Industry Dynamics

Cameroon's cocoa bean export revenue fell 63% in the 2025-2026 season as both shipments and prices declined sharply, threatening cocoa's newly acquired position as the country's largest export product.

According to the ANSD, Senegal exported an average of 13,861 tons of soft wheat flour per year between 2020 and 2023. Shipments reached a peak of 29,249 tons in 2021. Export revenue averaged CFA

Cotton production in the CFA zone fell for a second consecutive season in 2025/2026, as erratic rainfall and pest damage weighed on harvests across several major producing countries and reshaped the region’s production ranking.

Zimbabwe lithium exports surged to US$782 million in the first half of 2026, signalling how price recovery and early value-addition efforts are reshaping one of Southern Africa’s most closely watched battery-minerals plays.

Cameroon’s cocoa bean export revenue fell 63% in the 2025-2026 season as both shipments and prices declined sharply, threatening cocoa’s newly acquired position as the country’s largest export product.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has taken a new step forward in its commitment to the industrialisation of the continent by approving a €100 million financing package for the construction of the Gotion Power Morocco gigafactory. This large-scale project ranks among the most a...

Nigeria could soon launch a $100 million veterinary vaccine manufacturing project as part of efforts to strengthen domestic production and reduce reliance on imports.

A consensus is taking hold across the cobalt industry, from major trading centers to specialist organizations: the global market is heading back into deficit. The International Energy Agency now shares that assessment, forecasting a supply shortfall beginning in 2026 after severa...

African cocoa exports to Europe are among the oldest established directional flows in the global commodities trade, accounting for more than two-thirds of the cocoa trade.