Beyond Real Estate Companies
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UEMOA: Fuel Market Shows Price Gaps Ranging from Single to Double
Faced with escalating global prices due to geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, member countries of the monetary zone display tariff gaps reaching a ratio of one to two.
Mines: CrossBoundary Energy commissions a solar power plant in the DRC
Freed from the failures of traditional electrical grids, Africa's extractive industry is shifting toward green self-supply through the combination of photovoltaic technologies and high-capacity battery storage.
Central African Republic: Payroll Absorbs 81% of Tax and Customs Revenues in First Half of 2026
The drift in state personnel expenditures, driven by the massive integration of agents into the civil service, compresses Bangui's budgetary margins and threatens the execution of priority investments by the end of the first half.
Equatorial Guinea: Inflation Rate Maintained Below 3%
At the end of July 2026, the annual inflation rate stood at 2.4%, marking a slight increase of 0.1 percentage point from the 2.3% recorded in June.
Congo: Forestry Sector Suffocating Under Major Logistical Constraints
Between January and March 2026, the official count of active entities in the primary sector revealed a contraction of 29.3%. The portfolio of operators in the sector dropped from 41 to 29 over one year. Forestry operators are bearing the brunt of this decline, representing 66.7% of the workforce recorded by the tax administration.
BAD - CHAD: $8 Billion CFA Agreement to Improve Business Climate
The contract signed on August 20, 2026, between Tahir Hamid Nguilin, Minister of State, Minister of Finance, Budget, Economy, Planning and International Cooperation, and Francis Dogo, representative of the African Development Bank in Chad, represents 90% of the project's total cost. This financing agreement is intended to support the Program to Support the Improvement of the Business Climate and the Modernization of Administration.
Mines: The Central African Republic Hit by a New Catastrophe
The accident that occurred on August 18, 2026, at the Zamboy mine, located in the west of the Central African Republic, near the Cameroonian border, has claimed the lives of at least 107 artisanal miners, making it the deadliest disaster of the year.
Equatorial Guinea: Inflation Rate Remains Below 3%
As of July 2026, the annual inflation rate stands at 2.4%, marking a slight increase of 0.1 percentage point compared to June's 2.3%
Urban Mobility: Chad Seeks to Leverage China to Create a New Transportation Company
The organization of mobility in N'Djamena, the capital city, is at the heart of the national development plan "Tchad Connexion 2030". Discussions between Transport Minister Fatimรฉ Goukouni Weddeye and Chinese Ambassador Wang Xining, which began on August 12, 2026, aim to conduct feasibility studies to establish a new road transport company.
CAR: Hydrocarbons Boost Commercial Sector Revenue by 25% in 2025
The economic recovery in the Central African Republic is generating significant financial returns for distribution players. Total commercial transactions reached 167.8 billion FCFA at the end of 2025, up from 134.3 billion FCFA in 2024.
Gabon: Food Safety Agency Records 2.9 Billion FCFA in Revenue in 2025
The financial report for 2025 from the Gabonese Food Safety Agency shows total revenue of 2.9 billion FCFA, representing a 21% annual increase from the 2.4 billion FCFA in the previous year and 1.9 billion FCFA received before the 2024 reform.
Chad: Three Egyptian Airlines Authorized to Serve N'Djamena
A memorandum of understanding signed on July 6, 2026, between the Ministries of Transport of Chad and Egypt grants traffic rights to 3 Egyptian companies to the Chadian capital.