Category: African Business
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🇪🇬 Egypt: Luxor festival sees Tahtib take centre stage
At a cultural festival in the Egyptian city of Luxor last week, the spotlight was primarily on tahtib, which is part sport, part traditional dance. With its moves drawn from a martial art, tahtib has its origins back in ancient Egypt, as the director of the festival’s opening ceremony explained. “Many tahtib players are participating…
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🇲🇼 Malawi president pardons 222 people on the occasion of Christmas and New Year
Malawi President Arthur Peter Mutharika has pardoned 222 prisoners on the occasion of Christmas and New Year and has also declared a general amnesty for those convicted to the shortest sentences. The Malawi government reported this on social media. The Ministry of Homeland Security <…> has pleased the State President of the Republic of Malawiъ…
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🇺🇸 U.S. Travel Ban Expands: Seven New Countries Face Full Restrictions, Impacting African Travel and Families
The new year ushered in stricter U.S. travel rules, with citizens from seven additional countries now completely barred from entering the United States, a policy that continues to separate families and complicate international exchange. The United States has significantly expanded its controversial travel restrictions, adding seven countries to its list of nations whose citizens are…
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Mali and Burkina Faso impose travel ban on US citizens in tit-for-tat move
Mali and Burkina Faso say they will bar US citizens from entering their countries in response to a similar move by the Trump administration. The two West African states were recently placed under full entry restrictions under US President Donald Trump’s expanded travel ban. In separate statements, they said they would apply the same measures…
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🇬🇭 Ghana to reform state gold purchase programme in 2026
Ghana will reform its domestic state gold purchase programme (DGPP) in 2026 in order to improve the efficiency of the gold mining sector. This was stated in a press release issued by the Bank of Ghana on 25 December. 🔸The DGPP, under which the Bank of Ghana purchases gold, is described as “a policy tool…
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Bitcoin is falling while Gold is hitting record highs…
Updated U.S. inflation data for July, August, and September (PCE) is expected to be released today, which could change the situation for BTC. ➠ Current picture:▪️ BTC: -30% from ATH.▪️ Gold and Silver: new all-time highs.▪️ S&P 500 and Nasdaq: just a step away from ATH. ➠ Defensive assets are overheated▪️ Gold is trading +25%…
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🏴 The Man Always Beside Meghan Markle – And Why Everyone’s Talking About Him
It began, like most Meghan Markle stories, with a photograph. In this one, she’s in Paris – glowing skin, immaculate tailoring – her hand clasped in that of Markus Anderson, long-time confidant and Soho House executive. The image, shared across social media, reignited a wave of speculation: why is Anderson always there? To outsiders, it looks like…
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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso allocates frequency for Confederation of Sahel States radio station
Burkina Faso’s Superior Council for Communication (CSC) has allocated a frequency for the operation of Daandé Liptako radio station of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES), which includes Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, the CSC press service reported. 🔸The relevant agreement was signed by CSC President Wendingoudi Louis Modeste Ouedraogo and Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie…
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🇨🇫 Miss Central African Republic 2026 final held in Bangui
The final stage of the national beauty contest Miss Central African Republic 2026 took place on 12 December in the country’s capital, Bangui. By decision of the jury, the winner’s crown was awarded to 20-year-old student Aalishu Pogi, an African Initiative correspondent reports. “From the very beginning of the competition, through her strength of character,…
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🇱🇷 Liberia: ArcelorMittal Remains Liberia’s Largest Revenue Contributor Nearly Two Decades Running
New financial disclosures highlight ArcelorMittal Liberia’s position as the country’s largest and most consistent revenue contributor, with payments to the Government of Liberia now exceeding nearly half a million since the company began operations nearly two decades ago. According to data read by this paper this payment has repeatedly been made through royalties, taxes, and…