Rwanda steel imports face a structural reversal as the country's first fully integrated steel plant opens in Musanze, with officials projecting annual foreign steel spending to fall by $100 million.

Egypt plans to increase its solar power capacity by 144 percent and wind capacity by 400 percent by 2029, while raising total renewable energy capacity above 29,700 MW, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat said on Thursday.

Egypt's BME for Battery Manufacturing has signed an agreement with China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) to establish an electric battery manufacturing plant, with initial investments of more than EGP 2 billion for the project’s first phase, the Ministry of Industry announced on Sunday.

Morocco has taken another step toward a more flexible renewable energy system after OCP Green Energy powered up the country's first large-scale lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery storage facility at Benguerir.

Senegal's state-owned oilseed processor SONACOS plans to invest CFA18 billion ($32 million) in an integrated peanut processing complex in the Kolda region, adding industrial capacity as the government directs a larger share of the country's crop toward local processing.

Burkina Faso has opened a $30 million textile complex as it builds domestic cotton-processing capacity and aims to reduce reliance on clothing imports by keeping more of the sector's value chain at home.

Belgian agricultural group Sipef announced on Monday, September 7, that it had acquired a 450-hectare banana plantation in Côte d'Ivoire. The deal is expected to add between 12,000 and 14,000 tons to the group's annual banana production in the country.

Togo's agricultural exports rose sharply between 2020 and 2024, increasing from CFAF 122.5 billion to CFAF 176.2 billion, according to BCEAO data. The 43.9% increase, however, masked sharply different trends across commodities. Cocoa and cotton fiber helped lift export earnings in 2024, while oilseeds weighed on exports of plant-based food products.

Africa's trade deficit with China widened by 34.48% year-on-year to $80.07 billion in the first eight months of 2026, according to data from China's General Administration of Customs. Chinese exports to African countries rose 25.8% to $177 billion during the period.