Flows Shift
24 Jul
88
Dangote Slowdown, Cable Disputes, and a $1.3bn Fintech Bet
24 Jul
89
Airtel Africa Eyes London IPO for Fintech Arm as Mobile Money Matures
24 Jul
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