European Commissioner for Trade Phil Hogan and Moroccan minister of Industry MHE

Morocco’s AFCON 2025 becomes CAF’s biggest commercial win

Morocco’s hosting of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is setting a new commercial benchmark for African football, with the Confederation of African Football calling it the most lucrative edition in the tournament’s history. CAF said in a statement it has secured 23 sponsors for the event, more than double the nine partners it landed […]

Africa’s dollar drought pushes more continent’s countries to economic crises

Africa is in the grip of a dollar drought and the current continent-wide scarcity of the US dollar is further pushing many already beleaguered African countries into deeper economic crises, according to a new Bloomberg report. Several Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, including Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania, have for several months experienced shortages of the […]

Libya: North African countries await their Sept. 11

There are suspicions that Fajr Libya (Dawn of Libya), a coalition of Islamic fighters, is planning to carry out a terrorist attack using airplanes at the Tripoli International Airport. North African countries including Nigeria have all raised their alert because of fears that the 11 missing commercial aircrafts could be used to launch an attack. […]