Swiss group Gebana Faso commissioned a new cashew processing facility on June 6 in Péni, located in the Guiriko region in southwestern Burkina Faso.

The Federal Government has inaugurated a lithium processing plant in Nasarawa State with a daily processing capacity of 6,000 metric tonnes, which is the largest in Nigeria to date.

Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Mohamed Farid, met with senior executives of Norwegian renewable energy company Scatec to discuss expansion plans worth $5bn in renewable energy, desalination, and data centers over the next two years.

Mutapa Energy Resources, a subsidiary of Zimbabwe’s sovereign wealth vehicle Mutapa Investment Fund, confirmed the initiative on Thursday through comments from Chief Executive Officer Innocent Rukweza. The project positions the company among a growing group of operators investing in downstream lithium processing in Southern Africa’s largest lithium-producing nation.

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly today witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish Egypt’s first wind turbine manufacturing plant and develop a 2,000-megawatt wind power project in the North Gulf of Suez region.

French premium water brand Castalie and Moroccan glass manufacturer SEVAM have signed an industrial partnership to produce reusable glass bottles in Morocco, with local production set to begin in June 2026 and exports to European markets planned for 2027.

Egypt has approved a new Chinese concessional loan to finance the third phase of the Egypt Cairo light rail network serving 10th of Ramadan City.

The General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) signed a contract on Monday with Chinese company Zhejiang Hongda to establish a $20m textile manufacturing and processing project in the Qantara West Industrial Zone.

Mozambique plans to mobilize about $10 million to develop its beekeeping industry with support from the World Bank, according to Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Minister Roberto Albino.