Projects

Perseus Mining’s Nyanzaga Gold Project hasn’t produced a single ounce of commercial gold yet but it has already injected 457.7bn/- into Tanzania’s economy, a pre-production dividend that underscores how much value a modern mining project can generate before the pour even starts. The Sengerema-based project in Mwanza Region, operated by …

Saudi Arabia’s diversification push has reached East Africa’s skyline. Mabani Aljazeera Holding Group has agreed to acquire a 50%-less-one-share stake in Jabali Towers, a flagship mixed-use development inside Tatu City’s Special Economic Zone, its first-ever investment in Kenya and a signal that Gulf capital is moving well beyond its traditional …

Globeleq has reached commercial and financial close on its 153 MW/612 MWh Red Sands battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Africa’s Northern Cape, in what is being described as Africa’s biggest standalone battery project to reach commercial close. The renewables developer, owned by the development finance institutions of the …

Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has ordered an immediate halt to all gold mining activities in the western district of Kanungu, cracking down on a massive, unlicensed gold rush that officials say has triggered severe environmental degradation, public health risks, and local economic disruption. The suspension targets a …

Lake Victoria Gold Ltd. formalized the appointment of a local engineering firm to lead development at its Imwelo gold project in northwestern Tanzania, satisfying strict domestic regulatory mandates while moving closer to construction. The Vancouver-based miner, through its wholly owned subsidiary Tembo Gold (T) Limited, received approval from the Tanzania …

Aldoro Resources is sharpening the geological understanding of its Kameelburg Project in Namibia, with new assay results confirming a distinct zonation pattern of high-grade niobium at the margins of the carbonatite intrusion and rare earth enrichment toward the core, an architecture that materially enhances the project’s development potential. Results from …

MITHRA Metals Holding, a private investment firm headquartered in Abu Dhabi Global Market, has announced the advancement of a strategic nickel laterite initiative in Southern Ethiopia, expanding its critical minerals portfolio across Africa and Middle East. The initiative is being advanced through a majority-controlled Ethiopian subsidiary holding exploration licences issued …

The African Development Bank Group launched a Mission 300 Progress Tracker, at the African Development Bank Group’s 2026 Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, Congo. According to the financial institution, the public digital platform provides real-time data on electricity access across Africa, it offers project-level visibility into Mission 300 supported operations, enabling …

The Governor of Central Equatoria State, Emmanuel Adil Anthony, has returned to Juba following a working visit to Addis Ababa aimed at attracting foreign investment to South Sudan’s most populous state and drawing lessons from Ethiopia’s development model. Anthony and his delegation travelled to the Ethiopian capital to promote the …

Over the past year, Turkey’s strategic footprint in Africa has expanded dramatically, with the country moving simultaneously to lock in economic, military and energy advantages across the Horn of Africa and the Sahel, which is a calculated positioning that is reshaping geopolitical competition on the continent. In Somalia, Turkey has …